As a condition to a lease, landlords may want to also impose restrictions on what service providers that the tenant could use within the landlord’s building.
That can include exterminators, HVAC contractors, elevator service, but also things like water, office supplies. So where a tenant may want to order their office supplies from Staples or their water from a particular vendor, the landlord may have their preference.
And so when we’re reviewing the lease, we want to ensure that obviously we provide the tenant with the most flexibility. Often that’s pushing back on a landlord and saying, well, you know, we understand your needs for certain types of services, but otherwise our client wants the flexibility to buy certain items or services from where they want to.
And it’s a negotiation, depending on the particular building will depend on how much flexibility we can obtain. But ultimately, it’s something that the tenant needs to be aware of when they’re entering into a lease. If there’s going to be restrictions on the service, the services, or the products they could buy from particular vendors.
