Of course you do. Would you spend a hundred thousand on a custom buildout for a $1M lease if there was a significant risk the tenant would stop paying only a fr

Of course you do. Would you spend a hundred thousand on a custom buildout for a $1M lease if there was a significant risk the tenant would stop paying only a fraction of the way into the lease? Things get a lot easier if you can take the space as is. But even then, if the landlord thinks your business is at a high risk of closing within a year, what’s the point? Why not spend most of that year finding a secure tenant likely to last for a decade or more.