hen engaged as your firm's tenant representative, DeLaVergne & Company will expend considerable time evaluating your firm's space requirements. Whether your needs are for office, warehouse or industrial space, our familiarity with the local market will ensure success with this important task. We will also assist you in evaluating all lease proposals and negotiate on your behalf to make certain that your lease is equitable and all of the business points of the lease are equal to or better than existing market conditions.

A commercial real estate lease often represents your firm's single largest financial commitment and its largest annual expense other than payroll. A firm's facilities can have a major impact on earnings for many years from both the standpoint of direct cost and employee productivity. The lease document itself is very complex and contains hundreds of small agreements.

Landlords are in the business to lease space, to maximize their cash flow, and to make a profit. Before any lease negotiations ever begin, they have calculated every angle. They have received assistance from asset managers, attorneys, financial analysts, property managers, real estate brokers, leasing agents, risk managers, architects, space planners, engineers and contractors.

Hidden inside almost every commercial lease are one-sided clauses favoring the landlord, loopholes and sometimes, outright mistakes. Buried within the legal rights and obligations there may be major ambiguities, unreasonable risks and dozens of issues that can have a major economic impact on your business.

Tenant representation is one of the most beneficial professional real estate services offered by DeLaVergne & Company. Because of the depth of our experience and local market knowledge, our clients develop long term relationships with us and they return each time the need arises for space expansion or lease renewal.