Tenant Leasing Illustrated – Feb 2014 – Snapchat and Loss Factors
Without being too philosophical, some of the best things in life disappear too quickly. I am not just thinking of my youth or the hair on top of my head....
Tenant Leasing Illustrated – Jan 2014 – Why Cure a Default Today that You Can Always Cure Tomorrow?
We all procrastinate; some more than others. Okay, me more than some. But when you procrastinate on your lease obligations it is called a default. In this...
Tenant Leasing Illustrated – Dec 2013 – Green (Bearded) Monster and Your Signage
We all have different notions of aesthetics and marketing value and this can often lead to conflicts between owners and tenants in terms of signage. This...
Tenant Leasing Illustrated – Nov 2013 – Ferris Bueller and Your End of Lease Obligations
Many leases impose significant obligations on tenants to remove the alterations and improvements in their premises at the end of the lease term. Essentially,...
Tenant Leasing Illustrated – Oct 2013 – Avoid Half Measures When Addressing Rent Abatements
Many leases do not provide the common remedy of a rent abatement if the landlord does not meet its obligations to provide services or make repairs or,...
Tenant Leasing Illustrated – Sept 2013 – Lease On A Hot Tin Roof
Although one of our familiar mantras is that tenants must always preserve the unfettered right to assign or sublet in connection with a sale of its business,...
Tenant Leasing Illustrated – Aug 2013 – The High Wire Act of Landlord Consents
Nothing is more frustrating to a tenant than discovering for the first time after its lease is executed that the landlord has a right to consent (or worse...
Tenant Leasing Illustrated – July 2013 – The Bogie and Bacall of Leasing
Assignment and subletting are the Bogie and Bacall (Batman and Robin?) of leasing in that they are always paired together. Yet, while subleasing is very...
Tenant Leasing Illustrated – June 2013 – Reservations About Landlord Consents
Even when a landlord conceptually agrees to a sublease, the consent form used by the landlord can require a quid pro quo for such approval which may have...