Having dug into your own mind and operations during the Needs Assessment, Criteria and Programming stage, it will be time for the buildings in which you have preliminary interest, to themselves answer some questions about their compatibility to you.
From the street or inside, an office building usually seems generally acceptable, with no particular reason not to consider it. In fact, once a group of buildings has made your short list, it may be indeterminable as to the differences between them. Financially, you will be determining rent and other costs through the negotiations, but the physical elements are to be evaluated to support and to be used in conjunction with the financial analysis. Do not discount the importance of this research. It must be completed. There are critical structural aspects and life safety issues which need disclosure. More mundane things such as elevator speeds, ceiling height, electrical and telephone distribution and HVAC are elemental to your decision as the look and price of the building.
