Contract Terms, Common Areas

Landlord’s Acceptance of Rent After Notice to Terminate Expires Dooms California Unlawful Detainer Claim

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/14/2025

After serving a 30-day notice to terminate a commercial lease and filing an unlawful detainer case, a landlord continued to bill a tenant for rent and common area maintenance (CAM) fees, and unconditionally accepted rent...more

Contractual Considerations for Short-Term Rentals

Amundsen Davis LLC on 4/24/2023

Property owners (“Owners”) interested in engaging in short-term leases should carefully consider the structure of their contracts (“Leases”). Anticipating potential disputes and consequences is essential for avoiding future...more

CAM Expenses – Cumulative v Non-Cumulative

Lowndes on 10/27/2022

During commercial leasing negotiations, landlords and tenants will often extensively negotiate the terms of a cap on the controllable operating expenses under a lease. Often, however, the issue of whether the cap will be...more

Commercial Leases in Light of COVID-19

Dentons on 10/15/2020

While the COVID-19 pandemic has created headwinds for the commercial real estate market, straining both landlords and tenants, commercial leasing activity persists. New buildings continue to open, landlords who lost occupancy...more

Office Leasing in a COVID-19/Post-COVID-19 World: Preparing for the "New Normal"

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP on 7/20/2020

Unlike economic challenges of the past, COVID-19 has immediately and vastly altered the commercial real estate industry on a global scale, and in ways the industry has not previously encountered with the purely economic...more

Developers Must Explicitly Reserve Construction Right in Phased Condominium Project

Conn Kavanaugh on 6/14/2019

As any seasoned developer knows, condominium development projects involve a delicate interplay between the developer, unit owners, the condo association, and the lenders that fund construction and acquisition costs. Last...more

We Want Our Neighborhood Back: A North Carolina Homeowners Association's Guide to the Use and Enforcement of Rental Restrictions

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 10/27/2017

Lending you a cup of sugar, offering to watch the kids, or grilling out on a summer afternoon— whatever the activity, our neighbors are a key part of what makes our communities familiar and unique. Neighbors help make a...more

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