Washington & Seattle Commercial Lease Redline Auditor (Seismic & NNN Caps)
Seattle and Washington municipalities mandate expensive building energy performance upgrades (Clean Buildings Act) and seismic retrofits. Landlords draft NNN "Compliance with Laws" and CAM clauses to dump $100,000+ of mandatory building-wide structural and energy retrofits onto current tenants.
Small Business Hit With $29,500 Year-End NNN Reconciliation Spike After Building Resurfacing & Sale
An office/retail tenant signed a lease with no annual cap on Controllable CAM and no capital expenditure exclusion. After the shopping center changed hands, the new landlord repaved the parking lot, hiked property management fees to 15%, and passed through a $29,500 year-end NNN reconciliation bill.
RedlineCore™ inserts a strict 4% non-cumulative annual cap on controllable Operating Expenses, excludes capital replacements, and caps admin fees at 4%.
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“Operating Expenses shall explicitly exclude any capital expenditures required to bring the Building into compliance with seismic codes, environmental laws, or Washington
What to Say to the Property Insurance Carrier / Desk Adjuster
"We will comply with all laws applicable to our interior business operations, but building-wide seismic retrofits and Clean Buildings Act capital upgrades need to be excluded from NNN pass-throughs."
Why they drafted it this way: Pacific Northwest landlords face strict municipal seismic and carbon-reduction mandates and try to pass the capital bill through NNN charges.
Mandatory Audit Checklist Points
- Exclude seismic retrofits and WA Clean Buildings Act capital mandates from CAM
- Ensure Lease is properly acknowledged/notarized if term exceeds 1 year under RCW 59.04.010
- 4% non-cumulative annual cap on controllable NNN expenses
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why must a Washington State commercial lease over 1 year be notarized?
Under Washington statute (RCW 59.04.010), an unacknowledged (un-notarized) lease for more than one year is legally unenforceable beyond a month-to-month periodic tenancy!
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