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By the time most businesses decide they need additional space to accommodate their growing operations, it is too late. While there is something gratifying about organic growth emblemized by folding tables in a conference room and triple occupant cubicles, the commercial leasing process is inherently stacked against tenants. This disadvantage is only compounded when the tenants are unprepared.
‘Shell Game’ Gets Away From Commercial Lease Guarantor
By Janice G. Inman
In the real estate business, as in many others, the question of just who is contractually responsible when things go wrong is a recurring one, particularly when a closely-held corporation or other business entity is involved.
Early Termination Provisions: A Landlord’s Saving Grace … If Done Right
By Menachem J. Kastner and Ally Hack
The focus of this article is the “early termination provision,” a lease provision that affords landlords the tactical advantage they need. Specifically, this article seeks to: 1) guide the practitioner through the pitfalls of a poorly drafted termination provision; and 2) advise the practitioner how to craft a proper and effective termination provision.
By ssalkin
Subtenants Not Entitled to Notice Under Law
Illegal Tenant Activity Negates Insurer’s Responsibility to the Landlord
When Can a Landlord’s Consent to Assignment be Reasonably Withheld?
By Marisa L. Byram and Wheeler Frost
Assignment provisions in a commercial lease often boil down to the following seemingly simple, but more often than not complex, standard: that the lease may only be assigned or the premises subleased with the landlord’s consent, not to be unreasonably withheld. The following examples of case law illustrate how courts have construed this provision under various circumstances.
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