As a real estate agent, we go further than just closing the best deal for you. We think strategically and stand completely beside you as a (future) office tenant, owner or user of an office building or business space. The rental of commercial real estate is a core task for Parella.
“When the question arises as to how the value of a real estate asset is determined, Olivier van Gool emphasizes the importance of an integrated approach.”
“A price is never set at random.”
“We analyze market trends, local dynamics, and the intrinsic qualities of the property. Each valuation is therefore a combination of data and strategic insight, enabling owners and tenants to make well informed decisions.”
Our projects demonstrate how we translate ambitions into concrete results with this service. Each outcome reflects our commitment to quality, creativity, and collaboration. Discover how this approach adds value and makes a difference.
For example, we can help you with the search for a new office building, renegotiating the contract in order to achieve the best financial and legal conditions for you when the end of your lease term comes into view. Together with you we investigate what is useful in terms of office accommodation as soon as your organization merges or grows. In all these situations we assist you with independent accommodation advice: from workplace consultancy to the relocation.
At Parella we like to do things differently as a real estate agent. We help you develop a strategy that optimally supports your organization’s business objectives. Whether it concerns cost savings, efficiency, sustainability or flexibility. We do not write long reports, but provide a realistic and feasible plan and execute it for you. From contract negotiations to office renovation or office sustainability. That’s Parella.
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Unlike many other commercial real estate brokers, as an independent commercial broker, we are only at your side of the table as a tenant, owner or user. We have no working relationships with real estate developers, investors or contractors. So no double agenda. This gives you the certainty that you will receive a complete overview of the range of office buildings on offer, enabling you to make the most suitable choice.
We compare the different properties for you and take into account which aspects are most important to you. This way we can pay attention to aspects such as accessibility, travel times, CO2 emissions, image, available facilities, office sustainability and costs.
What is important to us: a satisfied customer who likes to come back
More and more organizations attach great importance to office sustainability. Parella carefully monitors your sustainability ambitions in the search for your new ideal property. A sustainable office building goes much further than just the energy label. This is how we see where the focus is for you. Is it mainly about limiting CO2 emissions or about circularity? About energy consumption? And what does your budget allow for that?
Via the Creasy.nl platform we developed, for example, we can conduct CO2 research by comparing several buildings on the amount of CO2 emissions based on travel distance and travel time to the buildings. This makes making choices easier and helps to keep the big picture in mind.
Even if you have no relocation plans, as an independent commercial broker we have added value. It pays to take a critical look at your office rental contract. There is a chance that you can structurally save costs and improve your office rental contract on other points.
For the office lessor it is often nice to have the certainty that you will stay for a while; this gives you, as an office tenant, a favorable negotiating position. There may be possibilities to extend for a longer period of time, with a rent reduction as a result. Or to agree on improvements to the building as a condition for extending your office rental contract.
So don’t just sign your contract extension. We can help you to have the office rental contract adjusted on crucial points during negotiations.
Parella also has a great deal of experience in the field of international office accommodation. Finding new office accommodation abroad is often even more difficult than in the Netherlands. You will be dealing with a different language and culture and with different laws and regulations. Where can you find an advisor who understands your goals and wishes and who sits alone at your side of the table? With us.
Parella is there for 100% independent office accommodation advice all over the world. With our international team of specialists, we are there exclusively for you as a tenant. Transparent and without conflicts of interest.
An adviser adds the most value when strategic decisions need to be made. For example, when a lease is approaching expiry, when an organisation is expanding or downsizing, or when ways of working are changing. Independent advice is also essential in cases of lease renegotiations, mergers or sustainability challenges. Parella looks beyond the rental rate alone. We help you make decisions that are financially sound, functionally aligned and future ready.
We look beyond the base rent alone. We also assess service charges, lease term, flexibility and fit out costs. By analysing the full scope of the agreement, we often realise substantial savings over the entire lease period without compromising on quality or functionality. In our negotiations and financial analyses, we focus on:
We act exclusively on behalf of tenants. This means we have no conflicting interests with landlords, property managers or investors. We are engaged and paid solely by our client, ensuring that every recommendation is made in your best interest. This leads to clear negotiations, full transparency and stronger lease terms. Our success is directly linked to the outcome you achieve, not to the number of transactions we close for landlords.
Yes, absolutely. Remaining in your current premises is often the most cost efficient option, provided the lease is thoroughly reassessed and renegotiated. We benchmark the market rent, identify optimisation opportunities such as lease term, rent free periods, service charges and flexibility, and use market data as a negotiation lever. With a strong alternative scenario developed through our Creasy tool, we maintain negotiating pressure and create room for improved commercial terms.
Ideally, you should start 9 to 12 months before the expiry date of the current lease term. This allows sufficient time to explore the market, compare alternatives and negotiate from a well informed position. For smaller spaces or straightforward renewals, 4 to 6 months may be sufficient. However, starting early gives you control over the process and significantly reduces the risk of overpaying.
