Senior Vice President
Dunhill West Partners
388 Market Street, Suite 850
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 298-3331
@ bosgood@DPWcre.com
Additional Rent
Any amounts due under a lease that are in addition to base rent. The most common form of additional rent is operating expense reimbursements.
Add On Factor
Often referred to as the Loss Factor or Rentable/Usable (R/U) Factor, it represents the tenant?s pro-rata share of the Building Common Areas, such as lobbies, public corridors and restrooms. It is usually expressed as a percentage which can then be applied to the usable square footage to determine the rentable square footage upon which the tenant will pay rent.
Allowance
A set dollar amount provided by the Landlord under a lease to be used by the Tenant for a specific purpose. Examples include allowances for tenant improvements, moving expenses, design fees, etc. If the expense exceeds the allowance amount, such excess is the Tenant's responsibility. If the expense is less than the allowance, the savings are retained by the Landlord unless their agreement specifies otherwise.
Amortization
Payment of debt in regular, periodic installments of principal and interest, as opposed to interest only payments. May also be used in a lease where the landlord incurs costs for additional tenant improvements which are effectively treated as a debt and repaid by tenant over the term of the lease.
Assignment
A transfer to another of any property, real or personal, or any rights or estates in said property. Common assignments are of leases, mortgages, deeds of trust, but the general term encompasses all transfers of title.
Attorn
To turn over or transfer to another money or goods. To agree to recognize a new owner of a property and to pay this new owner rent. In a lease, when the tenant agrees to attorn to the purchaser, the landlord is given the power to subordinate tenant's interest to any first mortgage or deed of trust lien subsequently placed upon the leased premises.
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