Title: How to Get Out of a Commercial Lease, Pain-Free - SquareFoot Blog
Headings: How to Get Out of a Commercial Lease, Pain-Free
How to Get Out of a Commercial Lease, Pain-Free
Why you might break a commercial lease
How to minimize costs while breaking a commercial lease
Option to sublease
Office lease buy-out
Termination or exit clause
1. Consider flexible office space instead of traditional office space.
2. Avoid long leases during high-growth periods.
3. License part of your office
4. Read the lease!

Content: How to minimize costs while breaking a commercial lease
Ending a commercial lease months, or even years early may come with a price tag, but there’s a number of ways to keep your final figure low. Keep in mind that market dynamics will play a role in both determining whether your landlord will be amenable in letting you break your lease early (if you don’t have termination language written in your lease) and how much early termination might cost you. For example, if you’re renting office space in an up-and-coming neighborhood with low vacancy rates, it may be in your landlord’s interest to let you vacate the office space so they can raise the rent for the new commercial tenant. However, if there’s a high percentage of vacant office space and finding a new tenant quickly doesn’t seem promising, you’ll likely be held more accountable financially. Option to sublease
Subleasing your office space can be an excellent way to minimize costs and achieve an early exit — as long as you’re prepared to remain involved with the property until your original lease is up. Landlords often include a written sublet clause in a commercial tenant lease that stipulates whether subleasing is or isn’t an option. If you are looking through your lease and don’t see any terms related to subleasing, it doesn’t hurt to ask your landlord to renegotiate those terms (and it helps if you can suggest another tenant). Subleasing means you are still responsible for the lease and you’ll be liable for any damages or lease violations that occur during the sublease. It’s also possible that the landlord will charge fees associated with the sublease, so be sure to factor those into your budget. Landlords can be more favorable to a sublease if you’re nearing the end of your lease and the market is in high demand.