
Forrest Gump and its Lessons for Lease Assignment Language
Clients often ask us to help them draft covenants for potential lease assignments. One of the first questions asked of us is if a net worth

Tesla and its Commercial Real Estate Missteps
Tesla is a groundbreaking company and is worthy of praise on many fronts. It has proven that there is a market for the electric car, and it

What are the Implications of a Tenant Offering a Surety Bond as Lease Security?
Landlords and tenants spend a considerable amount of time negotiating lease terms. One of the final points for consideration is often lease

Are Co-Working Companies Too Big To Fail?
Co-working companies are a growing risk to the strength and integrity of gateway markets and could soon become too big to fail. In addition

TRA Included in the 2019 National Real Estate Investor Market Outlook
We are excited to be included in the 2019 National Real Estate Investor Market Outlook. Please check out TRA's article on how pending e

Weaker Corporate Balance Sheets Could Hurt Tenant Credit in the Near Term
What are we to make of all the noise in financial markets today? The day to day volatility has opened the floodgates on financial headlines

Performing Tenant Diligence on Life Science and Pharmaceutical Tenants
TRA has analyzed a wide variety of tenants in the life science and pharmaceutical sectors, and we are always very interested in evaluating t

The Potential Impact of Sector Concentration on Office Vacancy Rates
While the concept of diversification is almost universally accepted within risk management circles, many large American cities did not get t

The Importance of Legal Entities in Leasing and Acquisitions
When commercial real estate companies begin negotiating with tenants, the tenant often proposes a legal entity as a signer on the lease. In

When the Deal You Don't Do is the Best Deal You Do
It can be easy to fall victim to the sunk cost fallacy. In principle, all costs incurred are sunk when making a business or investment decis