# Lease abstractor
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Extract and summarize key commercial lease terms into a structured abstract for portfolio management, date tracking, financial modeling, and quick reference.

Extract and summarize key commercial lease terms into a structured abstract for portfolio management, date tracking, financial modeling, and quick reference. Use when building a lease database, onboarding a new lease into a portfolio system, tracking renewal and termination option deadlines, abstracting lease terms for due diligence, or creating a machine-readable lease record for import into Yardi, MRI, CoStar, VTS, Tango, or similar platforms. Produces a 14-category structured abstract covering rent and escalations, CAM and operating expenses, TI allowances, renewal/expansion/termination options, assignment and subletting, co-tenancy, exclusivity, use restrictions, insurance, maintenance, guarantees, SNDA, default and cure periods, and holdover provisions — with extraction confidence scoring, critical date computation, amendment reconciliation, and structured JSON/CSV export. Jurisdiction-agnostic with [JURISDICTION-SPECIFIC] markers. Does not assess risk, generate redlines, or replace qualified real estate counsel review.

This skill extracts and summarizes key lease terms from commercial leases into a structured, standardized abstract optimized for portfolio management, financial modeling, date tracking, and system import. It captures what the lease actually says — field by field, provision by provision — and exports the results in both human-readable markdown and machine-readable formats. **Covers:** - 14-category lease extraction framework covering all material lease provisions - Base rent, rent schedule, and escalation mechanics (fixed, CPI, FMR, percentage) - CAM, operating expenses, base year/expense stop, gross-up, caps, and reconciliation - Tenant Improvement Allowance (TIA), disbursement conditions, and restoration obligations - Renewal, expansion, contraction, ROFO, ROFR, and termination options — with absolute exercise date computation - Assignment, subletting, recapture rights, permitted transfers, and profit-sharing - Co-tenancy provisions — trigger, remedy, notice, and reconstitution mechanics - Exclusivity and use restrictions - Insurance requirements, indemnification flow, and waiver of subrogation - Maintenance and repair obligation allocation - Personal guarantee scope, guarantor identity, good-guy clause mechanics - SNDA (subordination, non-disturbance, and attornment) provisions - Default, cure periods, self-help, and remedies - Holdover rate, conversion mechanics, and consequential damages exposure - Amendment and exhibit reconciliation — building the consolidated current-terms abstract - Critical date computation — converting ...

## Jurisdictions

Global



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