By: Shawn Rader During this age of pandemic, lease modifications are going to be abundant. The silver lining to that necessity is that like renewals or assignments, they offer an opportunity to review the lease …
Automatic Subordination Clauses
By: Gary M. Kaleita Most Leases contain what are called automatic subordination clauses, pursuant to which the Tenant agrees that the Lease is subordinate to any Mortgages granted by the Landlord, whether they are already in …
Key Change to Florida Statute on Transferring Land & Real Estate (Part I): Lease Witness Requirement Waived
By: Joaquin “Quino” Martinez and Emmett Egger Effective July 1, 2020, witnesses’ signatures are no longer needed for residential and commercial leases. The amended Section 689.01, Florida Statutes, removed the requirement that a landlord’s signature on a …
Reading the Tea Leaves – July 2020
By: Timothy R. Miedona For commercial real estate landlords and investors, the upcoming month of July could prove to be a critical benchmark in terms of predicting the volatile net lease market. As you are likely …
Gebaide, Gluck, McNeill Present on AdventHealth Webinar
Lowndes shareholders Rachel D. Gebaide, Andrew M. Gluck and Greg McNeill were speakers for the “Financial Relief Webinar” presented by AdventHealth on April 23, 2020. They spoke on three important issues facing today’s businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic: business interruption …
Retail Tenants, Landlords Clash Over Proposed Pandemic Rent Clauses
By: Timothy R. Miedona With May rent around the corner, the Wall Street Journal dives into the Landlord and Tenant responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Retail Tenants, Landlords Clash Over Proposed Pandemic Rent Clauses
COVID-19 Testing and the Use of Vacant Surface Parking Lots
By: Emmett Egger & Quino Martinez Shopping centers across the United States have been closed for weeks as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders. In an effort to help flatten the curve, some shopping center …
Commercial Landlord’s Guide to Navigating Tenant Workouts in the Age of COVID-19
By: Andrew Gluck, Timothy Miedona, and Nicole Cuccaro As the COVID-19 or novel coronavirus pandemic continues, landlords have increasingly received communication from distressed tenants requesting rent relief and, in some circumstances, lease termination. With government restrictions on certain …
Orange County Will Not Enforce Evictions During COVID-19 Emergency
By: James Walson, Adam Lewis & Ferran Arimon As a follow-up to our e-blast yesterday, Orange County announced that it too will not enforce evictions during the Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) emergency. It is unclear …
Miami-Dade County Will Not Enforce Evictions During COVID-19 Emergency
By: James Walson, Adam Lewis & Ferran Arimon The Miami-Dade Police Department announced that it would not enforce Writs of Possession during the current state of emergency in Miami-Dade County due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). A Writ of …