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What Landlords Should Know When Restaurant Tenants Go Under

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As anyone who has watched FX’s The Bear knows, running a restaurant is hard work. When restaurants occupying leased commercial space fail, commercial landlords need a gameplan to protect their interests. Some key...more

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Easing Use Restrictions Opens Up Opportunities in Retail for Landlords and Tenants

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Use restrictions—once rigidly dictated by anchor tenants—are undergoing significant transformations leading to new opportunities for retailers and landlords. Historically, retailers wielded considerable influence, often...more

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Express Fast Tracks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing

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​​​​​​​Express, Inc., the fashion mall retailer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the District of Delaware Bankruptcy Court, docket #24-10831 (KBO) on April 22, 2024. This is the second retailer bankruptcy...more

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Navigating the New York City Retail Landscape: Trends, Tactics, and Tenacity

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In this episode of “Terra Firma: Conversations on Commercial Real Estate,” hosts Stacey C. Tyler and Stephen Tanico discuss the evolution of New York City retail leasing with their guest Julia E. Sanabria, partner in the...more

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99 Cents Only Is Not Enough to Avoid Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

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​​​​​​​Number Holdings, Inc. the parent company of 99 Cents Only Stores LLC (“99 Cents” or the “Company”), an extreme value retail store operator, along with several affiliates, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in...more

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JOANN’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing: Stitching Together a Reorganization

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​​​​​​​JOANN, Inc., aka Jo-Ann Stores Holdings Inc. aka JOANN aka Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts, the 80-year-old, Ohio-based, arts-and-crafts operator filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the District of Delaware...more

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Will Commercial Real Estate Sink or Swim in 2024?

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In 2024, we anticipate that the commercial real estate industry will continue to face distress with some stabilization. This alert focuses on three subsets of the commercial real estate market: retail, office, and...more

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The Real Estate and Corporate Restructuring Connection, Plus Retail Restructuring Trends

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The transition to online shopping, interest rate increases, labor costs, maturing debt and rising inflation have collectively taken a significant toll on the retail industry, contributing to store closures and a growing...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

How Will Rising Interest Rates and Economic Uncertainty Impact Real Estate Industry in 2024?

Katten and Cushman & Wakefield have partnered to provide commercial real estate thought leaders with an opportunity to network and examine current factors impacting the industry during a January 25 event in Charlotte. Real...more

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In a Win for Commercial Defendants and Their Insurers, the New Jersey Appellate Court Declines to Limit the “Ongoing Storm Rule”...

The New Jersey Appellate Division has recently confirmed that the “ongoing storm rule” established in Pareja v. Princeton International Properties, 246 N.J. 546 (2021) applies to privately owned commercial properties,...more

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The Re-Imagining of the American Shopping Mall

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Nearly 70 years ago the American shopping mall was born in Edina, Minnesota. Southdale Mall was the idea of the Godfather of the Shopping Mall, Victor Gruen. The Austrian-American architect immigrated to the United States in...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

To Terminate or Not to Terminate: Alternative Lease Remedies and When to Use Them

Most commercial real estate leases afford the landlord multiple remedies to address a tenant’s default. Frequently, such remedies are cumulative, as the landlord may pursue concurrent options. However, two of the most common...more

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Real Estate Leases: A Look at Retail

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Coming out of Q1 2023, we have a picture painted of the challenges and opportunities facing the retail sector. What is clear is that deals are more difficult to close in the current business climate. After speaking with...more

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Do you want to know how much your business will be paying in business rates from 1 April 2023?

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It is a good question because the new rating list; the first for 6 years, takes effect on that day. The rateable values that are being compiled reflect letting values (more or less) as at 1 April 2021....more

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Like buses...nothing for months then three Covid arrears arbitration awards all at once

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Falcon Chambers Arbitration has recently published three awards under the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022, that provide welcome guidance on the interpretation and application of the 2022 Act....more

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Employment Law Horizon Scanning - Publication 4

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Although we may be in a transitional period, we believe hybrid working will be the dominant form of working arrangement moving forward. Why do we think this? ...more

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10 Retailers to Watch for a Bankruptcy Filing in 2022

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The last half of 2021 was virtually a ghost town for filing retail bankruptcies. However, the rise of the Omicron variant has significantly delayed a full return to normal for shopping centers. ...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

See You in September August 2021 - There Was No 'Gap' in the Lease Language: COVID Is Not a Casualty

On June 29, 2021, in The Gap, Inc. v. 170 Broadway Retail Owner, LLC, the New York Appellate Division, First Department, overturned an earlier decision by the New York Supreme Court and issued a decisive victory to commercial...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Repurposing Of Retail Space

Even before the pandemic, many retail stores were grappling to stay afloat as the preference of consumers to purchase goods online increased. Covid-19 obviously accelerated this trend, causing numerous shopping malls and...more

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Commercial Lease Disputes Becoming a Little More Frequent than “From Time to Time”

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I think it’s fair to say that there’s been an uptick in litigation involving commercial lease disputes and retail property closings gone awry over the last 15 months.  And for obvious reasons. ...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

The Long Haul: The Blueprint for Commercial Real Estate in a Post-Pandemic World

On April 29, the Real Estate Finance Association (REFA) hosted a webinar, The Impact of COVID-19, One Year Later. The program focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the commercial real estate industry....more

Holland & Knight LLP

Rethinking the Landlord/Tenant Relationship in Retail

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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, landlords/owners have frequently been forced to renegotiate leases with, or take back space from, restaurant, gym, movie theater and other retail tenants that have little to no credit and...more

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Considerations for Retail Space in an Office Building

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A successful relationship between an office building owner and retail tenant usually involves educating each party to the particular attributes of the other party's business. For example, a retail tenant typically has little...more

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COVID-19-Related Lease Modifications Raise New Issues of Liability for Unpaid Rent

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As pandemic-related shutdowns battered the retail and restaurant industry, many tenants avoided defaulting on their leases by negotiating a lease workout. These agreements often provided tenants some much-needed rent relief...more

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Look for More Landlord Protections in Retail Deferral Agreements and Extensions

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In April and May of 2020, the unprecedented challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the related mandatory closures and restrictions on operations began to be felt by retail tenants across the United States. As a...more

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