All posts tagged "1999"
Rising property costs
Dec 1999 – In the open market, some retailers, for whatever reason, can afford to pay suppliers – ie, landlords – more rent than others. Whilst each individual agreement is nothing to do with anyone other than the parties involved, rising property costs for everyone suggests something fundamentally wrong. The obvious problem is that, because […]
Reducing Property Costs
(1999 Jun) Socially, “win-win” as a means of avoiding or diffusing argument is useful as a catalyst but, at rent review, I regard it as inappropriate, because the intention is pre-determined as the open market rent: ie, what other retailers would pay for the premises. Whilst landlords would like all tenants to conform to the […]