CRE Terms to Know: Double Net Lease

A lease in which the landlord receives a stipulated rent, and payment of the property’s operating expenses is divided between the lessor and lessee via specified terms in the lease; also called “Modified Gross,” “Net-net” (Double Net), “Net-net-net” (Triple Net), etc., depending on the degree to which the tenant or landlord are responsible for operating … Read more

CRE Terms to Know: Dock-high Door

A loading dock door that is not at ground level but rather is elevated to 4 feet in order to be even with the standard tractor-trailer height for loading or unloading goods without a change in elevation. Some doors, called “semidock” or “half dock,” are constructed at a 2-foot height to accommodate smaller or lower … Read more

CRE Terms to Know: Distribution Building

A type of warehouse facility designed to accommodate efficient movement of goods. (Typical characteristics are shown in the Industrial Building Types Matrix.) Learn more at https://www.naiop.org

CRE Terms to Know: Discount Rate

Interest rate used in discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis to determine the present value of future cash flows. Learn more at https://www.naiop.org

CRE Terms to Know: Direct Vacant Space

A measurement expressed as a percentage of the total amount of vacant space divided by the total amount of inventory. This measurement is typically applied to a building, a submarket or a market. Learn more at https://www.naiop.org

CRE Terms to Know: Direct Vacancy Rate

The total amount of physically vacant space divided by the total amount of existing inventory, expressed as a percentage. Space that is under construction (and, therefore, is vacant) is not included in vacancy calculations. Learn more at https://www.naiop.org

CRE Terms to Know: Direct Occupied Space

Space that is physically occupied by a tenant, subtenant or owner. Occupied space is calculated by subtracting total vacant space from total competitive inventory. If subtenant space is excluded from the calculation, then the term “direct occupied space” is recommended. Learn more at https://www.naiop.org

CRE Terms to Know: Direct New Space

Space that is offered for lease directly by the building owner or landlord. If space is offered for lease by a building tenant, it is not direct space but rather is sublet space. Learn more at https://www.naiop.org

CRE Terms to Know: Direct Net Absorption

The net change in occupied space over a specified period of time. This change is measured in square feet at the building, submarket and market levels. This figure reflects the amount of space occupied as well as the amount of space vacated. Net absorption can be either positive or negative and must reflect increases and … Read more