HW Quiz 3 Flashcards
Which property type typically does not contain an anchor tenant?
Factory Outlet
Land of a gas station that is impaired with subsurface pollutants is
Brownfield Land
Percentage of GLA of super-regional mall
10%
Percentage of GLA of regional mall
5%
Percentage of GLA of community centre
25%
Percentage of GLA of neighbourhood centre
31%
Percentage of GLA of strip centre
12%
Percentage of GLA of power centre
13%
TRUE or FALSE: Land prices in Chicago CBD are very high. Therefore, we normally should not observe many vacant lots in this area.
False
What type of shopping centre represents the largest share of industry GLA in aggregate in the US retail industry?
Neighbourhood centres
TRUE or FALSE: Real estate space market is highly segmented in two dimensions: location and property type.
True
Which retail property type typically serves the largest trade area?
Factory outlet
Trade Area
Where customers live and how far they are likely to travel to a particular business or business district
3 basic components of rent in retail leasing agreements
- base rent
- base rent escalation
- percentage rent/overage
Anchor tenants usually pay _____ rent than inline store tenants because of their ability to attract customers to the center.
lower
What are ways that the landlord can protect themself in the case that a tenant cannot fulfill its lease obligations?
-Getting individual entrepreneurs and partners of the tenant to sign the lease
-Having the parent company of the subsidiary as a signatory to the lease
-Requiring that a tenant put up a security deposit or letter of credit
Imagine you are the owner of a regional mall and you signed a lease with a woman’s clothing store that states that if the anchor store goes dark, they will not pay rent. This lease clause is known as
Co-tenancy clause
Which of the following prohibits a tenant from opening another location within a certain distance of the leased premises?
Radius restriction – protect the landlord from the tenant potentially cannibalizing sales at the center by opening another store across the street at a competing centre
Ann leases 5,000 square feet from Peter’s office building in Ithaca, NY. The rent is $18 per s. f. per year, what is the monthly rent payment?
$7,500
TRUE or FALSE: To protect the landlord, it is common to ask tenants to put up a security deposit or letter of credit, which is only available to the landlord as recourse if the tenant fails to perform on the lease. Therefore, when a tenant goes bankrupt, the landlord will receive rent from the tenant on time.
False: The bankruptcy court may rule that the deposits and line of credit are corporate assets that must be used to satisfy the claims of the most senior lenders, which have priority over the landlord
TRUE or FALSE: A commercial lease must be extremely precise in describing the kind of business activities the tenant can, and cannot, conduct in the space.
True
TRUE or FALSE: Tenants and the landlord of a shopping center normally have aligned preferences regarding the length of the leases. Both tenants and the landlord prefer long-term leases.
False: Tenants usually want a very short-term lease with a lot of extension options. Landlords usually prefer the security of a long-term lease.
What is it called when an anchor tenant decides to close their store with a lease still in effect and move to a competing center while still making their minimal lease payments?
Going dark: When an anchor tenant decides to close their store with a lease still in effect and move to a competing center while still making their minimal lease payments it is called going dark.
TRUE or FALSE: During a real estate market downturn, Class A office buildings are generally more resilient and tend to remain better leased than Class C offices in the same location.
True: It is true that the flight to quality phenomenon exists in the real estate market.