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- Building Code, Not Required Standard (1/20/2012)
by Ron Davis
A freak accident at a California shopping center has focused on standards needed to protect center employees and customers from injury.
The shopping center is located in the Los Angeles area city of Hacienda Heights. And the accident occurred in front of a tenant store that faces the center’s parking area. An employee of that store, while on lunch break ...
- Tenant is due a reimbursement for overpaying past-year taxes. (12/29/2011)
by Ron Davis
The controversial share of property taxes that an Indiana shopping center tenant annually pays has dramatically dropped. Moreover, the tenant is due a reimbursement for overpaying past-year taxes.
But all that has not occurred without a struggle. It has taken a lengthy legal contest pitting the tenant against the property’s lessor,...
- Center Security Guard Injuries not Tenant’s Responsibility (12/21/2011)
by Ron Davis
A security guard at a California shopping center has failed in efforts to blame a tenant for injuries he suffered during a fracas on center property.
The shopping center is Clayton Fair, in the Bay-area city of Concord. And the security guard, while on duty at Clayton Fair, was located in the parking area when the fracas occurred.
- Size Matters (11/30/2011)
by Ron Davis
Expansion plans for a New York shopping center have been thwarted by local authorities who obviously believe that size matters.
The shopping center, located in North Hempstead, on Long Island, is owned by Greencove Associates, LLC. And the expansion plans call for a new 10,000-square-foot structure in the southwest corner of the center’s 5.26-acre property.
- Informal Agreement Doesn’t Transfer (11/17/2011)
by Ron Davis
A tenant’s efforts to remain the exclusive seller of name-brand grocery products at a California shopping center have hit an impasse.
The shopping center is Highland View, in suburban San Diego, and the tenant has operated a convenience grocery store at the center since 1992. The tenant’s original lease, however, failed to mention any exclusivity for the sale of goods. But the center’s owner apparently promised ...
- Church is not Commercial Use (11/2/2011)
A Christian church group has lost its battle to lease anchor-store space at a California commercial shopping center.
The shopping center, located in Redding, is divided into eight parcels that are owned separately. The anchor-store parcel, however, has experienced a history of tenant occupancy problems.
Those problems started with the original tenant, a supermarket. After operating successfully in the anchor space for a number of years, the supermarket eventually closed. Next ...
- Clause Can’t Vitiate Another (10/20/2011)
Efforts at forcing a departing tenant to restore leased space to its original condition have not gone well for a New Jersey shopping center owner.
The shopping center is located in the Paterson-area town of Lincoln Park, and the tenant operated a restaurant at that facility for 10 years. When his lease expired, however, the tenant decided not to relet the space. That’s when a serious dispute arose.
- Property Valuation Appeal Successful (10/6/2011)
A lengthy struggle to lower the tax value of a North Carolina shopping center has paid off big for the center’s owners.
The shopping center is Blue Ridge Mall in Hendersonville. And a controversy over the center’s value began four years ago. That’s when the county in which the center is located ruled that the property’s worth for tax purposes is $11,496,000.
- Subtenant “Tenant Rights” Denied (9/22/2011)
A branch bank that operates at an Ohio shopping center must accept denial of rights afforded to those of regular tenants.
The shopping center is Avery Square in Dublin, and the branch bank is a unit of JP Morgan Chase. That branch, however, is located inside a Kroger supermarket,...
- Development Brings More Development (9/6/2011)
Growth in the area surrounding a Vermont planned retail development has paved the way for local approval of the controversial project.
The development, set for location in St. Albans, a town just north of Burlington, has experienced delays since it was initially proposed some 18 years ago. That was in 1993, when the owner of the site first sought permission from the local development review board to allow ...
- Gross Receipts Fall, Lease Terminated (8/23/2011)
by Ron Davis
Many years of prosperity have not saved a California shopping center tenant from getting the heave-ho from space occupied since 1983.
