REPRESENTATIVE CASES

This was a commercial breach of lease dispute involving a bar/restaurant including allegations of misrepresentation on the part of the landlord and breach on the part of the tenant.

A Landlord/tenant/construction dispute in which the owner of a hotel agreed to make renovations to the hotel property that was currently leased to a hotel operator. The parties had a dispute over the time that it took to accomplish the renovation and the quality of the finished product.

A landlord/tenant dispute in which the parties disputed over an extension of a lease for a commercial retail store. The property was owned by one party but managed by a third party. The third party, allegedly without the owner’s consent, extended an existing lease for a substantial term. The owner, who desired to sell the property, brought an action to cancel the extension of the lease. The tenant contended that it was entitled to rely on the owner’s agent in obtaining the lease extension.

A complex commercial lease dispute arising from the build-out by the landlord of more than 50,000 square feet of space for the tenant, per the design of the tenant and its design team. The tenant claimed that the landlord delayed the construction of the tenant improvements and that some of the improvements were defective. The tenant claimed damages for the cost of renting other facilities while awaiting possession of the premises.

A commercial landlord/tenant dispute in which the tenant leased approximately 10 spaces in a light manufacturing/industrial building and then subleased the spaces to marijuana growers. A central issue in the case was the landlord’s knowledge of the growing operation and the tenants use of the premises for other questionable purposes. The landlord’s principal claim arose from the alleged failure of the tenant to leave the premises in “broom clean” condition.

A commercial landlord/tenant dispute arising from the lease of a fast-food franchise in which the parties disagreed over the terms of the lease and the obligations surrounding maintenance and repair.

The arbitration of this landlord/tenant dispute arose from the breach of a lease for a luxury “skybox” at a prominent sports venue. The case presented a number of interesting factual and legal issues including the impact of a separate agreement between the parties under the terms of which the landlord was obligated to purchase products from the tenant. The tenant claimed that a breach of this agreement excused its performance of the lease for the skybox.

Tenant alleged that the landlord violated the provisions of the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance.