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The Scrivener's Error Doctrine In Commercial Lease Drafting Image

The Scrivener's Error Doctrine In Commercial Lease Drafting

Efrem Z. Fischer

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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CRE Case Roundup

CLLS Staff

A compilation of commercial real estate rulings in courts across the country.

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Inconsistent Property Description Does Not Invalidate Mortgage Image

Inconsistent Property Description Does Not Invalidate Mortgage

Stewart E. Sterk

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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Development

NYRE Staff

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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Commercial Bankruptcy Filings On the Rise Due to Economic Turbulence Image

Commercial Bankruptcy Filings On the Rise Due to Economic Turbulence

Erich N. Durlacher

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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Landlord & Tenant Law

NYRE Staff

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 Clause May Not Be Enforced In Sale-Leasebacks Image

Specific Performance Clause May Not Be Enforced In Sale-Leasebacks

Peter E. Fisch & Salvatore Gogliormella

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.

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Real Property Law

NYRE Staff

Foreclosure Sale Purchaser Has Standing to Bring Strict Foreclosure Proceeding Forgery Allegations Did Not Raise Question of Fact to Rebut Certificate of Acknowledgment

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Eminent Domain Law

NYRE Staff

Comparable Sales Sufficient to Support Eminent Domain Award

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Bankruptcy Court Opens Door for Tenants to Assume Leases After a Pre-Bankruptcy Eviction Warrant Image

Bankruptcy Court Opens Door for Tenants to Assume Leases After a Pre-Bankruptcy Eviction Warrant

Paul A. Rubin & Hanh V. Huynh

A recent decision in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York highlights the significant impact that a 2019 amendment to the New York Real Property and Procedures Law will have on future disputes in bankruptcy cases where the tenant files for bankruptcy after the issuance of a warrant of eviction but before its execution.

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