Lesser of 3% or CPI – Caps in a world of high inflation
How might inflation affect your leases this year?
Tag: Retail
Stop – before you grant rent relief! Consider this!
With the number of rent relief amendments we have been processing over the last few months, it is clear that many landlords are trying to work with their tenants so that they can make it through these COVID-impacted times. The most well-respected retail landlords have always considered the tenant mix of their properties. The right… Continue reading Stop – before you grant rent relief! Consider this!
Looking to the future – dealing with lease related issues
Hopefully, in the next few weeks, we will be slowly but steadily getting back to a new normal. We will all be faced with the question of minimum rents during this period from both the landlord and tenant perspective. But there will be other issues we will all have to consider as we come out… Continue reading Looking to the future – dealing with lease related issues
Real estate tax timing in a purchase
A little more than a year ago, we addressed the timing/matching of real estate periods. Perhaps it was taxes reconciled for a calendar year, but taxes were paid on a fiscal year. Some landlord would take six months of one fiscal period and six months of another to match those fiscal periods to the calendar… Continue reading Real estate tax timing in a purchase
Applying the K.I.S.S. method in leases
“Keep it simple, stupid!” That hits home so often as I am reading leases. I have taught classes for ICSC for nearly 25 years. One of my favorite example has been base rents or fixed CAM charges increased by the CPI. That in and of itself is pretty simple. But, you often see caps on… Continue reading Applying the K.I.S.S. method in leases
Could this be worse than a Most Favored Nations clause?
We have addressed the Most Dreaded Lease Clause a few times over the past couple of years. We have also addressed another lease language concept – co-participation. But what happens when you combines the concepts? That combination was evident in an acquisition we were working on this week. If you have time, take a minute… Continue reading Could this be worse than a Most Favored Nations clause?
The percentage rent unicorn revisited
A while back, we had addressed the “percentage rent unicorn” – that landlord dream within a dream (Hopefully, you are thinking The Princess Bride right now) – where landlords can bill percentage rent over a monthly breakpoint with no annual reconciliation. It is not something we see often, but when we do, it often leads… Continue reading The percentage rent unicorn revisited
John T Riordan School for Retail Real Estate Professionals
If you have followed this lease administration blog for the past couple of years, or even if you have just stumbled upon it because of a question you have had related to some lease related term, you are the type of person that would absolutely benefit from ICSC’s John T Riordan School for Retail Real… Continue reading John T Riordan School for Retail Real Estate Professionals
Extending a lease term – by exercise of option or amendment
Exercising an option that was granted in a lease with no change in terms should be a fairly simple exercise as specifically defined in the lease – often sending notice to the landlord on the intent to exercise with no additional action required by any party. The lease continues. However, sometimes the parties overcomplicate the… Continue reading Extending a lease term – by exercise of option or amendment
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