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Recovery of past CAM overcharges depends on your specific lease terms, including any audit rights deadlines or ‘binding and conclusive’ provisions, and on applicable state law.

State statute of limitations periods apply to written contracts and range from 3 to 10 years. Your actual lookback window may be shorter based on your lease.

CAMAudit is a document analysis platform, not a law firm, and nothing on this site constitutes legal advice. Consult a licensed real estate attorney before initiating any dispute or legal proceeding.

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Restaurant & Food Service CAM Audit Checklist

A 20-item audit checklist for restaurant tenants in NNN commercial leases

What you will learn

  • Which kitchen-adjacent CAM line items are most often misclassified
  • How to verify your HVAC allocation between kitchen and common area
  • The management fee rate check and how to run the math
  • What CapEx looks like in a restaurant lease and how to flag it
  • How to use the 20-item pre-payment checklist before signing any reconciliation check

Restaurant tenants face CAM charges that most checklists miss — grease trap maintenance classified as common area, HVAC serving the kitchen billed as shared, and parking lot costs allocated without accounting for anchor tenant exceptions. This checklist covers every line item that routinely overcharges food service tenants.

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Short, practical, and built for the exact point you are at in the CAM workflow.

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By Angel Campa, Founder

I built CAMAudit after seeing how many tenants overpay on CAM reconciliations without realizing they have the right to audit.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can a landlord charge grease trap service to the common area?
Only if grease traps serve shared areas, which is rare. Grease traps serving your kitchen exclusively are a direct tenant expense, not a CAM item. If your landlord is billing kitchen-specific maintenance as a shared cost, that is a misclassification.
What is the most common CAM error for restaurant tenants?
HVAC misclassification is the most frequent issue. Restaurant leases often include both kitchen-dedicated and common-area HVAC. The kitchen unit is a direct cost; only the shared unit belongs in CAM. When landlords pool both into the same maintenance line, tenants absorb costs for equipment that serves only them.
How do I know if my audit rights window is still open?
Check your lease for the audit rights clause, which typically gives you 12 to 24 months after receiving the reconciliation statement. Note the date you received the statement and calculate the deadline from there. If you are within 90 days, prioritize the review.

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