Depending on the situation and the circumstances of the particular transaction, a tenant may be successful in negotiating a cap on CAM
by negotiating a «gross» lease (meaning the rent and all pass - through expenses are
consolidated into one fixed base rent figure), a «base year» deal (whereby the tenant will only be responsible for its share of increases in operating and
similar expenses over the
amounts for such expenses in a base year) or any other number of hybrid scenarios.