The shopping center is Coddingtown Mall in Santa Rosa, and the tenant operated a restaurant named Hof Brau that was successful there until recent years. That’s when tough economic conditions caused a slump in business.
Just prior to that, a company with redevelopment plans purchased an interest in Coddingtown Mall.
- Lease Requirements Apply to Extensions (8/10/2011)
Must a shopping center tenant pay a full amount of rent for a period when the center’s occupancy rate plunges?
Recently posing that question was the clothing retailer Old Navy. And attempting a credible response were the owners of Hastings Village, a Pasadena, CA, shopping center where Old Navy operates a store.
At stake in the answer was a sizable amount of rental money to which both parties laid claim. Moreover, both presented credible arguments that only the law courts could resolve.
- Teachers vs Taxman (7/27/2011)
Retired public school teachers in Arkansas can forget about their group receiving a tax break by owning shopping center property in their state. That’s because a court ruling this month in essence requires the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS) to pay taxes on shopping center property just as do for-profit ventures.
- Centers Argue
"Too Much Traffic" (7/13/2011)
Serious traffic concerns will not stop construction plans for a new shopping center in the Lowell, MA, suburban community of Westford.
The new shopping center will be known as Cornerstone Square. And raising the traffic concerns are owners of nearby competing shopping centers...
- Open and Obvious Black Ice (6/30/2011)
Shopping center owners in Michigan are now on alert to the dire consequences of injuries to their patrons who slip and fall on black ice.
Such an injury occurred at Great Lakes Crossing, a shopping center in Auburn Hills. And the outcome of the subsequent lawsuit has created much uncertainty...
- "No Problem!" Problem? (6/16/2011)
Hesitation in protesting a competitor’s leasing of space at a Georgia shopping center has proved costly for an office-supply tenant.
The shopping center is The District at Howell Mill, in Atlanta. And the tenant, an Office Depot store, has an “exclusive-use” clause in its lease agreement...
- No Vintage Cars, Please (6/2/2011)
Fans of classic cars have apparently seen the last of weekend displays of those vehicles at a Woodland Hill, CA, shopping center. That’s because the center’s owners have won a court ruling that has stopped the locally popular event.
- Tenant Agreed to Indemnify Shopping Center (5/17/2011)
An injury that occurred in the ice-covered parking lot of a Colorado shopping center has become the sole liability of one of the center’s tenants.
The shopping center is located in the Denver area. And the cause of the injury was a fall resulting from slippery conditions in the parking lot.
- Church Evicts Dance Studio (5/5/2011)
The owner of a dance studio that occupies space at a Brooklyn, NY, shopping center had better start looking for new premises for her business. That’s because the principals of the shopping center have persuaded a New York appellate court that the dance-studio owner has failed in her efforts to renew...
- Pawn Shop Restrictions (4/20/2011)
Shopping centers and pawn shops are like oil and water. They just don’t mix. At least that’s what city officials of Raleigh, NC, apparently believe.
But that belief has been tested time and again over the past...
- Can't Hide by Not Registering (4/7/2011)
Efforts to track down the elusive owner of a Delaware shopping center have proved challenging, to say the least.
Such efforts, however, became essential for a woman who suffered an injury ...
- Sign on the Dotted Line (3/24/2011)
Lack of a signature on a tenant’s lease document has proved costly for the owners of a Michigan shopping center.
- Center Not Responsible For Contractor's Debris (3/9/2011)
Were damages suffered by the business neighbor of a New York shopping center caused by workers hired for the center’s recent modification project? The business neighbor obviously thought so and...
- Void For Uncertainty (2/23/2011)
A tenant’s struggle to prevent conversion of its North Carolina shopping-center site to full local government use has failed.
They may have overlooked one modification of the original lease.
- Lease Terms Apply to Penalty (2/10/2011)
The cost of leasing a kiosk at an Ohio shopping center has skyrocketed for a kiosk tenant that failed to pay the specified rental fee.
