Research section 05
The asset
The building and everything in it is being consumed: wear, reserves, capex, insurance, and tax mechanics.
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What Breaks First: The Wear Economics of a VenueChairs, floors, linens, restrooms, HVAC — everything in a venue is being consumed a little at every event. How to see wear as a per-event cost and fund replacement before it funds itself.
6 min
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The Replacement Reserve: Funding FF&E Before It FailsChairs, tables, linens, AV, kitchen kit — everything in the building is on a countdown. The lifecycle ledger, the reserve schedule it generates, and where the money should physically sit.
4 min