Lease Portfolio Strategy & Occupancy Cost Expertise

As businesses grow, their lease portfolios can quickly become complex and costly to manage. Landlord billing practices vary, lease amendments accumulate, and critical information becomes scattered across people, systems, administrative records, and emails.

For over 15 years, Richvale Consulting has helped multi-location organizations across Canada and the United States gain a better understanding of their lease obligations, occupancy costs, and portfolio risks. Through lease portfolio validation, occupancy cost reviews, acquisition support, and recovery services, we help clients strengthen oversight and make better-informed business decisions.

We support any multi-site occupiers, from healthcare organizations and veterinary groups to retailers and franchise operators, by helping them:

  • Organize acquired lease portfolios
  • Validate lease portfolio data
  • Identify and manage occupancy-cost risks
  • Support portfolio integration following acquisitions
  • Identify opportunities for cost recovery and recover landlord overcharges

Our goal is simple: help businesses make informed decisions and gain confidence in managing their lease portfolio.

Areas of Expertise

Lease Portfolio Integration

We help multi-location organizations understand, organize, and manage acquired lease portfolios.

Lease Portfolio Validation

We validate lease records, amendments and critical dates.

Occupancy Cost Reviews

We provide visibility into your lease obligations, operating costs and financial exposure and identify occupancy cost risks.

Lease Audits

We identify billing discrepancies, negotiate and recover billing discrepancies and overcharges from landlords.

Why Clients Choose Richvale

Proven Experience

15+ years managing commercial lease portfolios across a diverse range of organizations.

Real Results

$4.5 millions in savings and recoveries identifies for our clients.

Our Footprint

  • 4,400 + leases reviewed to data
  • 6.5 + million square feet reviewed to date

Independent Oversight

We independently review lease terms, invoices, rent escalations, operating expenses, and other obligations to identify discrepancies and opportunities.

Our Process

  • Collect & centralize
  • Review & abstract
  • Validate data
  • Update data
  • Organize data
  • Identify opportunities
  • Recover overcharges
  • Monitor ongoing obligations

Peace of Mind

We uncover what gets missed. From billing errors and incorrect escalations to missed lease provisions and unreconciled operating expenses, our team identifies opportunities that would otherwise go unnoticed.

Testimonials

See what our clients say about Richvale Consulting Services

Manager, Lease Administration & Recoveries
GOLDMANCO INCORPORATED

“Maria has played an instrumental part with our group in helping create processes and improvements with rent reconciliation, lease review, and lease audit, and has become an invaluable resource for us. She has identified and recovered thousands of dollars in savings and consistently achieves good results. Maria is, without doubt, one of the most experienced and knowledgeable commercial real estate consultants I’ve had the pleasure of knowing and working with in my 25+ years in the industry. Her understanding and expertise in lease audit and accounting, coupled with her commitment to problem-solving and execution, is second to none. She is genuine, accommodating, and professional…and an all-around pleasure to work with. She definitely has my highest recommendation!“

Maria Di Nardo – Broker, RCM

Director, Lease Administration and Real Estate,  VetStrategy

“I can’t say enough good things about Maria, whom I worked with during the negotiation of my commercial lease. As a small business owner, signing a long-term lease felt overwhelming and, honestly, very intimidating. There were so many clauses, legal terms, and financial details that I wasn’t fully confident I understood. Having a knowledgeable professional by my side made all the difference.
From the very beginning, Maria carefully reviewed every section of the lease and explained it to me in plain, practical terms. More importantly, she didn’t just tell me what the lease said, she helped me understand what it meant for my business. Maria identified potential risks, pointed out areas that needed clarification, and ensured I wasn’t agreeing to terms that could create problems down the road.
Thanks to Maria’s expertise, I was able to negotiate improvements to the lease that better protected my interests and reduced my long-term risk. If you’re a small business owner facing a commercial lease, I strongly recommend working with a lease auditor. The peace of mind, financial protection, and confidence they provide are absolutely worth it.“

Michelle Spudic, M.S.W., RSW

Psychotherapist in Private Practice, Registered Social Worker

“Maria Nenciu, you were the only one that was successful in finding errors/saving and loved working with you“.

Georgia Panousis

Director, Real Estate and Legal Administration Aldo Group