Finding the right commercial property is about more than finding a building that looks good on paper. The location has to work for your business, this includes understanding the market dynamics, population, and their spending trends. If you are leasing as a tenant, you need to know if the landlord will not only allow your type of business but if the terms of the deal will work for you in the long run. As a landlord, you need to make sure you have the right tenant in the space since the highest cost to you is re-tenanting. All of these things are essential to understand in commercial real estate.
Lexi Nawrocki is a licensed commercial real estate broker with eXp Commercial, serving Clearwater, Pinellas County, and surrounding markets like Palmetto, FL. She works with business owners, tenants, landlords, and investors to determine the best property that fits into the client’s criteria. In this way, she connects properties to people and people to properties.
So, you’re looking for office space, a retail location, an industrial facility, or an investment property. Lexi brings a practical 3 pronged approach to commercial real estate by evaluating the market, the financials, and the physical aspects of the asset to ensure it is the best fit for your growth goals.
Clearwater, FL
Clearwater has a diverse commercial market, with established business corridors, office properties, retail centers, industrial space, and opportunities for investors. The right property depends heavily on what you’re trying to accomplish.
For an office user, the right space needs to work for both your team and the people who visit you. Layout, parking, accessibility, visibility, building condition, and lease terms can all affect whether a property is actually a good fit.
Lexi can help businesses:
For retail businesses, location can have a direct impact on the bottom line. Visibility, traffic patterns, accessibility, surrounding businesses, parking, and the characteristics of the surrounding trade area all matter.
Lexi helps retailers evaluate opportunities along established Clearwater corridors, including areas around US Highway 19, Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard, and Downtown Clearwater.
Services can include:
Clearwater and the surrounding Pinellas market offer opportunities for businesses that need warehouse, industrial, distribution, assembly, or flex space. For these users, the details of the building can matter just as much as the location.
Clear height, loading access, power, parking, building configuration, zoning, and proximity to major roads can all affect whether a property will actually support your operation.
Lexi can help businesses looking for:
Her role is to help narrow the options to properties that make sense for the way your business actually operates.
Every commercial real estate assignment is different. A growing business looking for its first location has very different needs from an investor evaluating a property or a landlord preparing a building for a new tenant.
Lexi works with clients on a range of commercial real estate needs, including:
Service | How Lexi Helps |
Commercial Tenant Representation | Helps businesses define their requirements, identify suitable properties, compare options, and negotiate lease terms. |
Commercial Site Selection | Evaluates potential locations based on business needs, accessibility, demographics, surrounding uses, and other relevant factors. |
Commercial Landlord Representation | Helps property owners position their space, identify prospective tenants, and negotiate leasing transactions. |
Commercial Lease Analysis | Reviews lease economics, operating expenses, CAM charges, escalations, renewal provisions, and other important terms. |
Commercial Lease Negotiation | Helps clients understand their leverage and negotiate terms that align with their business objectives. |
Commercial Real Estate Consulting | Provides market and property guidance for businesses, owners, and investors making commercial real estate decisions. |
Commercial real estate decisions can have a lasting effect on a business. It can make or break you. The goal isn’t simply to find a property. It’s to find a property that makes sense for the business or investor behind it.
Lexi combines local market knowledge with the resources and reach of eXp Commercial. Her experience spans office, retail, industrial, investment, leasing, and commercial property transactions, giving clients a broader perspective when evaluating their options.
She can help you:
For clients who prefer to work in Spanish, Lexi also offers bilingual commercial real estate consultation.
There isn’t one right answer for every business. Leasing can provide flexibility and preserve capital, while purchasing may make sense for a business that wants greater control over its property and the potential to build equity.
The right choice depends on factors such as cash flow, how long you expect to occupy the property, available capital, financing, property costs, and your plans for the business.
Either way, you won’t know without a detailed analysis that Lexi can provide. In our Lease vs Buy Analysis, Lexi will outline the cost for each both in the present and future for the duration of the lease and make a recommendation about which option is best for you.
Start with how the property needs to function for your business.
Depending on the type of operation, that might include customer access, employee commute patterns, parking, visibility, traffic, surrounding businesses, zoning, loading access, building size, expansion potential, and occupancy costs.
A good commercial location isn’t necessarily the busiest or most expensive one. It’s the one that fits the business.
Lexi works with a range of commercial property types, including office, retail, and industrial properties.
The best fit depends on the client’s goals, whether that means finding a location for an operating business, leasing or selling a property, or evaluating a commercial investment.
A tenant representative works on behalf of the tenant looking for commercial space. That can include defining property requirements, identifying and comparing available options, arranging tours, analyzing lease economics, preparing offers or letters of intent, and negotiating lease terms. These lease terms can be vague and only offered if a tenant asks for them.
Having representation can also give a tenant another set of eyes on the financial and lease terms that can be foreign to a tenant but standard to a commercial broker. Obviously, the lease needs to be reviewed by the tenant’s attorney but Lexi can negotiate to get the best deal for the tenant before committing to a space.
If you’re looking for commercial space, considering a purchase or sale, reviewing a lease, or trying to determine which location makes the most sense for your business, Lexi can help you evaluate the options.
Contact Lexi to discuss your commercial real estate needs in Clearwater or the surrounding Florida market.
Lexi Nawrocki is a licensed real estate broker associated with eXp Commercial, LLC. Commercial real estate services are provided in accordance with applicable Florida real estate licensing laws and regulations.
