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As all restaurateurs know, a good location is an essential ingredient in any recipe for long-term success. But controlling costs is also a key factor. Renting your location—rather than actually purchasing real estate...more
In this episode of “Terra Firma: Conversations on Commercial Real Estate,” hosts Stacey C. Tyler and Stephen Tanico discuss the evolution of New York City retail leasing with their guest Julia E. Sanabria, partner in the...more
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As businesses begin to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, brick-and-mortar retail and restaurant leasing is showing strong growth. U.S. retail vacancy fell to 6.1 percent in the second quarter of 2022, the lowest level in at...more
COVID-19 has caused many restaurants in the City of New York to close or greatly limit their service, preventing them from paying some or any of the rent to their landlords. In a case involving a restaurant on the upper east...more
Join Ulmer Partner Jodi Rich and founder and Senior Vice President/Principal of Goodman Real Estate Services Group LLC., Richard Edelman, as they discuss business trends in the fast-casual restaurant industry that were...more
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Even before the invasion of Covid-19, food delivery was an evolving trend, made especially so by the easy use of cell phone apps such as DoorDash and UberEats. The pandemic, of course, accelerated this trend and along with...more
As pandemic-related shutdowns battered the retail and restaurant industry, many tenants avoided defaulting on their leases by negotiating a lease workout. These agreements often provided tenants some much-needed rent relief...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained commercial landlord-tenant relationships across the United States. As the courts wade their way through the backlog of lawsuits filed in 2020, there are a growing number of decisions...more
A Massachusetts Superior Court judge recently ruled that the doctrine of frustration of purpose excused Caffè Nero, a high-end coffee shop, from paying rent while its business was shuttered by government mandate. Although the...more
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This week the BCLP Retail Team discuss the future of turnover rents following the COVID-19 crisis, reflect on the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme, and consider the future footprint of department stores. We also share...more
This 18th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us return to what, even in these early days of the pandemic, must be considered as some of the hottest topics. Thus, we discuss new...more
On June 2, 2020, the Northern District of Illinois Bankruptcy Court addressed landlord-tenant debt obligations issues in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in its decision for In re: Hitz Restaurant Group. The Court held that the...more
The retail industry has experienced an unprecedented and immediate shift as a result of the economic fallout from COVID-19. One of the most apparent changes is evident when handling commercial retail leasing; read on to...more
The first reported substantive ruling by a judge sitting in Illinois on the legal implications of whether COVID-19 and the resulting governmental shelter-in-place orders relieve a tenant’s obligation to pay rent pursuant to a...more
Certain guarantors of restaurant, retail, and other commercial leases in New York City may soon be off the hook for tenant defaults occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to a bill recently passed by the New York City...more
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