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The Business Owner's First Commercial Space Guide
Leasing or buying your first location
A practical guide for owners taking a business into its first commercial space: sizing the requirement, comparing leasing against buying, understanding the real occupancy cost, handling permitting and buildout, and avoiding the lease terms that damage growing businesses.
Inside this guide
5 chapters, a working checklist, and the questions to ask before you commit.
- 01Sizing the requirement around the business
- 02Lease versus buy
- 03Understanding the real cost
- 04Use, permitting, and buildout
- 05Protecting yourself in the lease
Start with operations: headcount today and in three years, customer traffic, equipment and power needs, storage and delivery, restroom and ADA requirements, parking, and hours. These drive both the space and the kind of building that can legally host it.
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