The Modern Leasing Playbook
The longest of the four guides, and the broadest field guide to modern commercial lease operations. What manual drafting really costs, why generic automation falls short in CRE, the five pillars of a modern lease operation, and what the six-week implementation (with four weeks of active onboarding) actually looks like.
- Format
- Pages
- 41
- Chapters
- 6
The Field Guide
What this guide is, and what’s actually in it.
Most commercial lease teams are still drafting leases the way they did twenty years ago: one document at a time, copied from the last deal, reviewed line-by-line for the things that should have been automatic. The cost shows up as weeks of delay, post-signing corrections, and senior attorneys doing work a system could do in minutes.
This playbook is a field guide to what the other path looks like. What manual drafting really costs, in hours, errors, and deal velocity. Why generic AI and CLM tools fall short in CRE. The five pillars of a modern lease operation. What the six-week implementation (with four weeks of active onboarding) actually looks like. And what the landlords and law firms already on the other side say about the change.
Contents
Inside the guide, chapter by chapter.
- § 01
The State of Commercial Leasing
- § 02
What Modern Lease Automation Actually Means
- § 03
The Five Pillars of Modern Lease Management
- § 04
Building the Internal Case
- § 05
Implementation. We Do the Work
- § 06
The Future of Commercial Leasing
Quoted in
I cannot imagine going back to drafting leases where all fields, exhibits, and signature blocks must be inserted manually. This tool has been a game changer.
We were skeptical about the timeline for the rollout, it seemed overly ambitious. But your team was able to roll it out as quickly as promised.
The landlords who invest in lease infrastructure now will be the ones who can keep up with what's already arriving. ESG requirements, flexible structures, data-driven deals. The gap widens every year.
Written for
People who’d recognize themselves in here.
- § 01
General Counsel and VP Legal evaluating whether to modernize their lease drafting stack
- § 02
VP Leasing and COOs trying to increase deal velocity without adding headcount
- § 03
CFOs sizing the cost of the status quo against a CRE-specific platform
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