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Real Estate Forms
The following real estate forms* are available for viewing and downloading in multiple formats:
- Model License Agreement for Office Space
Word PDF - Model License Agreement from Owner for Non-Food Retail Space
Word PDF - Model Office Exclusive Brokerage Agreement
Word PDF - Model Retail Exclusive Brokerage Agreement
Word PDF - Contract of Sale – Condominium Unit (approved by the New York City Bar Association's Committees on Cooperative and Condominium Law)
Updated 2015Contract: Word PDF Explanatory Note Accompanying Revisions: Word PDF - Contract of Sale - Cooperative Apartment
Updated 2023
Contract: Word PDF Explanatory Note Accompanying Revisions: Word PDF
- Model Mediation Provision for Cooperative Proprietary Lease or Condominium Bylaws
Word PDF - Model Form of Contract of Sale -- Office, Commercial and Multi-Family Residential Premises
Contract: Word PDF Commentary: Word PDF - Model Ground Lease and Commentary
Lease: Word PDF Commentary: Word PDF - Model Lease Renewal Option and Commentary
Lease: Word PDF Commentary: Word PDF - Model Retail Lease and Commentary
Lease: Word PDF Commentary: Word PDF - Model Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement and Commentary
Agreement Word PDF Commentary : Word PDF - Commercial Office Lease and Commentary
Lease: Word PDF Commentary : Word PDF - Model Office Sublease, Overlandlord's Consent and Commentary
Sublease: Word PDF Consent: Word PDF Commentary Word PDF - Mortgage and Promissory Note for Medium-sized Commercial Loans (issued by the Real Property Law Committee in 1999)
Mortgage: Word PDF Note: Word PDF -
Residential Contract of Sale (issued by the Association's Real Property Law Committee and the New York Bar Association's Real Property Law Section in 2000)
Contract: Word PDF - Alterations Agreement for Cooperatives (issued by the Cooperative and Condominium Law Committee) [Updated 2010]
Commentary: Word Agreement: Word PDF - Mortgage Loan Opinion Report (issued August, 2021 by the Association of the Bar's Real Property Law Committee)
Report: Opinion: Word PDF
*These real estate forms are a basic "starting point" and are intended to be used in conjunction with the commentary, where provided, and the advice of counsel. They are not intended to be a substitute for retaining counsel. The actual transaction to which a document relates may require modification of the real estate form.