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2026 Commercial Lease Expansion Checklist: Ensure Your Office Grows Seamlessly
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Expanding your office in 2026 requires more than just extra square footage. It calls for data-driven decisions, flexible negotiations and strategic foresight. Market conditions are shifting, hybrid work is evolving and build-out costs remain volatile. This checklist distills industry best practices, negotiation strategies and key financial insights to help commercial tenants execute expansion plans with…
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A commercial lease is one of the largest financial commitments your business will make. Unlike investors who can refinance or sell, tenants are bound to the terms they sign, often for five to ten years. The steps below are written specifically for tenants: companies leasing office, industrial, lab or flex space for their own operations. Each one is designed to…
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Because now is a great time to be a tenant By John Jarvis I am often asked about where we are today in the commercial real estate market cycle. We can’t trust the headlines, when one headline suggests that the market is suddenly tight again as a result of AI leasing demand, while another headline laments the demise of our…
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As 2026 unfolds, the commercial real estate landscape is undergoing one of its most strategic shifts in a decade. Companies reassessing their real estate portfolios are turning to buyouts as tools for flexibility, capital optimization and risk realignment. A commercial real estate buyout, where a party acquires an ownership stake or assumes a lease position to unlock value or exit…
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In a recent interview on the Market Insider podcast with host Siyamak Khorrami, Senior Executive Managing Director and co-founder of Hughes Marino, David Marino, laid out a stark assessment of where commercial real estate stands today: this is the worst environment he’s seen in more than 30 years. According to David, commercial real estate in 2026 looks nothing like it…
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By David Marino For many business leaders, renewing a lease feels like the path of least resistance. The team is settled, the location is familiar and operations continue uninterrupted. Compared to relocating, renewing can seem simpler, faster and less disruptive. But in today’s historically soft commercial real estate markets, a new landlord will often fight harder to win your business…
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How Hospitality-Inspired Thinking Can Reshape the Way We Experience the Workplace By Nicholas Willis The role of traditional office space has evolved over the last several years. The office environment has been reshaped in part by attendance and the emergence of remote and hybrid work. Once vibrant environments that were designed for employees to have dedicated focus space can now…
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A brief history of price setting and information warfare By John Jarvis We live in an age of data and AI is weaponizing that data. Depending on where you sit, all that data is either your best friend or your fiercest foe. Imagine you are shopping for a new car. You call up your local dealership to find out the…
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By Alex Musetti & Will Tober We can’t tell you how many times we have toured a stunning, high-design office that feels more like a museum than a workplace. Every amenity is there, from the sleek fitness center and the high-end espresso machine to the shuffleboard table. But despite all these high-end details, if culture isn’t being built, and no…
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Beware the Status Quo By John Jarvis The term VUCA was invented by the U.S. Army War College in the 1980s to describe post-Cold War international dynamics. It is an acronym for volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. This clearly describes the state of play in so much of our lives today in 2026. In times like these, when everything is…
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By Jason Hughes I’ve always believed there are leadership lessons everywhere if you’re paying attention. Sports in particular have a way of revealing mindset in its purest form. The discipline, the preparation, the resilience. Recently I watched a short interview with Cooper Kupp, Super Bowl MVP and one of the most respected receivers in the NFL. He shared something that…