Tenant Leasing Illustrated – May 2016 – Beep, Beep. Escalation Clauses and Wile E. Coyote
In his autobiography, Looney Tunes animation director Chuck Jones indicated that the creators of the Road Runner cartoons carefully followed nine rules...
Tenant Leasing Illustrated – April 2016 – You Know Nothing, Jon Snow (about Lease Guarantees)
A guaranty of payment and performance covers all of the obligations under a lease, while a good guy guaranty (at least in theory) only covers obligations...
Tenant Leasing Illustrated – March 2016 – Silver Anniversaries and Sidewalk Sheds
But while scaffolding and sheds may be a necessary annoyance to any commercial tenant, they are particularly a problem for retail tenants, as the sheds...
Tenant Leasing Illustrated – Feb 2016 – The Broker Exclusive Awakens
Avoid the dark side of commercial leasing by using the Schwartz (and our twelve suggestions above) to properly document your exclusive broker arrangement....
Tenant Leasing Illustrated – Jan 2016 – Landlord Access: I Hear You Knockin’ But You Can’t Come In
Brooklyn Bridge Park has a new eight foot by seventeen and a half foot sculpture (see below) by the artist Deborah Kass which reads as "YO" if you see...
Tenant Leasing Illustrated – Oct 2015 – The Amazin’s and Subordination
Commercial leases are filled with pitfalls and traps for the unwary and tenants should always be looking a few steps ahead to avoid potential trouble....
Tenant Leasing Illustrated – Sept 2015 – True Detective and Your Lease Renewal
All tenants hope for a happy Hollywood ending to their tenancies and sometimes the happiest ending involves renewing the lease and keeping a good thing...
