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Nowadays, many restaurant tenants ask to use common areas next to their space as a patio area, where they can place tables and chairs, and serve food. These patio areas are cropping up all over—even in shopping centers. But if you allow the restaurant tenant to use part of your common areas as a patio area, make sure that your lease properly protects you. Otherwise, you could have trouble down the line. For example, you could end up in a dispute with the tenant if the patio area hampers the flow of pedestrian traffic into and out of your building or center.
