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Lease Abstraction

Turn a full lease PDF into a clean, cited abstract in minutes.

Real EstateBanking / LendingDocument Abstraction

Impact

Days of manual lease review reduced to minutes per lease, with the initial setup done in under an hour

per lease

Volume fit

Works best for

teams abstracting dozens or more leases a month, especially across acquisitions

Too small for

a one-off single-lease review where manual reading is faster than setup

Typical inputs

Documents

  • Executed lease
  • Amendments
  • Addenda and riders
  • Estoppel certificates
  • Guaranties
  • Commencement letters

Systems

  • Email
  • Google Drive
  • SharePoint

Output

A completed lease abstract with every value cited to its source clause

Delivered to

  • Deal folder
  • Lease administration system
  • Asset-management system

What it extracts

· 16 fields
  • Form

    Executive Summary

    A one-look roll-up of the lease's economic and legal spine so a reviewer can orient before reading the detail.

  • Text

    Lessor

    The party granting the lease; mis-identifying it breaks every downstream notice, recovery, and payment.

  • Text

    Lessee

    The party taking the lease, captured under whatever role name the document uses (tenant, subtenant, concessionaire).

  • Form

    Premises

    The building, address, floor, suite, area, and permitted use that define exactly what space is leased.

  • Form

    Lease Term

    The key lease dates and duration, distinguishing possession, rent commencement, and term commencement.

  • Classification

    ASC 842 Lease Classification

    The lessee-side operating-versus-finance classification under ASC 842, or a flag that the documents do not support a determination.

  • Table

    Base Rent Schedule

    The scheduled base rent step by step, with monthly, annual, and per-square-foot figures and free-rent periods.

  • Table

    Rent Escalations

    How base rent changes over the term, whether by fixed step, CPI or index, or market reset, with caps and conditions.

  • Table

    Rent Abatements

    Every rent abatement or free-rent period, with monthly, annual, and per-square-foot amounts.

  • Number

    Security Deposit

    The security deposit amount, including the stated value of a letter of credit or other non-cash instrument.

  • Table

    Operating Expense and CAM Recoveries

    How operating costs are recovered from the tenant, including recovery method, base year, pro-rata share, and caps.

  • Form

    Tenant Improvement Allowance

    Any landlord-provided TI or construction allowance, its amount, payment basis, and deadline to collect.

  • Table

    Repair and Maintenance Responsibilities

    Which party bears each repair and maintenance obligation, with a flag where the lease and its amendments conflict.

  • Table

    Renewal and Other Options

    Every option and special right (renewal, termination, purchase, ROFR/ROFO, expansion) with its notice window, rate basis, and ASC 842 reasonably-certain assessment.

  • Table

    Key Lease Clauses

    The material legal clauses of the lease summarized with their section references.

  • Table

    Amendment and Document Index

    The full chronological chain of documents in the lease file, establishing which amendment is most recent.

Prerequisites

  • Your lease abstract template
  • Any prior abstracts for the property
  • The complete document chain including all amendments

Human review

A lease analyst reviews flagged clauses, the ASC 842 classification, and each cited value before the abstract is trusted and loaded to the system of record.

Where it fits

Lease administration

Lease intake - executed leases, amendments, and estoppels arriving by email, Drive, or SharePoint as acquisitions and new deals close

Who uses it

Lease AnalystLease AdministratorAsset ManagerReal Estate Accountant

Grounded in

  • ASC 842 (FASB Accounting Standards Codification, Leases)verified as of 2026-07-22

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