Leasing Medical Office Space

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Leasing Medical Office Space
Typically, physician practices and medical office
space users do not relocate to new buildings as
often as tenants renting offices for businesses,
real estate, etc. One reason that they do not
relocate that often is that they sign office
space leases with longer terms. If you decide to
find medical office space, the first thing that
should be done is to retain a real estate broker
that has experience in leasing space for a
medical office. By hiring an experienced broker
in this field, they can be helpful because they
know available space and building that you may
not be aware of. They also understand how to
structure covenants of the lease agreement to fit
your unique needs. Some things that a broker
will make sure are in the lease if necessary when
you find medical office space Manhattan include
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After hours utilities and accessmany times
physicians see patients after normal building
hours and if it is an urgent care practice they
may operate on a twenty-four hour basis. You
also need to see how the utilities are accounted
for after the normal building hours because if
they are billed incorrectly it can cost you more
money. Use issuesdepending on the medical
practice there may be hazardous materials used,
causing biomedical waste. In addition, the
practice could use CT scan machines, X-ray
machines, etc which generate radiation that is
harmful. Any of this can create special
requirements that need to be accounted for in the
lease agreement to ensure compliance. Landlord
privacy and inspectiongenerally, with commercial
real estate leases they provide the landlord the
right to enter the space to inspect to make sure
that you are in compliance with the signed lease,
and make repairs in the leased space and other
places in the building. When you are operating a
medical practice you will need to limit the
landlords access to particular areas like the
examining rooms when the office is open. You
will also make sure that they do not have access
to areas where the patients records are kept.
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Being in compliance with Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA)having a medical practice
you would be most apt to have patients with
special needs so you need to make sure that you
are making the building handicap accessible.
Medical practices are usually under more scrutiny
from the ADA than other offices. Your broker
will make sure that there is an ADA clause in the
lease stating what you can do to make it handicap
accessible.
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These are just some of the many things that your
real estate broker will ensure that is in the
lease agreement before you sign the lease. This
article is penned by Richard for Manhattan Office
Space. Manhattan Office Space helps medical
practitioners find medical office space primarily
in Manhattan and the surrounding areas of their
interest. If you are a medical practitioner
looking for Manhattan office space then you can
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time you are looking to find dental space in
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Planning Your new Office Space
When trying to find medical office space there
are three important factors that you need to take
into consideration. The first and most important
factor when trying to find dental space is the
location. Although this sounds like a long time,
you should plan to take six to twelve months for
this process. Half of that time should be to
find the space and the other half for any
renovations that may be needed. If you are
already in an existing practice you need to make
sure that the location is convenient to the
patients you already have. Other factors you
need to take into consideration are
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• Parking availability such as a parking lot,
  parking garage, or on-the-street parking and if
  there is spaces for handicap parking.
• How close the practice is to public
  transportation
• How close to the hospital you have privileges to
  practice in because many physicians make their
  rounds before opening their practice so they want
  to get there quickly after rounds
• Is the office space big enough for one or more
  physicians or dentists

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Planning Your new Office Space
The last factor to consider is if any renovation
needs to be done. What renovations can be done
depends on whether you find office space for rent
or for sale. Even renting an office space you
may be able to do some renovations like painting
it, putting down new carpet, or putting pictures
on the walls. If you need to do a total
renovation such as making new rooms or changing
the layout of the space you may have to buy the
space to do those renovations. You also want to
make sure that it is handicap accessible and if
not you may need to add a wheelchair ramp and
make sure the doorways are wide enough. When
looking to find medical office space these are
the three factors that are important to consider.
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