Resources
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- What to Expect When You're Expecting a Bankruptcy
- Whether by the time this is published General Growth Properties has filed for bankruptcy or is still pleading with its lenders for more time, retailers are likely to experience landlord bankruptcies for the foreseeable future. From the perspective of the retailer, here are some things to think about as they brace for the hard times to come. Read more
- Can You Change the Lease? Yes You Can!
- Most tenants operate under the belief that once their lease is signed the landlord will never be willing to change it unless they are willing to pay a lot more rent. Think this through and you reach the opposite conclusion. Can you change the lease? YES YOU CAN, but you first need make a realistic determination of what has changed for both parties, what negative events have or are about to happen to each and what actions you can take to avoid these unpleasant future events. Read more
- Tips to Reduce CAM Costs
- Here are ten solutions to reduce your operating costs, including some ideas and pitfalls in lease negotiation and interpretation, as well as references to important case law. Read more
- Management Fees
- When and under what circumstances is a retailer required to pay management fees? The answers may surprise you. Read more
- Audits of "Silent" Leases
- This article answers the age old question: my lease is silent on audits, can I still audit? Read more
