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Senate Bill 1103, which took effect on January 1, 2025, amends sections 827, 1632, 1946.1, and 1950.9 of the California Civil Code. This legislation grants new lease protections to “qualified commercial tenants.”...more
On September 30, 2024, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 1103, an unprecedented legislative measure affecting non-residential landlords’ transactions with a broadly defined class of “qualified commercial tenants.”...more
Commercial leases are a critical source of income and financial stability for property owners, but the current evolving economic environment presents many risks. One of the primary concerns is when a tenant falls behind on...more
Varano v. PDJM Land Tr., LLC, 103 Mass. App. Ct. 1127 (2024) - We last wrote about Varano v. PDJM in our November 2022 issue of Law of the Land. In the first iteration of Varano, the Superior Court held that a commercial...more
On December 12, 2023, Seattle’s former City Council passed Ordinance 126982 in an effort to increase commercial rent affordability for small businesses. The Ordinance, returned unsigned by the Mayor, became law on January 29,...more
Recently, two significant distressed companies with thousands of commercial leases, Rite Aid Corp. and WeWork Inc., each filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, seeking in part to rationalize their geographic footprints through...more
Earlier this year, Money and Dirt covered a then recent case, West Pueblo Partners, LLC v. Stone Brewing Co., LLC, which was one of the first California cases dealing with the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and the legal...more
If you’re venturing into the world of commercial real estate, whether as a tenant or a landlord, there’s a plethora of terms you’ll come across. Among these is the seemingly simple idea of the “Lease Commencement Date.” While...more
Das Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf hat in einem Hinweisbeschluss bereits im vergangenen September entschieden, dass Mieter während der COVID-19-Pandemie nicht davon ausgehen dürfen, dass nach Abschluss eines pandemiebedingten...more
The long moratorium on most evictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the de facto shutdown of the court system for civil matters, caused most California landlords to defer unlawful detainer and related...more
Key Points - - An arbitration scheme for commercial landlords and tenants was introduced during March 2022 under the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 with the aim of resolving disputes over outstanding rent arrears...more
Dieser Beitrag kommentiert die jüngste Rechtsprechung des BGH zum Thema pandemiebedingte behördlich angeordnete Betriebsschließungen und deren Auswirkungen auf die Mietzinszahlungspflicht von Gewerbemietern....more
A recent Hong Kong Court of First Instance judgment, in Foxhill Investments Ltd v Sino Golden International Group Holdings Ltd [2021] HKCFI 3662 (HCA 2938/2018, 15 December 2021), clarifies the scope of the obligation of the...more
Zusammenfassung der bisher ergangenen Rechtsprechung zu § 313 Abs. 1 BGB Es wird spannend… anstehende mündliche Verhandlung des BGH zur Störung der Geschäftsgrundlage (§ 313 Abs. 1 BGB) im Zusammenhang mit der Covid-19...more
It’s been a whirlwind 20 months for commercial real estate (CRE), which, like so many other areas, was hit particularly hard by COVID-19. According to a recent report, the pandemic created the worst recession the office...more
Summary - On 9 November 2021, the UK business secretary announced new laws, and a code of practice (Code of Practice), to resolve the remaining commercial rent debts accrued due to the pandemic. The Government’s intention is...more
The struggles of commercial tenants due to the COVID-19 pandemic are as widespread as they will be long-lasting. From closures to strict regulations that have greatly disrupted normal operations, businesses are facing...more
Briefcase: Quarterly update on key real estate cases including: Pandemic Clause Included in Business Lease Renewal - ..A shopping centre lease renewal decision contains useful guidance on how the court will assess...more
On December 1, 2020, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a commercial eviction moratorium ordinance (the Board Ordinance), which Board Ordinance came into effect on January 11, 2021. When the Board...more
SUMMARY - The commercial rent moratorium was due to come to an end on 30 June 2021 - Many businesses, particularly travel and hospitality are still struggling to operate, and with the extension of the lockdown period also now...more
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, landlords/owners have frequently been forced to renegotiate leases with, or take back space from, restaurant, gym, movie theater and other retail tenants that have little to no credit and...more
At the end of 2020, Congress enacted the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, partially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis. While funding the federal government and preventing a government...more
The real estate industry, and particularly the hospitality and retail sector, has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Occupiers in those sectors have put a lot of pressure on the government to continue to provide further...more
As an owner or tenant, dealing with real estate has been one of the most significant challenges facing nonprofits during the pandemic. The recently signed SB91 extends California’s residential eviction moratorium to June 30,...more
While the pandemic has forced the closure of dozens of restaurants and retail locations across the country, those still serving their communities just received a helping hand from the Massachusetts Superior Court. Just...more