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Questions tagged [business-lease]

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Are Landlord's exclusion clauses of "any loss of life or loss, injury or damage to person or property" too onerous on Tenant?

I want to lease office space in England. I'm scared that Tenancy Agreement's Exclusion Clauses exclude too much! Aren't they too harsh on me? How's it fair for Landlord to exclude so much, and make me bear burden of "any loss of life or loss, injury…
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Legally, how does "prevail" differ from "will not be affected"?

Landlord — and I the Tenant — have agreed everything in a Commercial Lease, except one verb! Originally Tenant proffered All existing or future tenant legislation, rights and protection (e.g. against eviction or ejectment) prevail. But then…
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Can a contract be backdated to cover a previous gap?

I run a concession which trades on private property in the United Kingdom. My contract expired on 31 March 2021 and there was no correspondence to renew it. I have been allowed to continue trading, but the business has been badly affected by…
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Why would a Landlord require a Tenant to sign an Offer to Lease that binds the Tenant to the Tenancy Agreement, rather than merely the TA itself?

I need to lease retail space at a shopping arcade. Landlords' Leasing Manager emailed me Landlords structured its OTL to bind prospective tenants, even if they don’t sign the formal TA. Once signed by a tenant, the OTL is legally binding and…
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Rent office space and sleep there

Could someone theoretically rent out some office space in Pennsylvania in the United States and sleep in it? Some business owners work late all the time and some may sleep in their office. When does someone sleeping in an office become illegal? Or…
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How else can the Tenant lose out, if Tenant agrees not to object to Landlord's title, and assumes Landlords' right to grant the tenancy?

I copy and pasted the following clause from the Offer to Lease, governed by the law of England and Wales, that a Landlord emailed me, for leasing their premise in England for my retail store. No Objection To Title The Tenant must assume the…
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The condition of leasehold improvements at the end of the lease

My understanding is that the default / customary approach to leasehold improvements is that they go to the lesser at the end of the lease. When that's the case, how is the condition of the improvement(s) evaluated when it comes to returning a…
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Interpretation of lease automatic renewal terms

We have a disagreement between a business/commercial landlord and tenant over the renewal terms of the lease agreement. It is written as: "The term commences on the commencement date and expires one year later. The term shall automatically renew…
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Commercial Landlord blocking tenant from painting the walls

Posting for a friend... There is a commercial property with a restaurant "we" lease. "We" have a vague 1-page commercial lease (no really!). There is a "no modification to building" clause but the walls need a paint job. We are getting blocked on…
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Question about "place of business" in trade license/business license [Bangladesh]

My brother wants to start a software business. So, he got a trade license form. In there, there is a field with the name "place of business". If the place of business is rented, then a copy of the document/deed of the rental agreement has to be…
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If Landlord is suing a former Tenant, can the Landlord be prevented from leasing the premise out to a new Tenant?

At my shopping mall in England and nearby malls, many shopfronts have been closed for at least one year, but don't advertise "FOR LEASE". Normally, these shopfronts advertise "FOR LEASE" like this picture. Many of the gossipy proprietors in these…
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If Commercial Realtor refers Tenant to a Landlord, then Tenant breaches Tenancy Agreement, can Commercial Realtor be liable to Landlord?

This is my case. Are there legal reasons that Shopping Centre Landlord (NWD in my case) alleges that a vacancy is unavailable to me, but let Commercial Realtors (CBRE in my case) lease THE SAME VACANCY to me? Possible that Landlord contracted away…
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In California, who owns buildings or soil left on a leased farm after abandonment?

If a tenant builds a building on leased land, and purchases soil deposited on the land, whose is it after the tenant abandons the property? For the purposes of this question, assume the lease did not include any provisions addressing this…
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Is a commercial landlord liable for damage due to roof leaks?

A tenant has a modified gross lease of a small commercial warehouse in San Fernando, CA. During the rainy seasons of 2017-2018 and the very wet 2018-2019, the tenant reported, on multiple occasions, leaks from the roof. These never seemed to have…
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Incomplete building rented on commercial lease

Can an incomplete and unsafe building be rented to a tenant on a commercial lease if the building never received a certificate of occupancy? [![enter image description here][2]][2] [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/3pezU.jpg?s=512
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