Occupier & Guesst Partner Up: To Unlock Retail Store Revenue Intelligence

Last Updated on April 18, 2025 by Morgan Beard

Retail Lease Management and Sales Forecasting

For retail and restaurant operators, leasing real estate is a major investment—one that involves complex financial obligations and ongoing operational challenges. From tracking critical lease dates to ensuring compliance with ASC 842 accounting standards, lease management can quickly become overwhelming.

At the same time, traditional rent payment structures create financial strain for tenants. Many retailers and restaurants operate on a percentage rent model, where rent is tied to retail sales performance. However, calculating and processing these payments manually is time-consuming, error-prone, and can lead to disputes between tenants and landlords.

That’s where Occupier and Guesst come in. We have partnered to unlock a new era of lease and retail store revenue intelligence, powered by real-time data, advanced analytics, and actionable insights, for restaurants, retailers, and franchise brands across the U.S. Learn

“Both of our platforms sit at the intersection of real estate and brick & mortar operations,” said Andrew Flint, Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Occupier. “This partnership allows tenants to streamline their lease workflows inside Occupier, while leveraging Guesst to tie sales performance directly to lease terms — like percentage rent and breakpoints — for improved store revenue optimization and predictability.”

A Unified Solution for Retail Real Estate Teams

Occupier and Guesst are transforming the way retail and restaurant operators handle lease management and rent payments. Together, they provide an integrated approach that eliminates manual work, reduces financial risk, and ensures payments align with revenue cycles.

Retail Store Revenue Intelligence:

Occupier serves as a single source of truth for all lease-related data, helping retailers and restaurants manage their portfolios, track key lease terms, and remain ASC 842 compliant.

Guesst automates percentage rent calculations and payments by integrating directly with point-of-sale (POS) systems, ensuring landlords get paid accurately and on time.

Together, we deliver insightful data that empowers tenants and landlords to make smarter decisions around location strategy, marketing spend, and leasing.

This seamless combination removes friction between tenants and landlords, improves cash flow management, and allows brands to focus on what really matters—growing their business.

Key Features That Make Lease & Retail Sales Forecasting

Occupier: The Retailer’s Lease Management Hub

Occupier simplifies lease administration by centralizing critical lease data, automating workflows, and ensuring compliance.

• Lease Portfolio Management – Keep track of multiple leases in one place, with detailed insights into critical dates, rent escalations, and renewal options.
• Automated Alerts & Workflows – Never miss a lease deadline or financial obligation with built-in notifications and task automation.
• ASC 842 Compliance – Generate accurate financial reports that comply with the latest lease accounting standards, reducing audit risk.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration – Connect real estate, finance, and operations teams to improve decision-making and strategy execution.

Guesst: The Future of Rent Payment and Store Sales Forecasting

Guesst transforms how retailers and restaurants handle rent payments by integrating sales data directly into the payment process.

• Seamless POS Integration – Connects with 14 major POS systems like Shopify, Square, Clover, and Toast to track sales in real-time.
• Automated Percentage Rent Calculations – Calculates rent dynamically based on verified sales data, reducing errors and disputes.
• Retail Sales Intelligence – Offers real-time sales visibility, correlated with factors like weather and promotions, helping merchants optimize performance.
• Marketing Attribution – Tracks the success of marketing events and supports better media buying and advertiser pricing decisions.
• Competitive Benchmarking – Compares merchant performance by category, helping landlords and franchisors with merchandising strategy.

Together, these solutions eliminate the manual burden of lease and store sales forecasting, helping both tenants and property owners operate more efficiently.

Why This Matters for Retailers & Restaurants

Retail and restaurant brands need a smarter way to manage their lease portfolio strategy, leveraging retail store revenue intelligence. With Occupier and Guesst, tenants can:

• Eliminate manual reporting by automating sales tracking and rent payments.
• Ensure financial stability by aligning rent payments with cash flow.
• Negotiate better lease terms using verified performance data.
• Improve visibility into lease obligations and rent expenses.
• Leveraged advanced analytics to inform sales strategy, marketing spend, and brand partnerships

Property owners and franchisors also benefit. The data informs leasing, merchandising, and programming decisions, ensuring tenant mixes are optimized and retail centers perform at their peak. By removing financial friction, brands can invest more in expansion, operations, and customer experience.

The Future of Retail Lease & Store Sales Forecasting

Retail real estate is evolving; brands need technology-driven solutions to stay competitive. Occupier and Guesst are at the forefront of this transformation, providing retail store revenue intelligence tools that improve location performance analysis and empower ROI optimizations on each retail storefront in your portfolio.

This is more than automation—it’s monetizable, strategic insight. By reinforcing analytics capabilities, you unlock new ways to optimize leasing, enhance marketing, and build stronger landlord-tenant relationships.

By eliminating manual processes and reducing risk, this partnership empowers brands to scale efficiently, optimize cash flow, and focus on long-term success.

Ready to transform your lease and rent payment processes?

Learn how Occupier & Guesst can help you streamline operations and enhance financial performance via our partnerships here and read the full press release on how Occupier & Guesst partner to deliver lease & revenue intelligence for multi-unit operators.