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When you're looking for the perfect office space, you take into consideration the location, the square footage, the overall layout and the amenities as you decide whether or not spaces will work for your company. What you may not take the time to think about is how the office space will affect worker productivity, and that can be a big mistake.

Once you have warehouse space, you might be surprised at how quickly you can fill it up. When your warehouse is full, the easy solution is to go out and lease more space. However, before you commit to boosting your occupancy costs, you can probably squeeze more efficiency out of your existing storage facilities. Here are some general problems, and some ways to fix them.

As a commercial real estate tenant, you can be forgiven for focusing on your business and its needs. After all, you have mouths to feed internally, vendors to pay externally and customers to satisfy. However, if you can wear another pair of shoes on your busy day, thinking like your landlord can help you negotiate better leases and achieve better outcomes in your tenancy.

Whether you're searching for new office space in a high-rise building or in a standalone detached setting, you want to find the very best solution for your company's needs. There are many things to consider when you're conducting a commercial real estate search or in preparations to sign a lease, but avoiding these all-too-common mistakes you can greatly improve your chances of getting the best space or building for your needs with the best deal.

Your monthly rent isn't the only cost that you need to consider when you're considering relocating or expanding your business. Occupancy costs are another ongoing expense that you need to take into consideration and account for, and with some careful planning and a little effort, it's possible to minimize these expenses to increase your profitability.

Once, office spaces were built in a way that tracked your company's organizational chart. Then, they were built in a way that would track a holocracy's org chart -- cubes for everyone. Moving forward, though, the most effective spaces use the concept of a "sense of purpose" as the underlying principle of their office design.

After about a decade of negotiation and work, the Financial Accounting Standards Board has recently issued their new set of lease accounting standards. While their original goal of creating a single global standard never got achieved since the IASB is also releasing a different new set of rules (IFRS 16 Leases), GAAP is changing to more closely track the methodology used in other parts of the world.

You've done your homework and found an office space in a prime location. You've carefully considered how much room your business will need both today and in the future, and you're confident that the space you've leased is a good fit. Sounds like your office space is guaranteed to be perfect, right? Maybe not.