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GLA

English translation: Gross leasable area

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French term or phrase:GLA
English translation:Gross leasable area
Entered by: savaria (X)

17:22 Jul 9, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Lease for supermarket
French term or phrase: GLA
In a commercial lease for a supermarket in Bucharest not yet completed. Context:
"Description du local:
Le Local comprendra au jour de son achèvement un bâtiment composé de:
- 66 emplacements de stationnement situés en extérieur;
- un bâtiment d'une surface de GLA, livré brut de béton, réseaux en attente".
These wretched acronyms! Any suggestions gratefully received.
Jennifer Forbes
Local time: 16:56
Gross leasable area
Explanation:
Gross leasable area, in retail development, the amount of floor space available to be rented.

Can it be?

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Note added at 8 perc (2008-07-09 17:31:29 GMT)
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"Gross leasable area (GLA) in the retail development industry is a term applied to shopping malls, lifestyle centers, outlet malls and other retail centers to indicate the amount of floor space available to be rented. Specifically, gross leasable area is defined as the total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including any basements, mezzanines, or upper floors. It is typically expressed in square metres (although in some places such as the United States and Canada, the square foot is used). It is measured from the center line of joint partitions and from outside wall faces. That is, gross leasable area is the area for which tenants pay rent, and thus the area that produces income for the property owner."

(word by word quotation from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_leasable_area)

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Note added at 9 perc (2008-07-09 17:32:16 GMT)
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(I hope it fits into your text,the context for me is seemingly evident and adequate.)

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Note added at 15 óra (2008-07-10 08:40:38 GMT)
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Well,I hope I could help you.
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savaria (X)
Hungary
Local time: 17:56
Grading comment
Thanks again, Gábor, and to all who contributed. I agree it's odd that no actual area is given, but perhaps it's because the building is not yet built - this lease concerns an as-yet uncompleted shopping complex in Romania. Why it includes an acronym in English remains a mystery.
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Gross leasable area


Explanation:
Gross leasable area, in retail development, the amount of floor space available to be rented.

Can it be?

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Note added at 8 perc (2008-07-09 17:31:29 GMT)
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"Gross leasable area (GLA) in the retail development industry is a term applied to shopping malls, lifestyle centers, outlet malls and other retail centers to indicate the amount of floor space available to be rented. Specifically, gross leasable area is defined as the total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including any basements, mezzanines, or upper floors. It is typically expressed in square metres (although in some places such as the United States and Canada, the square foot is used). It is measured from the center line of joint partitions and from outside wall faces. That is, gross leasable area is the area for which tenants pay rent, and thus the area that produces income for the property owner."

(word by word quotation from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_leasable_area)

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Note added at 9 perc (2008-07-09 17:32:16 GMT)
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(I hope it fits into your text,the context for me is seemingly evident and adequate.)

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Note added at 15 óra (2008-07-10 08:40:38 GMT)
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Well,I hope I could help you.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_leasable_area
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLA
savaria (X)
Hungary
Local time: 17:56
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PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks again, Gábor, and to all who contributed. I agree it's odd that no actual area is given, but perhaps it's because the building is not yet built - this lease concerns an as-yet uncompleted shopping complex in Romania. Why it includes an acronym in English remains a mystery.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Gábor. Your suggestion sounds very likely.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simon Mac: Yes, surface GLA is used in this way in France - e.g. "une surface commerciale utile (dite surface GLA)" from http://carrefourlocal.senat.fr/doslegis/implantation_cabinet...
59 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Silvia Brandon-Pérez: Why would they use GLA in a French lease, though? Not that I disagree with your probable interpretation...
2 hrs
  -> thanks anyway
agree  Bourth (X)
3 hrs
  -> thank you Bourth
neutral  Helen Shiner: I would have expected 'gross leasable area' to be followed by the square metreage, otherwise a weird sentence. Also it does seem strange to find an English acronym in such a context. But I am happy to be disabused of this!
4 hrs
  -> thank you Helen
agree  Stéphanie Soudais
1 day 4 hrs
  -> thank you Stéphanie
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