Owner Wins
May 23, 2022
What Happened: An office tenant moved out when quality testing of the air inside an office building revealed the presence of asbestos at unsafe levels. The landlord sued for unpaid rent, and the tenant countersued the landlord for negligence by undertaking repairs on the roof knowing it might...
Feature
April 25, 2022
Here’s a four-phase strategy for drafting a lease amendment letting a tenant contract its space.
In a post-pandemic world where a greater volume of work and business will be carried out remotely, many tenants will need the flexibility to not only expand but also contract their space....
Pop Quiz
April 25, 2022
A tenant’s customers and other “invitees” can create nuisances or disruptions that not only disturb other tenants but also harm a shopping center, office building, or other property’s image and reputation. While most leases seek to hold tenants accountable for their invitees...
April 25, 2022
Regarding your recent article, “Waiving the Right to Evict by Accepting Late or Partial Payment,” (April 2022), you may wish to advise your readers that if a tenant asserts that a landlord’s past conduct of accepting late payments of rent constitutes either a waiver or a...
Owner Loses
April 25, 2022
What Happened: A government tenant that had leased the floor of an office building for nearly 30 years left behind a mess when it moved out. In addition to removing electronic door locks, office partitions, a fire and alarm system, and other items the landlord claimed as its own property, the...
