Question

Common area maintenance (CAM) charges for retail leases in a shopping mall must be calculated. The retail mall consists of a total area of $2.8 million square feet, of which 800,000 square feet has been leased to anchor tenants that have agreed to pay $2 per rentable square foot in CAM charges. In-line tenants occupy 1.3 million square feet, and the remainder is common area, which the landlord believes will require $8 per square foot to maintain and operate each year. If the owner wants to cover the total CAM charges, how much will in-line tenants have to pay per square foot?

Answer 1