Retail Lease
If a property is listed as retail can you use it as an office?

I would be offering counseling services not a storefront. 


[{"id": "dhacvg8", "text": "You'd have to look at your local zoning laws.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dhadfsj", "text": "Zoning ordinances are specific to your location, so no one here can say, but often zoning will permit a \"less intense\" commercial use - i.e. you can often use retail space for office use, but not necessarily the other way around. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dhapk3t", "text": "zoning comes into it and generally the retail portion of a building will be higher rent than traditional office space.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dhddm56", "text": "That's why I love living and working in Houston. No zoning. The market and pricing dictate the land use. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dhs9wli", "text": "As others have said, zoning plays a part. But also, landlords may not allow a service use. They may have other leases or agreements with adjacent land owners that say the land is to be used for retail sales - like a shopping center.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "di0u70u", "text": "Check the zoning, but if the landlord is trying to create a synergistic group of tenants, then it might not be something the landlord would want. For example, why have office space next door to a high traffic best buy or other retailer?\n", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]