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Keep Tenant’s “Good Guy” Guarantor on the Hook Until You Get Leased Space Back

Here’s how to guard against three common scenarios that can leave you in the lurch.

Jun 26, 2025

Glenn S. Demby

CLLI_0725-Model-Guaranty-Clause-Good-Guy.pdf

Here’s how to guard against three common scenarios that can leave you in the lurch.

Drafting Tips

Protect Your Right to a Share of Tenant’s Sublease or Assignment Profits

Tenants may try to hide the real profits they make from a subtenant or assignee.

Jun 26, 2025

Glenn S. Demby

CLLI_0725-Model-Clause-Right-to-Share.pdf

Tenants may try to hide the real profits they make from a subtenant or assignee.

DOS & DON'TS

Don’t Require Tenant to “Reimburse” You for Real Estate Taxes You Haven’t Yet Remitted

Jun 25, 2025

Glenn S. Demby

The word “reimburse” means to pay back. So, requiring reimbursement may preclude you from collecting the tenant’s pro rata share until after you actually pay the tax bill.

Landlord Wins

Landlord Needn’t Prove Damages to Evict Tenant for Material Breach

Jun 24, 2025

Glenn S. Demby

A childcare center tenant that paid base rent each month didn’t pay its share of the property tax and utility bills or obtain the required insurance. So, six months into the lease, the landlord served the tenant with an eviction notice ....

Landlord Wins

No Full Rent Abatement for Mold When Part of the Space Is Safe

Jun 23, 2025

Glenn S. Demby

Among the victims of Hurricane Harvey, which swept through Houston in August 2017, was a testing services tenant’s relationship with its landlord. The tenant claimed that the mold spawned from Harvey’s rains rendered the office space unsafe for its employees ....

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