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Sector-Specific Commercial Property Advice: Retail, Office, Industrial and Franchise

Different sectors carry different property risks. Retail occupiers face shopfront and reinstatement issues. Office occupiers focus on services, fit-out and yielding up. Industrial occupiers manage roof, floor and yard exposure. Franchise networks need consistent advice across multiple sites.

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Key points

  • Retail: shopfront, signage and reinstatement risk.
  • Office: fit-out, services and yielding-up risk.
  • Industrial: roof, floor slab and yard condition risk.
  • Franchise: estate-wide consistency and brand standardisation.

Retail

Retail leases typically generate large reinstatement claims around shopfronts, signage, partitioning and tenant fit-out. A Schedule of Condition is particularly valuable on previously occupied units.

Office

Office occupiers should focus on the condition and capacity of services, the state of finishes, and what the lease requires the space to look like at lease end. Cat-A reinstatement is a common cost driver.

Industrial and logistics

Roof condition, floor slab capacity, loading doors and yard surfaces dominate industrial lease risk, and are often the largest items in a terminal dilapidations claim.

Franchise networks

Franchisors and franchisees benefit from a consistent surveying approach across the estate. CBC supports networks with pre-lease advice, Schedules of Condition and dilapidations strategies aligned to brand standards.

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