- Lease Terms Don't Apply to Expansion (1/25/2011)
Consolidation of two commercial properties has allowed purchasers of a Minnesota shopping center to fend against a challenge by one of the center’s tenants.
- Extension Not Automatic (1/11/2011)
Efforts to buy a portion of a Washington shopping center to allow the development of multifamily housing have ended after lengthy and sometimes heated negotiations failed to reach an agreement.
- Restaurant Owners Cooked (12/21/2010)
The operators of a Connecticut restaurant must pay a heavy penalty to their shopping center landlords for failure to pay their rent and for removing certain equipment from space they leased.
- You Can Fight the Property Taxman (12/7/2010)
A battle over the property tax that an Oregon shopping center owes has concluded with a decisive victory for the center’s owner.
The shopping center is Barbur Plaza in Portland, and the property-tax issue arose after the county appraiser set the value of the center.
- At Least Try to Mitigate Your Loses (11/16/2010)
Efforts of the owners of a Connecticut shopping center to force payment from a tenant for breach of lease haven’t near measured up to expectations.
- Shopping Center VS
Greedy Contractor (10/25/2010)
A dispute over payment for improvements to a Florida shopping center has ended with mixed results for the center’s owners.
- Abort Closing Sale Ads (10/20/2010)
Efforts to abort a tenant’s advertising of a store-closing sale at a Washington shopping center have finally paid off for the center’s owner.
The shopping center is Bellevue Square Mall, located in the Seattle area. And the tenant, a clothing retailer, had advertised the store-closing sale without gaining approval from the center’s owner.
- Free Speech and the Shopping Center (10/4/2010)
California is again the battleground in the dispute between privately owned shopping centers and patrons who demand free-speech rights on center property.
- Elevator Bites Man (9/28/2010)
A lawsuit that resulted from an elevator accident at a New York City shopping center has taken a twist that puts the center’s owner on the spot.
- "Better Late Than Never"
Not in California (9/22/2010)
Reliance on the time-worn adage “better late than never” has cost a California shopping center tenant a chance of winning a dispute with the center’s owner.
The shopping center, located in the San Jose area, had leased space to the tenant to operate a hair-dressing salon. But unsuccessful efforts to resolve differences between the tenant and the center’s owner resulted in the tenant’s suing the owner.
- Beware of Kiosks (9/15/2010)
Can the allure of a shopping center kiosk create such a distraction that passers-by disregard personal safety measures?
A customer at a shopping center in suburban Fort Worth, TX, argued that, yes, a kiosk can and did distract her to the point that she suffered an injury.
- Arbitration Trumps District Court (8/6/2010)
The sellers of a Texas shopping center will get to keep a disputed rental payment that the center’s new owners claim is rightfully theirs.
The shopping center is located in Robstown, and the new owners had, as a prelude to the sale, entered into a “commercial earnest money contract”
- Fault Standoff (6/20/2010)
Efforts to pinpoint blame for a construction worker’s near-fatal fall from the roof of an Ohio shopping center have resulted in a standoff.
The shopping center that was the scene of the accident is the Jeffersonville Prime Outlets in Jeffersonville. And the worker who suffered severe injuries there
- Forever, Whatever (6/6/2010)
The neighbor of a Connecticut shopping center can keep the parking spaces that the center’s owners have generously granted the use of since 1978 but now want returned.
- Refined Design (5/23/2010)
Stiff opposition to changes in the approved construction plans of a California shopping center has not prevented approval of the project. That’s because those changes involve only the shopping center’s design, not the size.
- Criss Cross Confusion (5/3/2010)
A commercial bank has failed in its efforts to force an Indiana shopping center owner to accept the financial obligations of a related shopping center property.
- Status Quo Prevails (4/25/2010)
Expansion plans of a California shopping center owner are stymied by a co-owner that prefers the status quo.
- Center Fights Roadway Change (4/18/2010)
A controversial traffic plan whose approval would create major problems for a Connecticut shopping center has hit a dead-end.
