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Commercial Leases As an Asset of the Landlord and Tenant

Tenants and landlords should view the lease as an asset of their business. A lease cannot be entered taking into account only those conditions existing as of the date of execution. The terms of the lease will bind the parties for a considerable period, and it is important to draft the lease carefully up front in order to accommodate current and future circumstances. This article addresses the lease as an asset from the tenant's perspective, then from the landlord's perspective, and finally suggests how to approach negotiating potentially conflicting ideas about how to preserve this "joint" asset.

18 minute read May 26, 2005 at 02:45 PM
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Carmela Leone Bell
Commercial Leases As an Asset of the Landlord and Tenant

Tenants and landlords should view the lease as an asset of their business. A lease cannot be entered taking into account only those conditions existing as of the date of execution.

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