6.1.1. Tenant Files, 1942-1999
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- calculate the percentage rent assessed for retail shops provide an account of several tenant's economic
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Comprised of correspondence, leases, plans, modification documents, rent inclusions, financial records, and other materials associated with individual tenants at 300 Park Avenue. These documents portray the business involvements the Urises had with their commercial tenants. Tenants at 300 Park Avenue were engaged in diverse occupations and leased space for corporate executive offices, retail stores, financial institutions, travel agencies, securities firms, designers, marketing, real estate, showrooms, restaurants, and storage. The correspondence with tenants explains all aspects of their leases, alterations to the premises, rent escalations, permissions to sublet space, legal issues, tenant expenses, occupancy schedules, mortgages, and relevant corporate matters. Included are communications about services provided by the landlord, information on individual tenants, complaints, security concerns, elevator use, insurance claims, fire safety, signs, building passes, keys, and adherence to local laws concerning asbestos, fire, smoking, and drought restrictions. Letters to and from the management companies and facilities staff handling the building discuss rent, security deposits, tenant charges, maintenance of the property, safety measures, renovations, elevators, authorizations, and operating services offered tenants. Additional correspondence regarding the initial erection of the office building describes the customization of space for tenants, architectural plans and specifications, progress meetings, inspections, contractor work, alterations, financial matters, and other construction subjects. Subsequent construction projects are likewise documented with communications concerning renovations, repairs, compliance with zoning regulations, environmental impact, cost worksheets, interactions with the Department of Buildings, professional installations, design plans, work completed, and distribution of payments for labor, materials, equipment and related expenses. Interoffice memorandums in these files also discuss negotiated lease terms, tenant's financial situation, modification agreements, calculation of tenant charges, proposed leases, renewals, lease abstracts, and move in/out particulars.