- Positively Adverse Possession (4/11/2010)
A disputed strip of land lying between a New York shopping center and a neighboring business that claims the property finally belongs to the center’s owners.
- Bad Trip Faller’s Fault (4/5/2010)
Blame for a shopping center customer’s injury caused by an “open and obvious danger” usually has a predictable outcome. But as a recent Ohio lawsuit proves, the path to the predictable can have some hairy turns.
- Inc. Spoils Suit (3/29/2010)
A simple error in the choice of one word can sometimes make all the difference in the outcome of a lawsuit resulting from an accident at a shopping center.
- Dry Cleaner's Toxic Leak (3/21/2010)
Dangerous contaminants that leaked into the ground at a Connecticut shopping center will cost the tenant responsible for the leakage a huge outlay of money for the cleanup.
- Planning Board Over-Reaches its Grasp (3/14/2010)
The backing of local authorities for the controversial construction of a New Jersey shopping center on property zoned residential has not aided the plans of the center’s developers one bit.
- The $33,000 Question (3/8/2010)
Is a shopping center tenant bound by the terms of a lease even after the lease expires?
- No Mulligan for Golf Cart Case (2/21/2010)
The victim of a bizarre golf-cart accident at a Louisiana shopping center has won a major settlement as a result of the injuries she suffered.
- Slip-and-Fall Suit Falls on its Face (2/7/2010)
- Dark Anchor, Happy Rainbow (2/1/2010)
- DEP-System Trumps Objectors (1/24/2010)
- Appraising the Situation (1/11/2010)
- About Race, About Face (1/3/2010)
- Waiving Rights Goodbye (12/20/2009)
- Check Back on That (12/13/2009)
- The Fall of the...Usher (11/29/2009)
- Secret Lease Addendum: Fail (11/22/2009)
- Icing Issues (11/15/2009)
- What’s Just Compensation? (11/8/2009)
- Mall Cops and Minor Crime (11/1/2009)
- Who Takes the Fall? (10/25/2009)
- Mugging Not Center’s Fault (10/18/2009)
- Can’t Reassign a Lease in Default (10/4/2009)
- Jerman Fights Cookie Tax (9/27/2009)
- You Can't Beat Walmart (9/20/2009)
- (Re-) Let it Be (9/13/2009)
- A Concession Stand Off (8/30/2009)
- Beer-Wine-Drug Combo Nixed (8/23/2009)
- Bar None (8/16/2009)
- No Proof, No Case (8/9/2009)
- Separate Leases, Separate Terms (8/2/2009)
- Blight Fight (7/26/2009)
- Broker Loses Midas Touch (7/19/2009)
- Minor Shoplifting Issues (7/12/2009)
- Bad Trip Not Store’s Fault (6/28/2009)
- After Hours Death Not Alley’s Fault (6/21/2009)
- Paying the Price for Shoplifting (6/15/2009)
- Insuring Trouble (6/7/2009)
- No Harm, No Foul (6/1/2009)
- Plumber in the Hot Seat (5/17/2009)
- Transfer=Tax Trouble (5/1/2009)
- Too Late for Second Thoughts (4/26/2009)
- Free Parking (4/19/2009)
- A Sign of Trouble (4/12/2009)
- Sad, But Not Fraud (4/5/2009)
- Booze Biz Gets Thumbs Up (3/29/2009)
- Using The Pessimism Defense (3/22/2009)
- Too Late to Remediate (3/16/2009)
