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Commercial Lease Agreement
A commercial lease sets the terms on which one business rents space from another: which premises, for how long, at what rent, and who pays for what while the tenant is in there. Almost every number in it is negotiated rather than standard, which is exactly why those numbers belong in fields.
The maintenance and utilities split is where most disagreements start. Naming the responsible party per category, instead of leaving everything to a general repair clause, gives both sides something specific to point at.
The fixtures schedule is the other one. Recording each item and its condition at handover, then rendering the same list again at the end of the term, settles deposit questions that otherwise come down to memory.
Mandatory clauses and notice rules differ by jurisdiction, so the fixed wording is worth having reviewed once by a lawyer who knows the local rules. After that only the tenant, the premises, and the figures change from lease to lease.
Blanks to fill
| agreement_date | Date of the lease |
| landlord_name | Landlord |
| landlord_address | Where the landlord is |
| tenant_name | Tenant |
| tenant_company_number | Tenant company number |
| tenant_address | Where the tenant is registered |
| premises_address | Where the premises are |
| premises_description | What the premises are |
| floor_area | Floor area |
| permitted_use | What it may be used for |
| lease_start | Term starts |
| lease_end | Term ends |
| base_rent_monthly | Monthly rent |
| rent_due_day | Day the rent is due |
| rent_rise | How the rent rises |
| service_charge_monthly | Monthly service charge |
| security_deposit | Deposit |
| insurance_required | Insurance the tenant carries |
| renewal_option | Renewal |
| termination_notice | Ending it early |
| governing_law | Governing law |
| special_conditions | Anything else agreed |
| lease_reference | Lease number |
| responsibilities[] | One per item, so a row is added for every item in the list |
| fixtures[] | One per item, so a row is added for every item in the list |
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{
"lease_reference": "LSE-2026-0088",
"agreement_date": "September 10, 2026",
"landlord_name": "Wrenfield Property Holdings LLC",
"landlord_address": "18 Pier Road, Seattle, WA 98104",
"tenant_name": "Ostara Software Inc",
"tenant_company_number": "WA-6612094",
"tenant_address": "1200 Harbor Way, Seattle, WA 98101",
"premises_address": "Unit 4B, 77 Cascade Street, Seattle, WA 98109",
"premises_description": "Second floor office suite with shared reception and two parking bays.",
"floor_area": "3,400 square feet",
"permitted_use": "Offices for software development and administration, and nothing else without written consent.",
"lease_start": "November 1, 2026",
"lease_end": "October 31, 2031",
"base_rent_monthly": "$11,900.00",
"rent_due_day": "first day of each month",
"rent_rise": "3 per cent on each anniversary of the first day of the term",
"service_charge_monthly": "$1,360.00",
"security_deposit": "$23,800.00, equal to two months rent",
"responsibilities": [
{
"category": "Structure, roof and outside walls",
"looked_after_by": "Landlord"
},
{
"category": "Decoration and partitions inside",
"looked_after_by": "Tenant"
},
{
"category": "Heating and air conditioning servicing",
"looked_after_by": "Landlord, in the service charge"
},
{
"category": "Electricity, water and internet",
"looked_after_by": "Tenant, metered separately"
},
{
"category": "Cleaning of the common areas",
"looked_after_by": "Landlord, in the service charge"
},
{
"category": "Waste collection for the unit",
"looked_after_by": "Tenant"
}
],
"fixtures": [
{
"fixture": "Ceiling light panels",
"quantity": "42",
"condition": "New, fitted August 2026"
},
{
"fixture": "Glass partition meeting rooms",
"quantity": "3",
"condition": "Good, scratched on room 2"
},
{
"fixture": "Kitchen units with sink and tap",
"quantity": "1",
"condition": "Good"
},
{
"fixture": "Server room air conditioning unit",
"quantity": "1",
"condition": "Serviced July 2026"
}
],
"insurance_required": "Public liability of at least $2,000,000 and cover for the tenant's own contents, with the landlord noted as an interested party.",
"renewal_option": "One option to renew for a further five years, taken by written notice between twelve and six months before the end of the term.",
"termination_notice": "Either party may end the lease on 180 days written notice given after the third anniversary of the first day of the term.",
"governing_law": "the laws of the State of Washington",
"special_conditions": "The tenant pays no rent for the first two months of the term. The service charge is payable from the first day."
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--output commercial-lease-agreement.pdf \
--data-binary @- <<'JSON'
{
"template_id": "tmpl_your_template_id",
"format": "pdf",
"data": {
"lease_reference": "LSE-2026-0088",
"agreement_date": "September 10, 2026",
"landlord_name": "Wrenfield Property Holdings LLC",
"landlord_address": "18 Pier Road, Seattle, WA 98104",
"tenant_name": "Ostara Software Inc",
"tenant_company_number": "WA-6612094",
"tenant_address": "1200 Harbor Way, Seattle, WA 98101",
"premises_address": "Unit 4B, 77 Cascade Street, Seattle, WA 98109",
"premises_description": "Second floor office suite with shared reception and two parking bays.",
"floor_area": "3,400 square feet",
"permitted_use": "Offices for software development and administration, and nothing else without written consent.",
"lease_start": "November 1, 2026",
"lease_end": "October 31, 2031",
"base_rent_monthly": "$11,900.00",
"rent_due_day": "first day of each month",
"rent_rise": "3 per cent on each anniversary of the first day of the term",
"service_charge_monthly": "$1,360.00",
"security_deposit": "$23,800.00, equal to two months rent",
"responsibilities": [
{
"category": "Structure, roof and outside walls",
"looked_after_by": "Landlord"
},
{
"category": "Decoration and partitions inside",
"looked_after_by": "Tenant"
},
{
"category": "Heating and air conditioning servicing",
"looked_after_by": "Landlord, in the service charge"
},
{
"category": "Electricity, water and internet",
"looked_after_by": "Tenant, metered separately"
},
{
"category": "Cleaning of the common areas",
"looked_after_by": "Landlord, in the service charge"
},
{
"category": "Waste collection for the unit",
"looked_after_by": "Tenant"
}
],
"fixtures": [
{
"fixture": "Ceiling light panels",
"quantity": "42",
"condition": "New, fitted August 2026"
},
{
"fixture": "Glass partition meeting rooms",
"quantity": "3",
"condition": "Good, scratched on room 2"
},
{
"fixture": "Kitchen units with sink and tap",
"quantity": "1",
"condition": "Good"
},
{
"fixture": "Server room air conditioning unit",
"quantity": "1",
"condition": "Serviced July 2026"
}
],
"insurance_required": "Public liability of at least $2,000,000 and cover for the tenant's own contents, with the landlord noted as an interested party.",
"renewal_option": "One option to renew for a further five years, taken by written notice between twelve and six months before the end of the term.",
"termination_notice": "Either party may end the lease on 180 days written notice given after the third anniversary of the first day of the term.",
"governing_law": "the laws of the State of Washington",
"special_conditions": "The tenant pays no rent for the first two months of the term. The service charge is payable from the first day."
}
}
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