What is TIA recovery?

TIA recovery is the process of collecting the tenant improvement allowance the landlord committed to in the lease, subject to the lease's eligible-cost, documentation, milestone, and timing requirements.

Can a tenant improvement allowance expire?

It can. Many leases condition reimbursement on completion or submission by a defined date. REAL always presents the exact lease-specific deadline rather than a generic timing rule.

What documents can a TIA draw require?

Requirements vary by lease. Common examples include itemized draw requests, invoices, pay applications, lien waivers, completion evidence, approvals, and certificates. REAL shows only the documents required by the governing lease.

Can REAL track multiple TIA draws?

Yes. Where the lease provides for staged or multiple draws, REAL tracks each draw's eligible spend, required evidence, submitted amount, landlord response, reimbursement, and remaining balance.

How does TIA recovery connect to lease accounting?

The cash recovery and the accounting treatment depend on the same underlying lease terms, so REAL keeps the recovery workflow linked to Lease Accounting rather than treating TIA as a separate record.

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REAL turns each tenant improvement allowance into a live recovery workflow: what the lease promised, what has been spent, what is eligible, what evidence is missing, what has been reimbursed, and what needs to happen next.

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REAL structures the allowance amount, per-square-foot logic where applicable, eligible and excluded uses, landlord work obligations, draw mechanics, milestones, completion requirements, submission deadlines, and any condition that controls payment.

Allowance terms · Suite 220, Meridian Plaza

Allowance

$42.00/RSF

Draw structure

Two staged draws

Submission deadline

120 days post-occupancy

Structured from the current lease and amendment chain

The allowance is negotiated once. Recovering it can take months of cross-functional follow-up.

TIA recovery sits between the lease, construction, AP, accounting, landlord requirements, and a deadline
The money can be committed in the lease and still go uncollected if eligible costs are not matched to the right conditions, required evidence is incomplete, or the draw is submitted too late
REAL keeps the entitlement, spend, documentation, deadline, landlord response, and remaining balance in one active workflow

TIA recovery sits between the lease, construction, AP, accounting, landlord requirements, and a deadline
The money can be committed in the lease and still go uncollected if eligible costs are not matched to the right conditions, required evidence is incomplete, or the draw is submitted too late
REAL keeps the entitlement, spend, documentation, deadline, landlord response, and remaining balance in one active workflow

The allowance is negotiated once. Recovering it can take months of cross-functional follow-up.

Define the entitlement, exactly as the lease states it.

Allowance terms · Suite 220, Meridian Plaza

Allowance

$42.00/RSF

Draw structure

Two staged draws

Submission deadline

120 days post-occupancy

Structured from the current lease and amendment chain

Match project spend to the lease that governs it.

Invoices, pay applications, construction costs, approvals, and completion evidence are connected to the allowance terms that actually govern reimbursement, not a generic checklist.

Spend match · Suite 220, Meridian Plaza

Allowance

$378,000

Eligible spend to date

$291,400

Already reimbursed

$150,000

Outstanding recoverable

$141,400

Build the recovery package the lease actually requires.

REAL assembles the documents the specific lease requires for the next draw and surfaces missing items, such as invoices, lien waivers, certificates, or approvals, before they hold up reimbursement.

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FAQ

TIA recovery is the process of collecting the tenant improvement allowance the landlord committed to in the lease, subject to the lease's eligible-cost, documentation, milestone, and timing requirements.
It can. Many leases condition reimbursement on completion or submission by a defined date. REAL always presents the exact lease-specific deadline rather than a generic timing rule.
Requirements vary by lease. Common examples include itemized draw requests, invoices, pay applications, lien waivers, completion evidence, approvals, and certificates. REAL shows only the documents required by the governing lease.
Yes. Where the lease provides for staged or multiple draws, REAL tracks each draw's eligible spend, required evidence, submitted amount, landlord response, reimbursement, and remaining balance.
The cash recovery and the accounting treatment depend on the same underlying lease terms, so REAL keeps the recovery workflow linked to Lease Accounting rather than treating TIA as a separate record.

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Collect every TIA dollar before the right expires.

The allowance is negotiated once. Recovering it can take months of cross-functional follow-up.

The allowance is negotiated once. Recovering it can take months of cross-functional follow-up.

Define the entitlement, exactly as the lease states it.

Match project spend to the lease that governs it.

Build the recovery package the lease actually requires.

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FAQ

What is TIA recovery?

Can a tenant improvement allowance expire?

What documents can a TIA draw require?

Can REAL track multiple TIA draws?

How does TIA recovery connect to lease accounting?

Initial agents live in two weeks.

One agent is powerful.
A suite is transformative.