Commercial Lease Law Insider

Standard HVAC provisions aren’t enough to protect you when tenants want to use split A/C units. We explain, and give you a Model Lease Clause you can adapt to your own circumstances.

Simply having a written lease signed by both the landlord and tenant isn’t enough to satisfy the Statute of Frauds.

A few months into a lease, the landlord discovered that the tenant was advertising cannabidiol (CBD) and kratom for sale at the store and warned it to cease and desist or face immediate eviction. The tenant ignored the warning and began selling “Prohibited Products” as well, including bongs, pip...

A restaurant tenant signed a shopping center lease promising to pay monthly rent “on or before the first day of each month, without prior demand or notice.” On Feb. 1, 2023, with February rent unpaid, the landlord served the tenant a five-day notice to pay rent or quit the next day. The tenant d...

A business visitor who slipped on ice in the parking lot of a commercial building leased to Amazon sued the landlord for negligence in failing to ensure the lot was properly plowed. The defendant denied owing the visitor a duty of care because it leased the entire property to Amazon and thus didn’t have possession or control over the area where the accident occurred. The visitor disputed the claim, noting that the lease gave the landlord the right to reenter the propert...