This guide provides information about retail leases entered into after 1 July 2017 in accordance with the Retail Leases Act 1994 (NSW) (the Act). Read the Act.

This guide is designed to help both lessors (landlords) and lessees (tenants) successfully negotiate and manage positive outcomes in relation to retail leases. Within this guide you will find information about:

• starting a lease;
• leasing costs;
• lease management; and
• lease expiry.

We recommend this guide be provided as soon as, if not before, lease negotiations start, together with a copy of the proposed lease.