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Neighborhood Retail Center CAM Reconciliation Guide for Landlords

Typical CAM pools, billing errors, gross-up mechanics, and BOMA standards for neighborhood retail center properties.

Benchmark CAM per SF

$4.00 – $9.00 / SF

Source: ICSC / IREM 2024

Gross-Up Applicability

Moderately relevant — neighborhood centers often have lower vacancy but may have anchor tenants with capped CAM contributions, shifting costs to smaller in-line tenants.

Typical CAM Pools

  • Parking lot maintenance
  • Landscaping
  • Lighting (common area)
  • Security
  • Signage maintenance
  • Management fees
  • Insurance
  • Property taxes
  • Trash removal
  • Snow/ice removal

Standard Exclusions

  • Anchor tenant exclusive costs
  • Pad site expenses
  • Capital improvements
  • Leasing commissions
  • Landlord's legal fees

Common Lease Structures

NNN (most common)Modified gross for smaller tenants

Common Billing Errors

  • Failing to account for anchor tenant CAM caps when calculating in-line tenant shares
  • Including pad site costs in the shared CAM pool
  • Double-counting property taxes already billed directly to ground-lease tenants

Relevant BOMA Standards

  • ANSI/BOMA Z65.5 (Retail Buildings)
  • GLA vs. common area measurement

Neighborhood Retail Center CAM Context

Neighborhood retail centers have unique CAM dynamics because anchor tenants (grocery, pharmacy) typically negotiate CAM caps or fixed CAM rates, leaving smaller tenants exposed to a disproportionate share of cost increases.

Industry Benchmarks

Avg Occupancy (2025)
95.8%
Public REIT average
Typical Recovery Ratio
88-95%
Brixmor reported 92.7% (record). NNN retail typically 90-95%...

Source: Public REIT 10-K filings (FY 2025), BOMA EER (2025 edition). Data compiled March 2026.

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Expenses/Administrative OverheadBoma/Boma 2024 Adoption RoadmapCam Reconciliation ErrorsCam Gross Up CalculatorPro Rata Calculator

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