- New Roof’s No Protection (3/8/2009)
- Shortcuts and Abrasions (3/1/2009)
- A Taxing Situation (2/23/2009)
- Off-Premise Crimes Don’t Count (2/8/2009)
- Get it in Writing (2/1/2009)
- Overtaxed (1/18/2009)
- Giant Faces Down Sam's Club (1/11/2009)
- Water Wars (1/4/2009)
- Cash or Coupons = Compete (12/20/2008)
- Into the Breach (12/13/2008)
- Close Enough for Mass. (12/3/2008)
- No Bollards, No Problem (11/30/2008)
- Murder Unforseeable (11/23/2008)
- Under the (Cable) Wire (11/16/2008)
- Condemnation – “Value-Subtracted” (11/10/2008)
- Fired Up Tenant Loses (11/3/2008)
- Confusing Appeal Fails (10/26/2008)
- A Good Precedent (10/20/2008)
- Easement Not So Easy (10/9/2008)
- Shrewd Operator (10/5/2008)
- Bad Lot for Cop (9/28/2008)
- No-Fault Flood (9/20/2008)
- Letting Their Guard Down (9/12/2008)
- Not a Whiff of Fraud (9/7/2008)
- Not a Good Sign (8/23/2008)
- Skate Suit Fails (8/15/2008)
- Not A Loan (8/8/2008)
- Almost Iced by Petal Politics (8/3/2008)
- Successor Claim Fails (7/25/2008)
- A Bad Move (7/18/2008)
- A Taxing Situation (7/11/2008)
- Business Contract, Personal Liability (7/3/2008)
- The Hole Truth (6/27/2008)
- Reneging, Repercussions (6/13/2008)
- Limited Interest (6/5/2008)
- Mistaken Assumption (5/30/2008)
- Rent-Reduction Rights and Wrongs (5/12/2008)
- Suit Thwarted by Ownership Maze (5/9/2008)
- No Parking (5/4/2008)
- Contractor Loses Blame Game (4/25/2008)
- Get it In Writing (4/17/2008)
- The Seventy-Five Percent Solution (4/13/2008)
- Lease Beats Lawsuit (4/6/2008)
- A Killer Question (3/28/2008)
- Lawsuit a Trivial Pursuit (3/20/2008)
- Center Gets an F for Fraud (3/16/2008)
- Park ‘N” Shop (‘N’ Pray) (3/9/2008)
- Ironclad Deadline Crushes Tax Plea (3/2/2008)
- Hazard a Guess on Slip-and-Fall (2/22/2008)
- You Snooze You Lose (2/10/2008)
- Drug(store) Overdose (2/3/2008)
- State Pays For Wreaking Havoc (1/25/2008)
- Bounced Check Pays Off (1/20/2008)
- The (Food) Lion’s Share (1/14/2008)
- When “As-Is” Stinks (1/4/2008)
- Flickering Fixture Fire (12/21/2007)
- Timing is Everything (12/14/2007)
- Case Weighs Hearsay (12/7/2007)
- No Safety Net for Negligence (11/30/2007)
- Sublease Pitfall (11/25/2007)
- Fee Foe Loses Appeal (11/16/2007)
- An Escalating Need for Evidence (11/11/2007)
- Blight Costs MO Money (10/18/2007)
- Private Entrance (10/14/2007)
- TIF Tiff (10/5/2007)
- Uneasy Easement (9/30/2007)
- Kings Rule: No Protests (9/21/2007)
- Take a Hike (Back) (9/15/2007)
- Disputing The 5 Percent Solution (9/7/2007)
- Slip in Time (8/24/2007)
- Getting Into Deptford (8/19/2007)
- Parceled Out (8/10/2007)
- All’s Well That Ends Well (8/5/2007)
- On Omission (7/27/2007)
- Lease Theatrics (7/22/2007)
- Penney Saved in Slip and Fall (7/15/2007)
- Implied Deal Good As Written (7/8/2007)
- Gate Not Permitted (6/29/2007)
- Security Free (6/22/2007)
- A Lot of Obvious Danger (6/15/2007)
- It Matters: JV or Partnership? (6/10/2007)
