CAM charges for retail leases in a shopping mall must be calculated. The retail mall consists of a total area of 2.8 million square feet, of which 800,000 square feet has been leased to anchor tenants that have agreed to pay $2 per rentable square foot in CAM charges. In-line tenants occupy 1.3 million square feet, and the remainder is a common area, which the landlord believeswill require $8 per square foot to maintain and operate each year. If the owner is to cover total CAM charges, how much will in-line tenants have to pay per square foot?

Answer:

$3.08 per square foot

Explanation:

Calculation for how much will in-line tenants have to pay per square foot

First step is to find the common area

Common area = 2,800,000−800,000−1,300,000 Common area= 700,000

Second step is to find Common area operating costs

Common area operating costs = 700,000×8

Common area operating costs= $5.6 million

Third step is to find the Operating costs charged to in-line tenants

Operating costs charged to in-line tenants = 5,600,000−800,000×2

Operating costs charged to in-line tenants = 4,000,000

Last step is to calculate the In-line CAM charges using this formula

In-line CAM charges=Operating costs charged to in-line tenants -In-line tenants square feet

Let plug in the formula

In-line CAM charges = 4,000,000 ÷ 1,300,000

In-line CAM charges= $3.08

Therefore the amount that in-line tenants have to pay per square foot will be $3.08 per square foot.