Feature
August 15, 2018
Although leases provide remedies for many types of breaches, it can be hard to collect money later from an erstwhile tenant. Two major financial issues for owners are lease defaults and damage to space. If you’ve dealt with one or both of these potentially very expensive issues in the past,...
Dos & Don'ts
August 15, 2018
Gross sales clauses can be very lucrative for owners because they aren’t limited to collecting just base rent—the percentage of sales a tenant must hand over could potentially be more than its actual rent. But a problem crops up for you when other tenants use the named tenant’s...
Dos & Don'ts
August 15, 2018
So much retail business is done online that it’s common for tenants that are pulling in profits that way to use their brick-and-mortar spaces for purposes related to the business, but not to actually sell products. For example, a tenant with a successful website might turn its store into a...
Dos & Don'ts
August 15, 2018
If you grant a license to kiosks and carts to conduct business at your center, make sure that you audit the books and records of a set percentage of those kiosks and carts each year to verify their gross sales. It’s not uncommon for kiosks and carts to submit gross sales statements that...
Owner Wins
August 15, 2018
Facts: A tenant that operated a market and deli entered into a lease for retail space. The lease was for five years ending in May 2016. The rental rate for the initial term was $5,500 for the first two years, and $6,000 for the remaining three years of the lease. The lease contained a renewal...
