Category: commercial real estate

Multi-National Companies Make Their Home in the Netherlands

The Netherlands has been the location of international corporates such as Philips, Shell and Unilever for decades. In recent years, international corporates like Netflix, Uber and Staples have established their headquarters in the Netherlands. Booking.com is currently building a new office campus of 730,000 ft2 in the Amsterdam city centre. Recently the European Medicines Agency (EMA) chose a 450,000 ft2 office for their transfer from London to Amsterdam. According to an EY report, 13% of companies leaving the UK are considering a new location as a result of Brexit: Netherlands. Why?

Leverage Your Lease Renewal & Save

When it’s time to renew your commercial lease, there are numerous considerations for and against staying put or moving on. Our partners are experts at making sure you’re capitalizing on every opportunity to have a fair renewal and/or moving process.

Operating Expenses and Your Lease – The Golden Opportunity to Maximize Savings, Pt 2

With the exclusion of base rent and other explicitly financial landlord concessions to the tenant, operating expense structure, definitions, and implementation thereof financially impact the tenant more than virtually any other section of an office lease. If tenants don’t negotiate and exercise their rights to conduct annual preliminary reviews to determine if a full audit is necessary, they are likely throwing money away and/or wasting the cost, time and energy of their team that negotiated optimal operating expense terms. 

The Best and Worst States for Business Tax Climate

Corporate tax issues have been the center stage this year as President Trump has implemented sweeping federal tax reform in the United States. Despite these federal changes, it remains critical to evaluate state tax conditions during the site selection process to identify a tax-friendly location for your company.

The Autonomous Impact

Autonomous cars will have a tremendous impact on real estate. Everyone knows the saying, “Location, location, location,” and the same will remain true. Landlords will be able to offer their tenants more amenities such as parks, gardens, jogging trails, sports fields, tennis courts, and putting greens, instead of meeting the minimum code parking requirement in that jurisdiction. Indoor parking garages will be converted to retail, gyms and additional office space.

Time to get your mindset right!

When there are hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars at stake in a long-term, generally fixed contract that houses the operations of your multi-million or multi-billion-dollar enterprise, preparing for relocation or renewing a lease is like preparing for your own Super Bowl. To achieve a victory, you must have the right team in place and that team—including you, the decision-maker—needs to be prepared.