Commercial Leasing
Andre advises landlords, tenants, franchisees, restaurant and retail operators, industrial users, professional businesses and property managers on commercial leasing matters.
Matters Andre handles
- Offers to lease and lease negotiations
- Lease renewals, extensions and amendments
- Assignments and subleases
- Landlord consent to assignments or subleases
- Retail, restaurant, industrial, office and professional-use leases
- Build-out and fixturing periods
- Rent abatement and tenant inducements
- Repair and maintenance obligations
- Exclusive-use and use-restriction clauses
- Personal guarantees and indemnities
- Default and termination rights
- Options to renew, demolition and relocation clauses
- Additional rent, TMI, deposits and estoppel certificates
- Lease due diligence in business purchases and sales
Common questions
Should I have a lawyer review an offer to lease before I sign it?
Yes. Important business terms are often fixed at the offer stage, including rent, use, guarantees, fixturing, renewal rights and landlord obligations.
I am buying a business. What happens to the lease?
The transaction may require a lease assignment, landlord consent or a new lease. Those steps should be coordinated with the business purchase agreement and closing timeline.
Andre Nayvelt, J.D. | Corporate Commercial Lawyer 