What Happened: After 30 years of running a Dunkin’ Donuts out of the space, a tenant decided not to renew the lease. The tenant left the space broom-clean and removed all the counters, shelving, display cases, and doughnut shop-related furniture. The owner claimed the...
What Happened: After years of fruitless negotiations, Wal-Mart decided to pull out of discussions for a long-term ground lease but didn’t notify the would-be landlord until months later. Having invested so much time and money in trying to secure the ground lease, the...
What Happened: A tenant wanting to open a new restaurant in Dallas expressed concern about the lack of nearby offsite parking but signed the lease anyway. The landlord set out to find more parking but was unsuccessful. As a...
What Happened: Tenants leased space in a Long Beach, Calif., shopping mall for use as a live music and entertainment venue. But when they opened their doors, they got lambasted with noise complaints from other tenants. Turn down the...
What Happened: This case began when an Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) employee fell 15 feet after the passenger ramp she was operating collapsed. The employee sued the landlord, the Port owner, for negligence due to a defect on the property. A federal jury awarded her more...
Facts: A retail tenant signed a lease with one three-year renewal option. The landlord required a guaranty in order to move forward with the deal. After the initial lease term and renewal were complete, an amendment extended the option to renew for five years and increased the...
Facts:A landlord and a tenant signed a lease that provided that the landlord would insure the building and the tenant would insure its personal property inside the...
Facts: A tenant rented space for its office on two floors of a building. When it attempted to exercise its option to renew its lease for an additional five-year term, the landlord offered to buy out the lease, but the tenant rejected the offer. A few weeks later, the tenant...
Facts: A jewelry store tenant that leased space in a shopping center complained repeatedly about a sewage smell and mold problem in the store. It claimed that it was losing business. Its complaints were documented in multiple emails over the course of several months. For its...
