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ACDBE AIRPORT CONCESSIONS LEASING AND MORE.
Michelle DelMar, Esq., Airport Business Lawyer
MEDIA INTERVIEWS/QUOTES CONCERNING AIRPORT CONCESSIONS LEASING :
ARN, Airport Revenue News concerning AirportConcession Leasing, Industry Officials Discuss Best Practices in Judging RFP Responses. "Michelle DelMar thinks many airports need to alter their evalutaion proess to focus less on bidders' history and overall balance sheet and more on finding good concepts and makeing sure that operators have the financial capabilities to deliver." "These [currrent] requirements effectively eliminate the possiblity of new, innovative business prevailing on . . . bids for space and substantially reduces the overall possibility that a new innovative business will lease any space in airports."
Understanding the Airport Concessions Lease
Airport Concession Leasing is very different than traditional commercial leasing. Michelle DelMar is an experienced Airport Business Lawyer with experience with Airport Concession Leasing. Services include preparing package to respond to Request for Proposal (RFP) and/or unsolicited communications, negotiating terms with lease management companies, government agencies and airport authorities, and assisting in winning bids for airport concession leases. Michelle has successfully represented business owners in negotiation of leases and concessions agreements for combined retail-service businesses, at many airports, including, major international airports and local airports, involving inline stores, kiosks, communications services, membership cafes, etc.
Here are some helpful tips related to Airport Concessions Leasing:
DBE, ACDBE; Disadvantaged Business Enterprise. If you qualify and if time permits, consider obtaining Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) certification prior to pursuing an airport concessions lease. Typically, airports and management companies for aiport space, have a quota they must reach with regard to the number of leased spaces that must be granted to DBE certified businesses. This makes DBE’s a more attractive choice in the lease bid selection process.
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ACDBE Certification for Aiport Concessions Lease
RFP’s, Requests for Proposals for Airport Concession Space. Some airports avoid having to engage directly in the RFP process for each shop within an airport, by publishing a Request for Proposals for a Lease Management Company which would then sublease all of the individual shops, kiosks, inline stores, anchor stores, etc. The prevailing Management Company is typically responsible for the lease management of the shops and kiosks.
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OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE. Airport concession leasing is an entirely different “animal” compared to typical retail or service shop leasing. Where most commercial leases are reasonable in depth and length, the airport concession lease is typically more than one hundred pages long, regardless whether you have a 500 square foot space or a 5,000 square foot space. This is because there are typically several layers of interested parties, e.g., the Federal, State and Local Governments, Airport Authorities and the Management Company. Each interested party requires certain terms to be included in the lease. Thus, by the time the lease reaches your hands for review, it covers everyone’s interest . . . except your interests. That is one of many reasons, it is imperative that you have an experienced business attorney review, modify and negotiate the lease for your best interest, before you sign it.
UNDERSTANDING THE LEASE. The lease you will receive will likely be a Management Company Sublease which will contain, by reference, the terms of the Master Lease (in which the Airport Authority should have granted the Management Company authority to sublease the space that you are looking to lease). Thus, in addition to the terms of the Sublease, you will be bound to the terms of the Master Lease. Management Companies rarely provide the language of the master lease unless specifically requested by the shop owner/operator or the shop’s attorney.
REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF LEASE. After full review of the Master Lease and Sublease, Michelle typically provides an analysis, and makes suggestions and recommendations for modifications, explaining the reasoning behind the same. In addition, Michelle will highlight and explain the important matters within the lease, in terms that you can understand, to assure that you understand your commitments, responsibilities and duties set forth in the lease.
GATHER TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS. Again, the airport concessions lease is different than most commercial leases. Bring together a team of experienced professionals, e.g., legal, tax, construction and engineers (for build-out), marketing, etc. Comprehensive legal advice and representation is an important part of any successful business plan.
Consult a competent experienced Airport Business Lawyer to discuss your specific situation. Click here to schedule a consultation with Michelle DelMar, Esq., Airport Business Lawyer.
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