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Structuring Co-Tenancy Clauses: A Collaborative Approach to Risk and Remedy

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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

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What Landlords Should Know When Restaurant Tenants Go Under

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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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

See You in September August 2021 - There Was No 'Gap' in the Lease Language: COVID Is Not a Casualty

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

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Commercial Lease Disputes Becoming a Little More Frequent than “From Time to Time”

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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

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Considerations for Retail Space in an Office Building

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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

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COVID-19-Related Lease Modifications Raise New Issues of Liability for Unpaid Rent

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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

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Look for More Landlord Protections in Retail Deferral Agreements and Extensions

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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

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The Great Texas Freeze: Insurance Policies May Leave Landlords Out in the Cold

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The historic February 13-17, 2021, winter storm caused billions of dollars in property damage across the state of Texas. Extreme low temperatures, heavy snow and ice storms and widespread power outages led to broken pipes and...more

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Lease Issues in the COVID-19 Environment [Part 1] |

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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

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Legal Corner

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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

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Transient but Modern: How Popup is giving Retail a Facelift

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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

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Cases Highlight Commercial Landlord Potential Liability for Trademark Infringement by Tenants

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• 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

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