THE BIGGER PICTURE
Leasing activity is more than a count of signed agreements. A renewal, relocation, expansion, and new market entry have different implications for a building and its competitors. Quoin organizes the event, the parties, and available terms so the evidence supports both deal analysis and market understanding. Bring the originating evidence into the analysis so the economics can be examined rather than assumed.
Separate the event types
Review whether a transaction represents new occupancy, retained occupancy, or a change in footprint. Link the event to the relevant suite, building, and organization. Avoid counting the same requirement several times as it moves through listing, negotiation, and announcement stages.
Examine the available economics
Compare recorded area, term, rent, concessions, and timing with clear labels for missing information. An announced lease without financial details is useful demand evidence but should not become an invented rent comparable.
Connect the deal to competing supply
Understand how a leasing event changes availability in the subject property and the space a tenant leaves behind. Put absorption, new deliveries, and sublease supply around the transaction before interpreting it as a broader market signal.
Separate executed evidence from asking terms
A listing describes an offer; a lease document describes an agreement. Keep their origins and dates separate. Where executed terms are not supplied, do not manufacture effective rent from an asking figure. An intelligent comparison should identify which concessions, areas, or term definitions remain unknown.
YOUR RESEARCH AGENDA
Choose a market, tenant profile, or building set.
Review leasing events and their classification.
Inspect the terms and the evidence supporting them.
Compare the event with alternative space and wider demand.
GO A LEVEL DEEPER
Questions worth asking.
Does leasing volume equal absorption?+
No. A renewal can contribute leasing volume without adding occupied space. A relocation can create demand in one building and vacancy in another.
How are incomplete lease records useful?+
They can support analysis of occupier activity, deal size, and timing. Missing economic terms should remain missing rather than being implied by nearby transactions.
