This commercial lease allows a business to use a property for commercial purposes including: an office a warehouse for storage a shop, or a restaurant or café grant a lease of the whole of the property to another protect yourself and record the tenant's obligations in respect of the use of the property What is included in a commercial lease? This commercial lease covers: the rent to be paid the tenant's responsibilities the landlord's responsibilities an optional break clause security of tenure so that the tenant does not have an automatic right to stay at the property at the end of the term If you wish to carry on your business in a specific space. A commercial lease frames the relationship between landlord and tenant, and outlines the business purposes for which a property can be used. A carefully written commercial lease is essential to carry on your business properly, because as a tenant, you can only use the property for purposes that have been specifically set out in a 'permitted use of premises' clause.