When it comes to taking care of our own health, all too often we rely upon reactive maintenance. For example, you ignore your doctor’s warnings and continue to eat fast food and fail to exercise on a semi-regular basis. You had the chance to help control the situation with some basic preventive maintenance, but you
Another Thought On SNDAs.
When representing a tenant, I always want an SNDA so that if the landlord defaults on its mortgage my client is assured that it can remain in the space as long as there are no tenant defaults.
When representing a landlord, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to get lenders to make any change
Landlord bankruptcy – is SNDA really that valuable?
A tenant always prefers an SNDA so that if the landlord’s lender forecloses, the lender will have to respect the tenant’s lease. But if the landlord files bankruptcy, or if the lender causes the landlord to file bankruptcy, the landlord can reject the tenant’s lease anyway thereby subjecting the tenant to the very risk it
The Shoe is on the Other Foot
It is certainly no surprise that the commercial real estate leasing market has turned into a "tenant favorable" market. How long this will last is anyone’s guess. Give the current leasing market conditions and overall economic conditions tenants should take precautions to prevent becoming victims of their landlord’s potential financial defaults and inability to obtain
Policing Leasing
It seems like every day another retailer files bankruptcy. Many more have frozen new deals, cancelled scheduled openings and even closed open stores. A shopping center landlord must monitor tenant monthly gross sales reports and tenant public filings to anticipate which of its tenants are or could become problem tenants. The landlord should also act quickly to
Who Knew Being Green Could Be So Easy !
Recently at the January monthly Real Estate Roundtable breakfast sponsored by the University of Cincinnati, I was introduced to a fascinating new concept – the Roof Lease. Featured speaker Mike Phillips, President of Cincinnati based national real estate developer Phillips Edison Company, mentioned that Roof Leases are starting to spring up across the country. The basic