Feature
June 20, 2018
A big part of successfully running a shopping center is ensuring the safety of tenants, their employees, your employees, and customers. With security cameras or a security guard and alarms, you might think that you have the safety aspect of your operations locked down. But here’s something...
Owner Wins
June 20, 2018
Facts: A medical tenant clinic signed a lease that it renewed for an additional five-year term. During the initial and renewal term, the tenant paid monthly rent on time. After the renewal term was over, the tenant didn’t renew the lease formally; it continued to stay in the space and...
Dos & Don'ts
June 20, 2018
One thing that owners don’t like to hear when negotiating a lease is that the tenant must have possession of the space by some important date, known as the “drop-dead date.” This is an issue because the tenant usually wants the owner to suffer stiff consequences if the drop-dead...
Dos & Don'ts
June 20, 2018
You can’t stop third parties from suing you if they’re injured after hours by someone in your building or center—but you can protect yourself financially in other ways. For example, make a tenant pay for the actions of its visitors, agents, employees, and subtenants. And make the...
In the News
June 19, 2018
Despite an uncertain political climate, foreign investors are keen to continue investing in U.S. commercial real estate. In fact, the U.S. continues to be the single largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the world, to the tune of more than $450 billion from other countries since...
