Facts: A lease, entered into in January 2004 between the tenant and the owner, allowed for early termination by the tenant after one year if the tenant chose to close its fitness center. Exercising this right required the tenant to provide 90 days’ written notice of the termination...
Facts: An owner leased six parking lots to a tenant. In turn, the tenant agreed to pay annual rent and manage the parking lots' operations. The lease also contained a right-of-refusal clause, giving it the right, before any other tenant, to accept or reject any lease offers...
Facts: The owner of a commercial building served a tenant a three-day notice demanding back rent. The tenant did not respond to the notice, and the owner sued for payment. The tenant claimed that it had been forced to move and stopped paying rent because an alleged water leak, which the...
Facts: The tenant, while renting space in the owner's building without a lease, experienced property damage from a fire. The tenant then sued the owner, claiming that the owner violated his promise, or warranty, of providing a space suitable for business by failing to safely maintain...
Facts: A tenant ran several entertainment businesses on the owner's premises. The businesses were unable to make a profit, and the tenant informed the owner that it couldn't pay the rent and removed all of its property from the premises. The owner sued the tenant for unpaid rent,...
Facts: A tenant signed a commercial lease with a three-year term. Before the three years expired, the tenant and owner had agreed to extend the lease for another three years. After the extension, the tenant assigned the extended lease to a new tenant. The original tenant and the new...
Facts: Tenants, a marketing firm and its representatives, entered into a lease granting them use of almost 3,000 square feet of commercial space. The tenants subsequently sold the business and stopped paying rent on the property. The owner notified the tenants that their nonpayment had...
