Our Services
On the Internet, everyone has access to a wealth of real estate information. At OfficeLease, we believe sound corporate real estate decisions involve much more than just online market listings and statistics. Leasing office space is a strategic business process that should ultimately contribute to your return on investment.
Locating your business is an important decision that goes far beyond finding a place to keep workers warm and dry. You must create an environment that reflects your corporate identity. It should foster productivity and collaboration and should enable you to attract and retain good employees. You must locate your business strategically to meet your objectives. You need to consider future expansion and many other key variables.
- Real Estate Planning
- Tenant and Buyer Representation
- Relocate vs Renegotiate
- Financial analysis
- Our Philosophy
Real Estate Planning:
Many organizations address real estate issues infrequently. They engage our services every five to ten years when their lease is due for renewal or they outgrow their facility. Just as one should practice defensive driving and preventative health care, it can pay to treat real estate planning as an ongoing exercise. By understanding the trends that might impact the cost and availability of the facilities you may need in the future, you are in good position to make sound business decisions. OfficeLease can assist with the contingency planning and can develop the information you need to avoid surprises when the time comes to act on your requirements.
Tenant and Buyer Representation
By tradition, full service real estate brokerage firms work for the building owner or developer. These firms derive their income primarily from representing and managing the interests of the property owner, rather than tenants or buyers. OfficeLease takes no listings nor do we manage properties. As the original tenant’s representative in the Seattle area, we represent you exclusively. You have the absolute assurance of undivided loyalty when you are leasing or purchasing office space in the Puget Sound area. We bring over 60 years of combined skills, knowledge and experience gained from having negotiated over six million square feet of facilities for companies of all types.
Relocate vs Renegotiate:
If a building works well for your company and you prefer not to move, then our job is to help you optimize that choice. We are not in the 'moving' business. Still, a crucial part of successful real estate planning is to understand the alternatives and gain the proper perspective to help us manage your expectations.
We typically provide a forced ranking matrix to help decision makers prioritize needs and balance what might be gained by relocation. For example: we might ask you to consider whether or not the operational efficiencies you gain by moving to a larger in city floor plate will be offset by potentially higher rent, or whether or not lower rent and longer commute to the suburbs might be offset by such locations being less attractive to the sort of (urban) employees your firm hopes to attract.
Financial analysis:
Financial analysis is the cornerstone of the negotiation process. You need to clearly understand the true cost of a proposal and the trade-offs involved, using sensitivity analysis to prepare for the most effective negotiations. OfficeLease does not rely solely on packaged lease/purchase analysis software. We work closely with a client's CFO or their accountants to provide meaningful EXCEL spreadsheets in a format consistent with their corporate reporting methodology.
Our Philosophy:
How we present information, make proposals, or negotiate is as important as the data or documentation we employ and present. OfficeLease believes in treating everyone with whom we deal with respect. This includes our clients, as well as landlords, developers, and the brokers who represent them. We believe that you do not need to forget your manners to be a good negotiator. In fact, in most cases, being considerate will achieve far more in the long term.