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Eviction Essentials and Lease Management
REFRESH Real Estate Leasing Tips for Nonprofits
The use of a commercial lease to rip off minority owners in a closely held business
Key Lease Work Letter Issues When the Tenant Is Doing the Work
Key Lease Work Letter Issues When the Landlord Is Doing the Work
Nonprofit Tenants and Lease Agreements: Best Practices and Pitfalls to Avoid
Real Estate Leasing Tips for Nonprofits
Cornerstone Research Experts in Focus: Mark Garmaise
Effective Lease Negotiations for Healthcare Practices
How Commercial Property Owners Can Collect Unpaid Rent from Commercial Tenants
Landlord and Tenant Lease Risk Reduction for the Cannabis Industry
[Webinar] Cannabis Real Estate Considerations
Goran Musinovic on Healthcare Real Estate Compliance
Troutman Pepper COVID-19 Legal Issues Podcast Series: COVID-19 Commercial Leasing Trends (Part Two)
Commercial/Retail Therapy: Assessing the Pandemic’s Impact on Real Estate
Law Brief®: Debra Bodian Bernstein and Richard Schoenstein Discuss Commercial Lease Defaults During COVID-19
COVID-19 Commercial Leasing Trends (Part One)
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Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Landlord and Tenant Negotiations for Existing Commercial Leases Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
New Florida legislation will have a significant impact on the commercial real estate market. Florida House Bill 7031 (“HB 7031”) will become effective October 1, 2025, repealing the state sales tax on commercial rent and...more
Starting October 1, 2025, Florida will officially end the state sales tax and any local surtaxes on commercial property rent. After that date, sales tax will no longer apply to rent for office buildings, retail spaces,...more
Following our recent update on Florida’s repeal of sales tax on commercial real estate leases, we’re taking a closer look at what this change means for landlords, tenants, brokers, and property managers....more
HB 7031 was adopted by the Florida legislature and signed into law by Governor DeSantis on June 30, 2025. Among other modifications to Florida tax law, the Bill repeals Section 212.031, Florida Statutes, which provided for...more
All sellers or lessors of properties containing Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) generators, as defined in section 24-5(113) of the Code of Miami-Dade County (Code), are now required to disclose, at the time of conveyance or...more
Broadly speaking, according to the Florida Department of Revenue, each Florida sale, amusement park admission, storage unit and rental is taxable (unless it falls under an exemption, such as nonprofits). More specifically,...more
Effective June 1, 2024, the State of Florida’s sales tax rate on commercial real property lease payments (including base rent and additional rent) will be reduced from 4.5% to 2.0% for payments received for occupancy periods...more
It is customary for landlords to require their tenants to pay real estate taxes attributable to the landlord’s property being leased, along with other common area expenses like maintenance, insurance and the like. When there...more
If you are a commercial landlord in Florida, you may inadvertently be subjecting your land and building to liens by contractors who perform work for your tenants. With the recent economic downturn, many commercial buildings...more
Have you ever heard the strange term “pith of the lease”? This odd designation, apparently unique to Florida law, describes improvements to commercial tenancies that are essential or “vital to the lease’s perpetuality.” ...more
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) released the first five-year adjustment to Estoppel Certificate Fees permitted under Section 718.116(8)(f), Florida Statutes, of the Condominium Act and...more
There is a common misperception among landlords that licenses are more appropriate for smaller space even though the occupant is being granted exclusive use for a set period of time. As a result, you will often see documents...more
A recent Florida Supreme Court decision found that the Hillsborough County 1% transportation sales surtax is unconstitutional. As a result, the decision reduced the sales tax rate on commercial lease payments in Hillsborough...more
If a tenant wants to renew its lease and fails to send the landlord written notice on time of its intent to renew, is the tenant out of luck? ...more
Historically, a tenant who pays towards its landlord’s insurance premiums, pursuant to the terms of the lease, is generally considered a “co-insured” under the landlord’s policy. See Lumber Mutual Insurance Co. v. Zoltek...more
Commercial leases often give the landlord the right to accelerate rent through the end of the lease term when the tenant defaults. Acceleration clauses do not usually cause too much controversy in litigation, but there is...more
A Florida landlord recently learned that “self-help” is not allowed for evicting a tenant, even if the parties’ lease says it is. In Palm Beach Florida Hotel and Office Building Limited Partnership v. Nantucket...more