subject: Tips And Tricks To Help You Find A Desk Space In Nyc [print this page] My company, therefore, had the job of finding a fitting office space for their diverse business needs, yet an office room sited in within the city boundaries.
I noted down a few key pieces of advice to make my job easier and to make the process all the smoother for the client. So if you are raring to go with finding a new office space, here are a couple of things you may like to know in order to ease the stress of relocating to a New York office.
1) Grade A, B or C? In the American office space sector, offices are marked out as A, B or C. Class A means a particular thing in New York: of-the-moment structures and an abundance of steel. It's not Class A if it is not like this, even if it is a pretty duplex designed by a renowned architect. Make sure you are cautious when seeing a property as numerous offices are advertised badly using incorrect wording. Have a stab at doing some research before.
2) Step two: in finding an office in New York allow up to nine months. Make sure you follow this rule, as it can take up to two months to find the office, a month to negotiate on the leasing agreement and price, two months to finalise the lease terms, another month for your building manager to organise the office fit-out and another three months to construct it. The last thing you want to do is make a bunch of promises you cannot keep, so you should allow loads of time for the move.
3) You idea of the perfect office probably won't be on the market. By this I mean that any office needs a bit of a designer touch to bring it up to your office requirements and aesthetics. Usually you can use the fact that the office is not up to your standards as a way to get the owner to lower the leasing price of the office. Surprisingly enough the owner will pay for the design changes
4) Think about whether you need a broker? When taking commercial property, a broker will be paid by the owner and this commission is determined based upon a percentage of the leasing value. This can be loads of moneys for hardly any work. So the second you announce that you are moving to a new office space, you will have brokers falling all over you. This means that the broker should be eager to find you a new commercial property for your company; however it won't necessarily be the property or the price that you want.
Finally, try to spend a little time researching the market and go through some of these tips to assist you when going from property to property. Our clients were advised to use these tips and they then made the decision to move into a Jersey City office