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What is tenant improvement allowance?

A landlord-funded amount (often per square foot) to help a tenant customize its space; an economic concession usually modeled below NOI as a leasing cost or capital expenditure.

Where you will use it: this term comes up in the Real Estate Finance course, and the full course glossary collects every term in one place.

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From the free Real Estate Finance course by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA.