Subleases can be more complicated than they seem. It’s not just a matter of allowing a tenant to give its space either temporarily or until the end of its lease to a replacement tenant. To protect themselves, owners should carefully draft sublease provisions.
A new survey of commercial real estate brokers who have done lease deals for space for marijuana businesses reveals that—despite the difficulty of negotiating such leases—they would try again. The survey comes after voters have approved the legalization of marijuana in three more...
Making a profit from tenants at your shopping center or mall depends on many factors—one of which is the key percentage rent arrangement. Percentage rent allows you to collect not only base rent, but also a percentage of the tenant’s gross sales done at the space it leases from you....
Q: A tenant negotiated an option to purchase the space it will be leasing from me at one of my free-standing properties, after it has operated there for a certain number of years. The notice requirements for exercising the purchase...
If you own a shopping center or office building and have financial difficulties, you may be dealing with one, or even several, liens filed against the property. A savvy tenant knows that if it doesn’t have priority if you become bankrupt, it could be dramatically affected, up to and...
When you negotiate a lease with a tenant, you and your attorney try to cover all your bases—drafting provisions that protect you in every conceivable circumstance under which the tenant would breach the lease during the lease term. However, one situation isn’t as common as other...
Owners who lease space to large national retail tenants know that their demands can be hard to resist. Use of the space is the number one concern for these tenants. Often, they ask for flexibility in their use of the space that puts owners at a disadvantage. A lease that allows a tenant to use...
If you own a shopping center or mall, you know that the success of your tenants is connected to the amount of foot traffic that you can bring in. Movie theaters are a great example of one type of tenant that attracts crowds. But not all movie theaters show films that are of interest to a wide...
Q: I own a mixed-use building that has retail stores on the ground floor and residential units on the floors above. The ground floor is specifically zoned for retail use. Should I factor in the potential for zoning changes in my leases, and...
An eviction suit filed against the U.S. Postal Service could speed up ambitious plans for redeveloping a huge downtown Milwaukee building. The owner is trying to evict its only tenant, which holds a lease that could extend until 2040. The owner filed a lawsuit in Milwaukee County Circuit Court...
Many tenants need to customize the space they lease, whether it’s in an office building or shopping center. But altering space—even for simple improvements—can be complicated. So when signing leases, you’ll want to have a work letter agreement—a contract that...