- Absolutely Nonrefundable (Or Not) (6/1/2007)
- Open and Obvious Danger (5/18/2007)
- Seepage, Smells Irk Tenant (5/12/2007)
- Doctored Development (5/6/2007)
- Nice Try, But No Dice (4/29/2007)
- A Taxing Situation (4/21/2007)
- Water: Slippery When Wet (4/15/2007)
- Snafu Burns Payless (4/8/2007)
- Define “Act” (4/1/2007)
- Wal-Mart Foes Grasp at Straws (3/25/2007)
- Easement Argument (3/16/2007)
- Dueling Duties: Look vs. Care (3/11/2007)
- Small Pond, Big Problem (3/4/2007)
- Inconvenient, Not Harrassment (2/25/2007)
- The Holdover Clause (2/11/2007)
- It’s Not Easy Being Green (2/4/2007)
- "Unhealthy" Claim Just a Lot of Hot Air (1/28/2007)
- In The Zone (1/21/2007)
- Trucked-Up Property (1/6/2007)
- Up on the Rooftop... (12/17/2006)
- Rework Won’t Work (12/10/2006)
- Mall: No Slip and Fall Fault (12/3/2006)
- Implied Duty Rates Worker’s Comp (11/26/2006)
- Objections Arbitrary, Capricious, Unreasonable (11/17/2006)
- MA Sets Snow Rules for TX (11/10/2006)
- Move Out, Pay the Price (11/5/2006)
- Liable Only in Theory? (10/28/2006)
- DOT on Target (10/19/2006)
- Snow Fall (10/15/2006)
- Perpetual Motion (10/8/2006)
- Consistent, If Not Compatible (10/1/2006)
- An Earnest Dealbreaker (9/24/2006)
- Encroachment Power Play (8/27/2006)
- Donation Solicitation (8/20/2006)
- Still Enough to Convict (8/13/2006)
- Falling in Memphis (8/6/2006)
- Condemnation On Token Payment (7/30/2006)
- Fired Up Over Destroyed Evidence (7/23/2006)
- Burden of Proof (7/14/2006)
- Excuses Not Reasons (7/7/2006)
- Addressing Exclusivity (7/2/2006)
- Lease Trumps Late Pays (6/23/2006)
- Wal-Mart Not to Blame (6/18/2006)
- Shoprite In Wrong (6/11/2006)
- Can’t Get Around Access Limit (6/4/2006)
- Lease Gets More (5/19/2006)
- A Taxing Situation (5/12/2006)
- Prudence and the Signage (5/5/2006)
- Sales=Tax Value? (4/29/2006)
- Talking Trash (4/21/2006)
- Ailing Mall Wins Tax Break (4/16/2006)
- Bad Tenant Troubles (4/9/2006)
- Foreseeability Key (4/2/2006)
- For Eyes (3/26/2006)
- Warning: Fallen Warning Sign (3/18/2006)
- Mall Walk Like A Walk in the Park (3/11/2006)
- Not Spot Zoned (3/5/2006)
- Drive-Through Decision (2/25/2006)
- Fall’s Faller’s Fault (2/12/2006)
- Verdict: Not Liable (2/5/2006)
- Fight Off the Clock (1/29/2006)
- Waffling on Lease Terms (1/20/2006)
- The 10 Percent Solution (1/7/2006)
- Center’s Neighbors Demand Demolition (12/30/2005)
- Property Appreciation (12/18/2005)
- “Extended Premises” Has Limitations (12/11/2005)
- Can’t Court-Order Permits (12/3/2005)
- Re-Appraising the Situation (11/19/2005)
- Cart Suit Crumbles (11/13/2005)
- Renew or Renege? (11/6/2005)
- Misty and Dim...Slip and Fall (10/30/2005)
- Why Sue Dillard's? (10/23/2005)
- Store Couldn’t Foresee Attack (10/16/2005)
- Guilt By Association (10/9/2005)
- Not Nice But Not Unlawful (10/2/2005)
- A Series of Unfortunate Events (9/22/2005)
