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Medical Office CAM Explained

Use the key points below to make the real-estate decision easier to evaluate, then turn the requirement into a live search.

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Reviewed: August 14, 2026South Florida medical/dental tenant-representation relevanceJoseph M. Lacy, CSE, CLA · Realty 100 LLC
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CAM and operating-expense charges can materially change the real monthly cost of a medical office. Compare spaces on total occupancy cost rather than base rent alone, and understand what expenses can be passed through under the lease.

ClinicaMOB · Medical & dental tenant representationMiami-Dade · Broward · Palm Beach · St. LucieJoseph M. Lacy, CSE, CLA · Real Estate Transaction Broker · Realty 100 LLC

CAM or operating expenses can materially change the true monthly cost of medical space. Compare total occupancy—not just asking base rent.

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Use the guide to define what matters, then tell ClinicaMOB the practice requirements once. We can search the four-county market around those priorities.

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What to consider

  • Base rent
  • CAM / operating expenses
  • Tax and insurance pass-throughs where applicable
  • Parking charges
  • After-hours HVAC charges where applicable
  • Utilities
  • Buildout or amortized improvement costs
  • Annual escalations

Every property and transaction is different. Information on this page is general commercial real-estate guidance and is not legal, tax, architectural, engineering, zoning or permitting advice.

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Use this guide to sharpen the requirement, then let ClinicaMOB turn it into an actual market search. We search, filter and verify so you do not have to work through multiple CRE sites yourself.

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Editorial standard. Guidance is written for medical/dental real-estate decisions in Southeast Florida. Property-specific facts, economics, availability and regulatory matters must be verified for the actual transaction; unsupported market claims are not published as fact.

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