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Allocating CAM Charges in Mixed-Use Properties

Property professionals now have a practical resource for managing mixed-use developments, demystifying the complexities of allocating CAM charges among various entities in these developments by outlining methods and guidelines that can be applied to both existing and new projects. Developed by seasoned industry practitioners with decades of experience managing mixed-use properties, the comprehensive CAM Guide examines day-to-day management strategies and offers a variety of approaches to CAM allocations for several key areas.

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Emergency Preparedness Guidebook

BOMA International's Emergency Preparedness Guidebook: The Property Professional's Resource for Developing Emergency Plans for Natural and Human-Based Threats is the industry's most up-to-date guide to help property professionals prepare for and respond to a broad range of potential threats. The guidebook walks the users step-by-step through the four phases of emergency management-mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery-to help ensure tenant safety and building security during emergency situations.

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Escalation Handbook for Office Buildings, The

The industry standard for understanding the concepts and methodology for preparing escalation billings to maintain profitability in your building and solid relationships with your tenants. This step-by-step handbook cuts through the complexities to provide straightforward, easy-to-understand explanations of the methodologies used. It tackles the latest issues facing property managers, emphasizing that escalations are a partnership between the landlord and tenant. The Third Edition includes a comprehensive Q&A section and chapters on Expense Caps, Escalation Audits, and Escalating Building Rating System Costs.

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Functional Accounting Guide for Office Buildings

Make reporting your office building operation financials a breeze. The Functional Accounting Guide and Chart of Accounts provides an easy-to-use numbering system that allows you to segregate income accounting by type of occupancy (e.g. office rent, retail rent and parking rent) and by special activities (e.g. vendor income). Expenses, by contrast, are disaggregated according to the functional cause of the expenses, such as cleaning, repairs and maintenance, and utilities.

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Functional Accounting Guide for Industrial Properties

This guide applies to all real estate companies, regardless of company size or ownership structure, and represents the best and most prevalent accounting practices for industrial properties. The publication enables property professionals to compare their income and expense line items on an apples-to-apples basis. It serves a much broader function by including those accounts needed to recognize such items as current and long-term assets and liabilities, depreciation of assets, amortization of soft costs such as leasing expenses, transactions associated with property financing and balance sheet accounts.

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Guide to Exterior Maintenance Management

Get to the problem before it even arises with a comprehensive preventive and predictive maintenance plan for the exterior of your property. It helps property professionals implement maintenance strategies to avoid the time, inconvenience, and extra expense of repairing or replacing roofs, windows, lighting, and other systems prematurely.

It includes roofing systems, snow removal, pest management, housekeeping inspection, exterior conditions, roads, grounds, and parking.

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Preventive Maintenance Guidebook

Implementing preventive maintenance strategies can extend the life of your building equipment, improve indoor air quality, save energy, and save you money. Learn to establish a preventive maintenance program in your building, including how to schedule preventive maintenance, the staff requirements involved, the expected useful life of building systems, and how much time to allow for preventive maintenance tasks. Your tenants don’t want an exciting elevator ride or a gamble on air conditioning.

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Proactive Maintenance for Industrial Properties

The expertise you have come to rely on for office properties just got better with the introduction of BOMA's Proactive Maintenance Guidebook for Industrial Properties. Chapters cover reactive, predictive, and preventive maintenance; setting up a program; maintenance costs and capital planning; managing vacant space; and more.