- In Fire, Who’s To Blame? (9/18/2005)
- Amendments, Arguments (9/9/2005)
- Perc Costs Big (8/26/2005)
- Tenant Can’t Have It Both Ways (8/21/2005)
- Rape Unforeseeable (8/14/2005)
- Post-Traumatic Worker’s Comp (8/7/2005)
- Fire! (7/31/2005)
- A Taxing Situation (7/24/2005)
- Security Saves the Day (7/15/2005)
- Contractor Loses on Technicality (7/10/2005)
- Defining Noncompete (6/26/2005)
- OH Says No to Trip and Fall (6/19/2005)
- He Who Hesitates (6/12/2005)
- Bikes, Automobiles, and Shopping Centers (6/5/2005)
- Prove It! (5/21/2005)
- Can’t Sue Over Optical Illusion (5/14/2005)
- One’s Man’s Blight… (5/8/2005)
- Lots of Work (4/24/2005)
- Do Wal-Mart Coolers Violate Lease? (4/17/2005)
- Unlit Light Costs Center (4/10/2005)
- Tenant Shalt Not Go Dark (4/3/2005)
- Greenland Loses Zoning Battle (3/27/2005)
- Six Year Mistake (3/20/2005)
- 9/11 Tax Break (3/13/2005)
- Disputed Cleanup Compromise Ruled Fair (3/6/2005)
- Environmentalism…or Elitism? (2/27/2005)
- Playing the Percentages (2/13/2005)
- Aloha Solicitors (1/28/2005)
- Lease Shell Game (1/23/2005)
- Refereeing a Referendum (1/16/2005)
- Anchors Away! (But Rents Go On) (1/9/2005)
- Fry Suit Won’t Fly (12/18/2004)
- Nugget No Longer Lawyers’ Goldmine (12/12/2004)
- A Lot's Not Covered (12/4/2004)
- Barefoot Man Must Be ‘Shooed’ (11/19/2004)
- Free Speech or Trespass? (11/14/2004)
- Common Charges Through the Roof (11/7/2004)
- Weather or Not Fines OK (10/31/2004)
- Can't Grandfather Noncompete (10/24/2004)
- Whose Fault Is Assault? (10/10/2004)
- Late? Later! (10/3/2004)
- Missing Million A Tip-Off (9/26/2004)
- Lawyer’s Plan a Lose, Lose (9/19/2004)
- Washed Up Laundry Costs Big (9/12/2004)
- Mall Makes Simple Aggravated (8/27/2004)
- Nordstrom’s Defining Moment (8/22/2004)
- Alcohol and Logic Clearly Don’t Mix (8/15/2004)
- Wal-Mart Rebuked for Citizen Arrest (8/8/2004)
- Security Protects Mall (8/1/2004)
- Taxes Based On Outlet Income (7/25/2004)
- Center Bears Some Assault Fault (7/18/2004)
- Can’t Sue for Snow (7/11/2004)
- Developer Hopes Dashed By DelDOT? (6/27/2004)
- Slip and Mall (6/20/2004)
- Sugarcreek Sour At Wal-Mart Win (6/13/2004)
- Labor Pains (6/6/2004)
- Lack of Appeal Hurts Claimant (5/23/2004)
- When Can a Contract Expand? (5/16/2004)
- Re-Zoning Out (5/7/2004)
- MA Sides With Property Owner (5/2/2004)
- Cited for Breach of Lease (4/23/2004)
- Mission: Responsible (But Not Much) (4/18/2004)
- Phased Out (4/9/2004)
- Insuring Security (4/4/2004)
- Common Sense -- Not Common Area (3/28/2004)
- Goof Won’t Amount to Much (3/21/2004)
- Environmental Concerns Just Hot Air (3/14/2004)
- Association is Meadowlark 'Lemon' (3/6/2004)
- Lift Fault Falls on Store (2/20/2004)
- Store Can Close in Erie Case (2/8/2004)
- Developer Tripped Up in Ownership Shuffle (1/30/2004)
- Protests Protested at Strip Club (1/25/2004)
- Detail of Buyer’s Remorse (1/11/2004)
- End Justifies Means (1/5/2004)
