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How to Fight Subordination of a Leasehold
Landlords are regularly asked to consent to a tenant's financing, secured by the tenant's equipment and other assets. Such consent proposals are typically accompanied by a further request for the landlord to waive or subordinate its interest in the tenant's personal property, if any, in favor of the claim and lien of the tenant's lender. Today, lenders often go so far as to seek the subordination of the landlord's interest in the lease itself to the interest of the lender under the financing. In response, landlords will routinely resist any subordination of the leasehold, and will require various protections such as excluding fixtures from the lender's collateral and providing that if the lender forecloses on, or takes possession of, the collateral, it will do so peaceably and in compliance with applicable legal process, without interference with the operations of the landlord's shopping center or the businesses of other tenants, and with an obligation by the lender to repair any damage to the premises resulting from the removal of the collateral.
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Matters that Require Careful Consideration When Structuring the Continuing Co-Tenancy
Parts One and Two of this article described what a co-tenancy provision is and discussed the issues involved, for both the landlord and tenant, when drafting one. The conclusion will address the continuing co-tenancy.
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In the Spotlight: Beware of Operating Expenses Incurred Subsequent to the Lease Term
Most leases that provide for a pass-through of operating expenses to tenants provide for an equitable proration of such expenses for any partial lease year. The typical language provides that the tenant is liable for its proportionate share of operating expenses incurred by the landlord for any period during the lease term. The arithmetic is very simple — if the lease expires on March 31st, the tenant is responsible for its share of expenses incurred by the landlord through March 31st.
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How Commercial Landlords Can Position Themselves to Deal With Current Marketplace Conditions
The uncertainty of the duration of the downturn in the commercial leasing market, the vast amount of available first-and-second generation space and the increasing number of tenant bankruptcies have resulted in a situation where landlords must position themselves to endure potentially devastating economic times. Cutting rental rates and providing previously unheard of tenant concessions such as short-term leases and long periods of 'free rent' may seem like the only alternatives, but they are not. Landlords can enforce existing provisions in their leases and incorporate additional provisions into their lease forms that will improve their position in the marketplace.
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Creating Private-Sector Standards of Conduct
Whether certain conduct is a crime depends on more than legislatures, judges, and juries. When prosecutors decide whether, whom, and what to charge, the policies underlying their decisions create operative standards of conduct. So, too, do those of agencies administering regulatory programs backed by criminal sanctions. But what about the private sector? Sensible standards of conduct articulated by trade associations can and should play a substantial role in drawing the line between acceptable business practices and bad conduct that can be subject to criminal sanctions.
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