by Equity Retail Brokers | Jan 28, 2021
Signing a letter of intent is an important milestone on the path to negotiating a retail lease. The LOI is a nonbinding agreement that puts businesses and landlords on the same page before either party signs the more-detailed—and legally binding—retail lease. Equity...
by Equity Retail Brokers | Dec 29, 2020
If you go to the Equity Retail Brokers page on LinkedIn and scroll through the posts from the past eight or nine months, you’ll see lots of perfectly normal content for a firm like ours. There are store-opening announcements congratulating Pancheros, Starbucks,...
by Equity Retail Brokers | Dec 3, 2020
“When it comes to a restaurant for lease, the best strategy is to be the second operator in that space.” The sage advice above comes from a veteran commercial real estate investor out of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania—one of many experienced restaurateurs who avoids...
by Equity Retail Brokers | Nov 5, 2020
So far in this series, we’ve covered some of the key considerations involved in how to find a retail store for rent — from conducting your initial web research, to scouting sites in person, to consulting with expert retail brokers on critical factors such as location,...
by Equity Retail Brokers | Oct 13, 2020
When looking for a retail store for rent, Starbucks pays careful attention to access, visibility, co-tenancy, and other critical factors. Smaller entrepreneurs should do the same—whether a beginner looking to open his or her first store or restaurant, or an...
