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Church's Board Approved Sale Questions of Fact About Ouster Precluded Dismissal of Accounting Claim Against Co-Tenant Forgery Allegations Failed to Raise Question of Fact No Private Right of Action to Enforce Food Cart Regulations
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When does a RLUIPA claim become ripe? A federal district court in the Southern District of New York dismissed a RLUIPA claim as unripe, borrowing ripeness doctrine from the takings context and declining to apply a "futility exception" to the requirement that a landowner obtain a final decision before proceeding to federal court.
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A master lease structure is often used where a single landlord and a single tenant intend to lease multiple properties. By using a master lease structure to cover multiple properties as opposed to individual leases, the parties can streamline administration of a large-scale portfolio of properties. However, master lease severance comes with a series of complications.
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What are the limits of efforts to rescind or reform an agreement based upon a mistake? Can a mere "Scrivener's Error" during drafting result in a wholesale extinguishing of a lease document?
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A compilation of commercial real estate rulings in courts across the country.
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Can a purchaser of a condominium unit at the condominium board's foreclosure sale take free of a prior mortgage by identifying errors or ambiguities in the mortgage documents? In 21647 LLC v. Deutsche National Trust Co., the District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected a bevy of claims raised by the purchaser and held that the purchaser had constructive notice of the mortgage and took subject to the mortgage's priority.
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Article 78 Proceeding Not Ripe Even Though ZBA Had Not Made a Decision Within 62-Day Time Limit Challenge to Landmark Designation Was Ripe and Stated Plausible Taking and Due Process Claims Landowner Did Not Acquire Vested Rights Based on Invalidly Issued Building Permit ZBA's Grant of Special Use Permit Upheld
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With the recent economic turbulence and pessimism, prudent lenders should be bracing themselves for the coming storm by adopting a five-point "CAPER" strategy: Communicate, Analyze, Preserve, Execute, and Resolve.
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Subtenant's Lease Obligations Not Terminated By Surrender of the Premises Tenant Complied With Lease's Diligent Efforts Obligation Court Upholds Holdover and Prejudgment Interest Provisions Demolition Plans Suffice to Support Denial of Renewal Lease
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Specific performance is an important remedy in real estate transactions, however, it is disfavored by the courts and under certain circumstances (particularly in the case of sale-leasebacks), a specific performance clause, even if properly drafted, may not be enforced by the courts.