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In the Spotlight: Tenants Should Keep Watch for Innocuous-Appearing Provisions

Most leases provide for a rent abatement in the event of a casualty to either the building or leased premises that renders the leased premises unfit for the tenant's use until the casualty damage has been repaired. At first glance, the only items to be negotiated in such provisions are those that clarify what portion of the building or premises — as the case may be — must be affected in order to provide for an abatement, how quickly the landlord is obligated to restore the damage, and under what circumstances the parties may terminate the lease.

4 minute read June 01, 2004 at 10:25 AM
By
William Crowe
In the Spotlight: Tenants Should Keep Watch for Innocuous-Appearing Provisions

Most leases provide for a rent abatement in the event of a casualty to either the building or leased premises that renders the leased premises unfit for the tenant's use until the casualty damage has been repaired.

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