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.
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