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There are a lot of things to consider when you're searching for the perfect office space to meet your needs. While the cost of the rent and the square footage are usually the top considerations, you can't afford to forget some other small, yet important features of an office space. Follow these five steps to give any office space a thorough going over before you sign the lease and agree to move in.

When your company's needs change vis-a-vis its office space, you have a basic choice to make: renovate your existing space or find a new one. While renovation might seem to be the cheaper answer while relocation is the most complicated one, your situation might be different.

Deciding to lease your space is just the first step in weighing your options for securing commercial real estate. There are a number of ways that lease deals can be structured, but generally, three main types of commercial real estate leases exist: net, gross and full service. Each type has its own distinct advantages and disadvantages, making it important that you understand the differences before you begin negotiating with a landlord.

Rapid advances in technology are squeezing your company's commercial real estate from both ends. From the bottom up, they are changing the ways that buildings are built and operated. At the other side of the tenancy continuum, new technology is creating new ways to work that require different types of spaces. As you try to navigate these changing waters, here are some of the latest top-down and bottom-up trends that are impacting your company's portfolio, and how to best handle them.

In almost every transaction, working with a tenant rep won't cost you a penny. His or services will be completely free. However, a tenant rep isn't like any other free service that you use. Looking at them as being equivalent to a free e-book or a salesperson's "consulting," which is really just training on how to buy their products, would be a foolish error.

In case you missed them, here are some of the posts from our blog in October:

If you aren't used to the world of commercial real estate, an office lease may seem very complicated. Lease agreements can span multiple pages of complicated legalese, cost your company millions of dollars and lock you into a space for years or even a decade. However, underneath all of the jargon and complexity lies a relatively straightforward business transaction.