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Basic Rentable Area
Basic Rentable Area is a BOMA 1996 term that represents the area of an office floor available for the exclusive use of tenants, plus their pro-rata share of floor common, service, and amenity areas. This "pre-rentable" area calculation, serves as the initial step, before building-level load factors are applied. Determined by multiplying the Usable Area of an office area, store area, or Building Common Area by the Floor R/U Ratio, it is a specific step in calculating a tenant's Total Rentable Area according to the BOMA 1996 Standard by applying the proportionate share of floor common area to tenants.