Owner Wins
May 20, 2019
What Happened: On Jan. 6, an airport authority assigned a lease to a hotel tenant requiring the latter to install a full-service bar, swimming pool, and other improvements and operate under a nationally recognized chain brand name by Dec. 31. But the hotel met neither obligation and the authority...
Owner Wins
May 20, 2019
What Happened: A lease for 5,000 square feet of restaurant space required the tenant to pay CAM costs but didn’t specify a figure or include a cap. As the lease was about to begin, the landlord offered an estimate of $6 per square foot. And that’s what the tenant paid.
Owner Wins
May 20, 2019
What Happened: Eight years after moving in, a grocery store tenant renewed its lease in 2003 and wound up staying another 12 years. But as with all long-term relationships, there were disagreements. Issues in this tenancy that had lain dormant for 20 years surfaced just five days before the lease...
Feature
April 22, 2019
“Constructive eviction” happens when a landlord commits a lease violation so egregious that it effectively forces the tenant out. Result: The tenant is free of all obligations and, in many cases, entitled to damages. And while constructive eviction cases used to be somewhat rare, recent...
Traps to Avoid
April 22, 2019
When you sue tenants for not paying rent, there’s a pretty good chance they’ll counter with a “constructive eviction” claim. The argument: We don’t owe you rent because you constructively evicted us. To win the claim, tenants must prove that you did (or omitted to do)...
