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In the ever-morphing world of Retail Leasing, co-tenancy clauses often become the focus of negotiation—and a frequent flashpoint of disputes. Designed to protect tenants from being left vulnerable when shopping centers lose...more
As anyone who has watched FX’s The Bear knows, running a restaurant is hard work. When restaurants occupying leased commercial space fail, commercial landlords need a gameplan to protect their interests. Some key...more
The 51st Annual International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) U.S. Law Conference was held earlier this month in San Francisco from November 3 – 5, 2021. Chaired by our own David Rabinowitz, the event hosted more than 700...more
On June 29, 2021, in The Gap, Inc. v. 170 Broadway Retail Owner, LLC, the New York Appellate Division, First Department, overturned an earlier decision by the New York Supreme Court and issued a decisive victory to commercial...more
I think it’s fair to say that there’s been an uptick in litigation involving commercial lease disputes and retail property closings gone awry over the last 15 months. And for obvious reasons. ...more
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Court”) decided in Gap Inc. v. Ponte Gadea N.Y. LLC on March 8, 2021 that a retail tenant will not be able to use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse...more
A successful relationship between an office building owner and retail tenant usually involves educating each party to the particular attributes of the other party's business. For example, a retail tenant typically has little...more
As pandemic-related shutdowns battered the retail and restaurant industry, many tenants avoided defaulting on their leases by negotiating a lease workout. These agreements often provided tenants some much-needed rent relief...more
During these winter months, many retail tenants have opted to close their doors to the public rather than remain open with limited occupancy and other operating restrictions due to COVID-19. Below are some practical...more
In April and May of 2020, the unprecedented challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the related mandatory closures and restrictions on operations began to be felt by retail tenants across the United States. As a...more
CASES OF NOTE THE SECRET'S OUT Victoria’s Secret Stores, LLC v. Herald Store Owner LLC, 70 Misc. 3d 1206(A) (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Jan. 7, 2021) A New York court recently held that a retailer’s closure due to a state law imposed...more
Does the owner bear the risk in case of bankruptcy? Due to the tense situation in the hotel industry, various lessees are currently approaching their lessors asking for deferral or abatement of rent payments for the...more
The Corona Crisis has hit the real estate market in general, but in particular it is impacting the retail and hospitality sectors. The scale and business relevance of the Corona Crisis is somehow unprecedented, and therefore...more
Simon Property Group is at it again. Two years ago, Simon took the shopping center world by storm when it obtained an injunction preventing Starbucks Corporation from shuttering 77 of its Teavana stores in Simon malls across...more
Almost six months into the COVID-19 global pandemic, it is apparent that the commercial leasing landscape has changed indefinitely. Going forward, landlords and tenants will need to re-evaluate certain common lease provisions...more
The retail industry has experienced an unprecedented and immediate shift as a result of the economic fallout from COVID-19. One of the most apparent changes is evident when handling commercial retail leasing; read on to...more
Before the pandemic, Ernest Bux’s niece Chit Bux signed a lease with Iona Mall in an upscale strip shopping center and hired a contractor to build out her dream business – a beauty salon “Cuts & Fluffs.” When Dallas County...more
In the current COVID-19 crisis, attorneys are receiving numerous questions from landlords and tenants, as to their respective contractual obligations under their commercial leases. Tenants are carefully analyzing the...more
Much has been written about the general applicability of the frustration of purpose, impossibility, and impracticability doctrines to performance of leases and other contracts in the wake of COVID-19....more
Is a Liquidated Damages Clause Enforceable? Rue21, Inc. v Los Lunas Inv’rs, LLC, no. 18-CV-715, 2019 WL 1375405(W.D.Pa. Mar. 27, 2019). Landlord executed a letter of intent with a fashion retailer tenant in 2015 for a...more
As the COVID-19 or novel coronavirus pandemic continues, landlords have increasingly received communication from distressed tenants requesting rent relief and, in some circumstances, lease termination....more
Leasing commercial space differs from renting a home. Whether you need office, retail, or industrial buildings for your business, commercial properties have their own unique issues, which must be addressed early on. A proper...more
There continues to be a lot of discussion throughout the commercial real estate industry about competition from online retailers and the holes created by failing and downsizing businesses that have traditionally focused on...more
As traditional leasing plans, for retail spaces in particular, have been interrupted by bankruptcies of traditional retailers and the shift in consumer habits to online shopping, a more transient tenant form is gaining...more
• Reported verdicts and settlements in the last 10 years confirm that commercial landlords/owners could be held liable for the trademark infringement activity of their tenants. • Commercial landlords/owners must take...more