---
title: "Commercial lease letter of intent (United States)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing/us-commercial-lease-letter-of-intent"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a10-us-commercial-lease-letter-of-intent"
area_id: "A10"
kind: "letter"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A10-T1-R6", "A10-T1-R1", "A10-B2-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Commercial lease letter of intent (United States)

> A letter that records proposed commercial-lease terms, and that offers as binding only the rows both parties initial, with an ADA access allocation left for the parties to write.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing/us-commercial-lease-letter-of-intent  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send.
- Practice area: [Commercial Property & Leasing](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for United States.

## When to use it

Use when a landlord and a tenant want a written record of commercial-lease proposals before a lease is signed. Have the lawyer choose the state whose contract law will be read before any row is treated as binding.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft or redline the contract for sale or heads of agreement](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-property-and-leasing/draft-or-redline-the-contract-for-sale-or-heads-of-agreement.md)
- [Draft a commercial, retail or industrial lease from the heads of terms](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-property-and-leasing/draft-a-commercial-retail-or-industrial-lease-from-the-heads-of-terms.md)
- [Summarise a commercial lease into a key-terms sheet](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-property-and-leasing/summarise-a-commercial-lease-into-a-key-terms-sheet.md)

## How AI may be used

A tool may copy business terms from a term sheet or an email the lawyer has marked as the client's instructions.

**AI may:**

- Place each instructed figure into the matching Part A row and leave the row blank when the instruction does not state it
- Carry an initialled Part B row forward only when both initials are already on the draft the lawyer is editing
- Insert the public-accommodation or commercial-facility label only after the lawyer has chosen it

**AI must not:**

- Must not move a Part A row into Part B
- Must not state that a letter of intent is binding or non-binding under a statute
- Must not state that the ADA makes the landlord or the tenant responsible for a barrier
- Must not send the letter

**The lawyer checks:**

- The state named for Part B is the state whose contract law the lawyer will read, and that reading is still to be done if it is not in the file
- Every Part B row that is treated as offered has both parties' initials
- The access paragraph uses the primer's distinction between a public accommodation and a commercial facility
- No statute of frauds is quoted, because none was opened

## Authorities

- [U.S. Department of Justice, ADA Title III primer for small businesses (public accommodations, commercial facilities, and barrier removal)](https://www.ada.gov/resources/title-iii-primer/)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing/us-commercial-lease-letter-of-intent and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*