Providing legal advice designed to control real estate costs.

Commercial real estate tends to be one of the largest financial investments in many businesses, whether your company acquires the building and property outright or leases it from a commercial landlord.  Given such significance associated with commercial real estate, it is extremely important that you not be lulled into signing a purchase agreement or lease agreement without the input at the earliest stages of an experienced commercial real estate lawyer.

Your greatest advantage in any commercial negotiation exists at the outset of the bargaining phase and for that very reason you should be engaging legal counsel as early as possible.  On far too many occasions, I have witnessed business owners try to save a few dollars by waiting until the last moment to have the real estate purchase or lease agreement reviewed by legal counsel, which results in their having a highly unfavourable agreement that is extremely difficult (and costly) to re-negotiate any concessions out of the other side.  Given how significant real estate is to many business ventures, there is simply no rationale for not engaging the right legal professionals early on to protect your interests and obtain the best possible business deal.