988 Valencia: Part II

As I noted earlier 988 Valencia is a space I’m giving serious consideration to. And over the weekend, I mailed off an official “Offer to Lease” letter to the landlord. That felt very archaic and overly formal considering I’ve already met with the landlord informally several times recently. But one thing I’m continuing to learn is that every commercial landlord seems to have their own process that they’re comfortable with for negotiating a lease agreement. This particular landord has two adjoining properties that he’d prefer to lease together, if he can’t do that, lease to two separate business at the same time. Right now, he has a wine bar interested in leasing the larger space with the roll up door, which could be very complementary to my business and another incentive to stay open later then the typical comic bookstore or art gallery for that matter.