Tell Me My Options: Drafting an Option to Purchase the Property

When considering a new lease for a single use property, generally the tenant of the property will want to consider its "exit" strategies at the time of the initial negotiation of the lease. Potential "exit" strategies may include: assignment of the lease, early termination rights and options to purchase the property. The last on the list of these "exit" strategies, options to purchase the property, often creates substantial business issues for the landlord and tenant, as well as drafting issues for their legal representatives. As a result, certain conceptual issues, set forth and discussed below, should be addressed when drafting an option to purchase the property.

13 minute read November 29, 2004 at 12:51 PM
By
Glenn A. Browne
Tell Me My Options: Drafting an Option to Purchase the Property

When considering a new lease for a single use property, generally the tenant of the property will want to consider its “exit” strategies at the time of the initial negotiation of the lease.

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