Practical guidance on commercial real estate, franchise law, and business transactions from Brent A. Levison.
Base rent at lease signing is only part of the financial picture in a multi-year commercial lease. Rent escalation clauses — the mechanism by which rent increas...
Read more →Triple net — often written as "NNN" — is one of the most common commercial lease structures, particularly in retail and single-tenant properties. Understanding ...
Read more →Few things cause more friction mid-lease than a dispute over who's responsible for a repair — a broken HVAC unit, a leaking roof, a parking lot pothole. Unlike ...
Read more →For Florida commercial tenants, hurricane season isn't a hypothetical risk — it's an annual, recurring reality that lease terms should specifically account for....
Read more →Florida has historically been the only state to impose a sales tax specifically on commercial rent — a cost that's been gradually reduced in recent years and is...
Read more →Florida's commercial property insurance market has changed significantly in recent years, and those changes are showing up directly in lease negotiations — not ...
Read more →A commercial property owner can pay a general contractor in full for a construction project — and still end up with a lien on their property from a subcontracto...
Read more →Environmental contamination on a commercial property can create liability that follows the property regardless of who caused it — meaning a buyer can inherit co...
Read more →A property that looks perfect for a buyer's intended use can still be legally off-limits for that use, depending on its zoning designation. Zoning and land use ...
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