Published January 22, 2025Customer since 2023
How Klein Enterprises Cut Lease Drafting Time by 60% and Avoided New Hires
Klein Enterprises is an integrated real estate owner and operator of grocery anchored shopping centers, Class A apartment buildings, and other commercial real estate assets.
The Challenge
Separate forms per center caused drafting inefficiencies.
As Klein Enterprises grew, manual lease drafting became a significant bottleneck. They needed a standardized solution that could scale with their portfolio.
- 6–10 hours
- To draft an average retail lease, slowing deal flow
- Multiple templates
- Separate lease forms for each center causing confusion
- Inconsistencies
- Different language across properties created review delays
- Growing workload
- Requiring consideration of additional legal staff
The Decision
Why Klein chose LeasePilot.
“As we grew we needed a standard lease and lease amendment form that we could complete efficiently.”
Neil S., General Counsel
The Solution
One template across every property.
LeasePilot standardized and automated lease drafting, enabling Klein Enterprises to draft faster, eliminate inconsistencies, and scale efficiently without adding headcount.
- Single template
- One standardized lease form across all properties
- 3–4 hours saved
- Per lease, cutting drafting time by more than half
- Faster reviews
- Standardization makes reviewing existing leases faster
- No new hires
- Eliminated the need for an additional paralegal
Deep Dive
The transformation in detail.
Before
Before LeasePilot we had separate lease forms for each of our centers and that created inconsistencies and delays in drafting new leases.
Each property had its own template, making it difficult to maintain uniform language and increasing the time spent on every deal.
After
Klein now has a single form of commercial lease and the inconsistencies are eliminated. We can produce new leases and amendments more efficiently.
Standardization makes review of existing LeasePilot leases faster and easier, allowing our legal team to focus on higher-value work.
Original Story · Klein Enterprises
“Implementation of LeasePilot has made it unnecessary to add a paralegal to our team.”
Neil S.
General Counsel, Klein Enterprises
The Results
What changed for Klein Enterprises.
Faster lease turnaround
3–4 hours saved on every lease and about an hour on amendments, time that compounds over dozens of deals annually.
Complete consistency
One unified lease template across all properties eliminated confusion and streamlined every review.
Lower operational costs
LeasePilot's efficiency gains made it unnecessary to hire additional legal support staff.
“From onboarding to continuing support from the LeasePilot team, the LeasePilot experience has been great.”
Neil S., General Counsel
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