As leases get more complicated and less standardized, and with properties rarely conforming from one to another, there are two documents that can hasten the successful negotiation process and achieve a document that can best...more
The last year has been a challenging time and it begs the question, from the landlord’s perspective, what have we learned? One thing for sure is that the average lease, a document that seems (for most landlords) to be like...more
In about 1957, I went to a grocery store opening. It was in a new department store anchored mall in Cincinnati. I was allowed to “stock” the “foodomat” (where canned goods were stocked from the rear and then slid down the...more
Landlords seem to have an unnatural aversion to changing their lease forms and, while the document should surely not be constantly over-hauled, there are times, particularly when we are dealing with existing space and second...more