Does Free Rent for Retail Leases include or exclude NNN charges?
I've worked on retail leases as both the landlord rep and tenant rep. In every transaction, there has been some form of free rent negotiated, but the tenant was expected to pay the NNN rates and only the base rent was considered free. I'm working with a tenant currently that is saying that he's negotiated paying neither base nor NNN during the free rent period. 

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I understand that everything is negotiable but has anyone successfully negotiated the tenant paying nothing over the free rent period? Is it the norm to still pay the NNN charges or does that explicitly need to be stated on each transaction?
[{"id": "ii1m8u6", "text": "Well, if he negotiated that, won\u2019t it say in his lease? Are you saying he got a verbal commitment to that and you\u2019re preparing the lease? You can add it to the lease and see if the landlord signs it, I guess. I call rent, rent and operating expenses, expenses, so free rent just means free rent.", "replies": [{"id": "ii1yj6n", "text": "Yes you're right but I didn't help with that lease. I don't think I explained well up top. This client I'm working with had a lease a while back where he didn't have to pay anything, no base or NNN. He and I are working on a new lease for a different business that he has and he is asking if I can get the NNN taken off when negotiating with the landlord rep because he's been able to have no payment of any kind for the free rent period. In this case, we were able to negotiate about 3 months free rent so he's asking if he can have 3 months of no payment, instead of 3 months of free base rent and still have to pay NNN charges.", "replies": [{"id": "ii2145u", "text": "Ah, well, he can always ask.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}, {"id": "ii233a4", "text": "As a commercial landlord, I wouldn\u2019t agree to no expense pass through for a new tenant during free-rent phase.  Although, a Desperate landlord with a long-term vacant space might agree.", "replies": [{"id": "ii279ft", "text": "What this old guy said.  Having read my share of commercial leases I would say the most common terms would be that the tenant owes their prorata share of taxes, insurance and CAM during a free rent period.  But in the real estate world just about anything can be negotiated.", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ii1os9f", "text": "Yes it is possible to have both base rent and NNN waived during the \u201cGross Rent Free Period\u201d.\n\nIf only the base rent is waived, then we call it the \u201cBase Rent Free Period\u201d. \n\nIt\u2019s all negotiable.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ii28uun", "text": "if it is a 1,000sf tt in a 95%+ occupied 200,000sf+ center/mall, the ll might give in to eating the opex during the free rent period.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ii2ckfe", "text": "It includes whatever it takes to make the deal.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ii3bj68", "text": "In my \u201cfree\u201d period with my landlord, I had to pay the taxes and CAMS during free period. They did not budge on that issue. Not really free to me lol", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ii5iulg", "text": "It needs to be negotiated. My experience is, most people ask for \"rent abatement\" which means \"base rent\".....not NNN or CAM.... although MOST tenants, this it means \"all rent\".  If you want ALL of the rent abated, included NNN or CAM, that language needs to be added in. A majority of landlords I work with feel \"rent abatement\" strictly relates to \"base rent\".", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ikuxgp9", "text": "Depends on how stratigically you can strong arm them, I have costar which is pricy but helps a ton for lease comps / cold calling brokers that have done similar deals with that tenant.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]