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title: "Right of first offer (ROFO) — Class A Atlas glossary"
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> Tenant right to be offered adjacent space before the landlord markets it.

## TL;DR

- Tenant right to be offered adjacent space before the landlord markets it.
- A ROFO requires the landlord to offer specified space (typically a contiguous floor or block) to the tenant on the same terms as it intends to offer to the market, before doing so.

# Right of first offer (ROFO)

*Lease structure · Global*

## Short definition

Tenant right to be offered adjacent space before the landlord markets it.

## Full definition

A ROFO requires the landlord to offer specified space (typically a contiguous floor or block) to the tenant on the same terms as it intends to offer to the market, before doing so. Less restrictive than a hard [expansion](/topics/cross-border-expansion)-right">expansion right.

## Why this matters for Class A leasing

Right of first offer (ROFO) is part of the lease structure vocabulary that institutional [Class A](/glossary/class-a) occupiers, landlords, and advisers use across Global markets. Understanding it correctly affects how you read lease documents, model occupancy economics, and benchmark deal terms across cities. Class A Atlas tracks regional variation alongside the global standard so cross-border occupiers can translate quickly.

## See also

- [Right of first refusal (ROFR)](/glossary/right-of-first-refusal)
- [Expansion right](/glossary/expansion-right)

## Related topics

- [**Class A Lease Negotiation**](/topics/class-a-lease-negotiation) — How to negotiate a Class A office lease — the playbook from LOI to signed deal.
- [**Sublease Strategy**](/topics/sublease-strategy) — How to use the [sublease](/topics/sublease-strategy)">sublease market — both as a tenant taking sublease space and as an over-supplied incumbent offloading.

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Citation: Source: Class A Atlas (https://classa.info/glossary/right-of-first-offer), updated 2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z.