Strategic and Trusted Tenant Representation Broker for Office, Retail & Industrial Space
- Los Angeles
- Orange County
- San Diego
- Inland Empire
CA Broker License #02194547
Save Money and Avoid Costly Lease Mistakes
In most commercial real estate transactions, the listing broker represents the landlord. That means their legal obligation — and their financial incentive — is to secure the best possible outcome for the building owner, not for you. When you hire Peninsula Commercial Real Estate Group, you have a dedicated commercial real estate broker whose only obligation is to your business.
How Our Commercial Real Estate Brokers Protect Southern California Tenants
Every commercial lease in Southern California is a multi-year financial commitment. Peninsula CRE provides the expertise, market intelligence, and negotiation strategy to ensure that commitment works for your business — not against it. Our services span the full leasing cycle, from initial space search to lease expiration.
Lease Negotiation
Commercial lease negotiation is the core of what Peninsula CRE does. Corina applies current market comparables, knowledge of individual landlord positions, and a structured negotiation strategy to secure better base rent, tenant improvement allowances, rent abatement periods, renewal options, and operating expense protections for every client. A well-negotiated lease can reduce a business’s occupancy costs by tens of thousands of dollars over its term.
- Base rent and annual escalations
- Tenant improvement allowances (TI)
- Free rent and lease commencement flexibility
- Renewal, expansion, and termination options
- Operating expense caps and CAM charge review
Financial & Lease Analysis
Before any Southern California tenant signs a commercial lease, Peninsula CRE models the true total occupancy cost across the full lease term. Many leases contain operating expense structures, property tax pass-throughs, insurance allocations, and parking fees that substantially increase the effective cost above the headline rent figure. Corina’s financial analysis identifies every hidden cost — and negotiates to reduce or cap it before execution.
- Total occupancy cost modelling
- CAM charge and operating expense audit
- Buy-versus-lease analysis
- Lease vs. sublease evaluation
- Renewal economics vs. relocation comparison
We Exclusively Represent Tenants
Corina founded Peninsula Commercial Real Estate Group with a clear mission — to provide businesses with dedicated representation focused entirely on their needs.
Unlike firms that represent landlords, Corina works solely on behalf of tenants, ensuring unbiased advice and strong advocacy in every transaction.
Her client-first approach delivers better lease outcomes, clearer guidance, and long-term partnerships built on trust.
Relocating a business to a new commercial space is one of the most operationally complex decisions a company makes. Peninsula CRE manages the full relocation process — from initial space search and competitive property evaluation to lease negotiation, tenant improvement coordination, and move-in planning.
Corina serves as a single point of contact throughout, ensuring the transition is efficient, well-timed, and negotiated from a position of market knowledge.
Site selection and space search across Southern California
Comparative property analysis and shortlisting
Lease negotiation on the selected space
Tenant improvement (TI) scope coordination
Move planning and occupancy timeline management
I started Peninsula Commercial Real Estate Group with a clear focus: to represent tenants with integrity, strategy, and a level of care that is often missing in this industry.
As a woman in this industry, I bring a perspective grounded in discipline, attention to detail, and a strong sense of accountability. I also deeply value working with a diverse range of clients and perspectives, which shapes how I approach every assignment.
That mindset carries through to how we represent our clients. We are detail-oriented, disciplined in our analysis, and fully committed to protecting your interests at every step.
My background also shapes this approach. I spent over 15 years at large commercial real estate firms, including Cushman & Wakefield and Grubb & Ellis, where I gained experience working on complex transactions and institutional-level deals. I also value the sense of community, collaboration, and giving back that was instilled in me through USC—something that continues to influence how I build relationships and support my clients.
Today, I bring that institutional experience into a more boutique, hands-on approach—providing thoughtful, strategic guidance with a high level of personal attention.
Corina Irvin – CEO, Peninsula Commercial Real Estate Group
Why Tenant Representation Matters ?
Los Angeles is one of the most active and complex commercial real estate markets in the United States. The city’s office, retail, and industrial sectors each operate under distinct market conditions — with significant variation between submarkets like Century City, Beverly Hills, Culver City, El Segundo, the South Bay, and Downtown Los Angeles. In this environment, businesses that negotiate commercial leases without specialist representation face a structural disadvantage at every stage of the process.
When a business contacts a building’s listing broker to enquire about available space, that broker is legally and financially obligated to the landlord. Their goal is to lease the space on terms that maximise the landlord’s return. They are skilled, experienced, and well-resourced. They have closed dozens of leases in that specific building. They know exactly which concessions their landlord will and will not accept — and they are not going to volunteer that information to an unrepresented tenant.
Hiring a commercial real estate broker who works exclusively for tenants changes that dynamic entirely. Corina Irvin approaches every lease negotiation with independent market data, knowledge of what comparable tenants paid in nearby buildings, and a clear strategy for extracting the concessions — lower rent, stronger tenant improvement allowances, greater lease flexibility — that unrepresented tenants consistently leave on the table.
In a market like Los Angeles — where office rents vary dramatically between submarkets, where the flight-to-quality trend continues to give quality-building landlords confidence, and where a single lease can represent millions of dollars of committed expenditure over a five-to-ten-year term — the value of having an experienced tenant rep broker is not a luxury. It is a business necessity.
Peninsula Commercial Real Estate Group has been built around this single conviction: that every Southern California business, regardless of size, deserves access to the same quality of commercial real estate representation that the largest corporations deploy. Corina Irvin brings that level of representation to every client — personally, directly, and exclusively on your behalf.
Who We Work With for Tenant Representation
Peninsula Commercial Real Estate Group serves businesses of every size and sector seeking commercial space across Southern California. Our clients include:
- First-time commercial tenants leasing their first office, retail, or industrial space
- Growing businesses expanding to a larger space or additional Southern California location
- Established companies approaching a lease renewal who want stronger terms
- Businesses relocating to Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, or the Inland Empire
- Female entrepreneurs and women-owned businesses seeking boutique, personalised representation
- Professional services firms — law, accounting, consulting, financial advisory
- Medical and dental practices seeking clinic or medical office space
- Technology and creative companies seeking office or flex space in Silicon Beach and the South Bay
- Industrial, logistics, and manufacturing businesses seeking warehouse or flex industrial space
- Retail brands seeking storefront, restaurant, or experiential commercial space