Before You Sign the Lease — Restaurant Space Assessment

A first-pass due diligence tool for evaluating a restaurant space before you commit to the lease.

Use it while visiting a space to work through the practical questions that can turn a promising location into an expensive problem: permitted use, kitchen footprint, hood and makeup air, HVAC, electrical, gas, plumbing, refrigeration, landlord responsibilities, roof access, signage, patio potential, flow, existing equipment and more.

The workbook also helps you:

• work backwards from total square footage to a realistic kitchen footprint
• draw and test operational flow before negotiating the space
• identify unresolved issues and potential major-cost items
• compare broad Canadian renovation cost contexts without pretending they are a quote
• separate equipment that is genuinely useful from equipment that only looks valuable on paper

The goal is not to build your financial plan. It is to help you understand what you are getting into and what you should verify before signing.

Format: Excel workbook
Delivery: Instant digital download