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The commercial lease audit can be a powerful tool to reduce your company's total occupancy cost. However, audits are time-consuming and potentially expensive and too many of them can sour relationships with landlords. As such, it's best to do an audit when it is likely to yield real benefits for you.

With Baby Boomers reaching retirement age and Millennials entering the workforce, the makeup of many companies is shifting. This has led to some speculation about what effect Millennials are having on office rentals across the country.

Many companies look at leasing commercial real estate as being a lower risk than purchasing property, as there are fewer worries about depreciation, taking on debt and other concerns when you're using space without buying it. While it may be true that choosing to lease your office space or building spares you from certain worries, there are still risks involved. To help ensure that you choose the best office space and get the best possible leasing agreement, be sure to avoid these all-too-common deadly commercial real estate mistakes.

The Brexit might be disappointing. It might even be a bit scary. But it is not likely to harm your company in its role as a tenant. (In fact, unless you have extensive operations in the United Kingdom, it is unlikely to harm your company at all, and it could make it easier for you to negotiate better lease terms on future deals.)

The fundamental way that companies design and use office space has changed. However, as brokers and tenants rush to embrace these advances, a new set of myths have come to light. Just as old myths -- like the argument that almost everyone needs a private office or the believe that 250 square feet per person is about right -- have had to fall, some new myths also need debunking.

Outgrowing your office space is a great problem to have. Usually, the need for more space is driven by growing revenues. However, while it's a good thing, it also poses challenges since you have to figure out how to accommodate your new needs within an existing real estate lease or ownership structure that might not be flexible enough. Here are some strategies that can streamline the process.

Can you imagine what it would be like to run your company's portfolio of owned and leased spaces without real estate management software? If not, read on, and we'll show you what life is like in a non-automated corporate real estate department.

When you rent commercial office space in a number of locations, it's important to think about all of the properties as a single portfolio rather than separate locations. Doing so can allow you to spot opportunities for improving efficiency and reducing costs to positively impact your bottom line. There are a number of ways that corporate tenants can optimize their commercial real estate rental portfolios. Here are just a few of them: