Which field of commercial is the most in-depth to negotiate a purchase or lease? (Office, retail, or industrial)
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[{"id": "eo9aydy", "text": "Retail leases can be very complex especially in large centers where reimbursements can be based on different phases, have certain exclusions, different expense caps, etc.", "replies": [{"id": "eo9crk5", "text": "especially if you've got a large regional/national landlord and a credit tenant. There's just sooooo much bs in those leases- percentage rent, minimums, NNNs, sales audits, excluded uses, parking requirements, etc...", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "eo9gpnn", "text": "Mixed use P3 ground up development agreements", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "eo9v787", "text": "Retail leasing is tough due to exclusions caps tmix reimbursements stuff like that. Buying is easy. Office can be super challenging lease negotiations due to size of tenants and complexity of uses sometimes (ie flex life science leasing). Buying / selling is as easy as retail. Industrial is easey peasey all around long term NNN leases it\u2019s some brain dead stuff comparatively.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "eo9yk61", "text": "In retail and trying to get out of retail. Smaller fees for deals that are more complex and fall apart more than other specialties.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "eod6y2e", "text": "Retail for sure. If you're dealing with a national, there are too many layers - broker, RE Manager/Director of RE, RE Committee - all on a power trip. Literally had a 2,000sf retailer demand that we assign our contract to another developer when we wouldn't agree to an absurd cap on RE taxes. Industrial is by far the cleanest and \"easiest\" of the bunch.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "eog7h2a", "text": "I\u2019ve done office and now am a retail analyst and will definitely say that retail is more complex when purchasing/selling based on the deals I\u2019ve worked on", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]