Most NYC restaurant and retail leases are signed before anyone independently checks whether the space can be approved, built out, and opened on the timeline the business plan assumes. The discovery happens after signature, when the tenant is already paying rent and the issues are no longer negotiable.

Pre-Lease Site Review reverses that order.

We run a structured review of the space and the building before you commit. The review covers legal use and Certificate of Occupancy. Open violations on the property and any open DOB jobs. FDNY exposure. ADA access and restroom feasibility. Venting and exhaust routing for food use. Fire alarm, sprinkler, and egress conditions. Place of Assembly considerations where applicable. Buildout feasibility against your concept. Landlord delivery condition and what would need to be added to make the space work.

The output is a clear read on agency approval risk, realistic opening timeline, likely buildout cost drivers, and the lease terms that should be negotiated against what we found. Not a guarantee of approval. An honest map of what the deal actually contains so you can negotiate against reality.

This service can stand alone or sit inside a tenant rep engagement. We run it for operators with a deal already in front of them and for landlords who want to surface issues before going to market. Triumph Realty itself does not perform architectural drawings, code consulting, or expediting work. Those are performed by separate affiliated or independent firms under separate agreements when a deeper review is needed.

For most operators, the cost of a pre-lease review is a small fraction of one month of rent on a space that cannot open. The math is straightforward.