- Can’t Sober Up Here –
Even At Midnight (12/19/2003)
- “De” Fence and Offense (12/14/2003)
- Donut Cannot Overburden Easement (12/7/2003)
- Center Has the “Blight” Stuff for Aid (12/3/2003)
- Lot of Dispute Over “Free Ride” (11/23/2003)
- Negotiating LA Law (Louisiana Law, That Is) (11/16/2003)
- Office Unwelcome By Retail Neighbors (11/10/2003)
- Condemnation Award A Win-Win for Winn-Dixie (11/2/2003)
- May Triumphs Over AZ Tax (10/26/2003)
- Zoned Out (10/19/2003)
- Potential Phone-y Premise for Lawsuit (10/12/2003)
- Bargain Basement (10/5/2003)
- An Ice Deal for Wal-Mart (9/28/2003)
- Highway Decision Makes Merchants Walk Unhappy (9/16/2003)
- Not Everything is a Landlord's Fault (9/6/2003)
- Ambiguity is an Ambiguous Concept (8/22/2003)
- Wal-Mart Wins on Technicality (8/17/2003)
- Err…Not in this Case (8/10/2003)
- Center Burned by Shorting Circuit (City) (8/4/2003)
- The Safety Dance (7/28/2003)
- The $250,000 Question (7/20/2003)
- When Easements Aren't Easy (7/13/2003)
- Old Law Spells Big Tax Break (7/7/2003)
- Police Protection (6/26/2003)
- Being Squeaky Wheel Won’t Fix Leaky Roof (6/22/2003)
- Curses! Foiled by Master Plan (6/8/2003)
- Definition of Similar Stretches Only So Far (6/1/2003)
- Erie Zoning Ruling a Nightmare for C-Store (5/14/2003)
- If At First You Don’t Succeed…Appeal, Appeal Again (5/11/2003)
- Say “Cheese” (5/4/2003)
- Landlord Escapes Getting Taken to the Cleaners Over Fall (4/27/2003)
- Questioning Champion’s Value (4/18/2003)
- Iron-Clad Guarantee (4/11/2003)
- Case Just a Stab in the Dark (4/6/2003)
- Uneasy Street (3/30/2003)
- Finders Keepers…Finally (3/21/2003)
- A Taxing Situation (3/7/2003)
- Just An Agreement to Agree (3/2/2003)
- Public Land / Private Venture (2/21/2003)
- Slips Happen (2/17/2003)
- Details Win (and Lose) the Case (2/9/2003)
- Objections Over-ruled: Booze-to-Go Ok’d (1/28/2003)
- Ramp Rules Rule (1/16/2003)
- Biloxi Blues for Booted Tenant (1/6/2003)
- "One Time Right" Ruled Wrong (12/30/2002)
- Without a Lease, Case is Academic (12/16/2002)
- Spacing Deadline Means Losing Space (12/11/2002)
- Right is Right…But Not an Obligation (12/2/2002)
- Monument Clause Rock Solid (11/26/2002)
- Shell Game Tricks No One (11/13/2002)
- The High Cost of Malice (11/4/2002)
- Slippery When Wet (10/28/2002)
- Zoning Out (10/21/2002)
- Burned Out But Still Responsible (10/14/2002)
- Billboard to Distraction (10/7/2002)
- Act in Haste, Repent $30 Grand (9/24/2002)
- You Goof, You Lose (9/19/2002)
- Snow Problem (8/19/2002)
- Owner Gets Taken to the Cleaners (8/12/2002)
- Was Mis-step Mall’s Mistake? (8/5/2002)
- Talking in Circles (7/29/2002)
- Fatal Obstructions (7/24/2002)
- Western Auto Nearly Driven Out of Lincoln – for $100 (7/16/2002)
- No Soliciting…At Least Once in a While (7/8/2002)
- We Are Not Amused (7/1/2002)
- Zoning Argument All "Whet" (6/24/2002)
- Not Ideal But Not to Blame (6/10/2002)
- Bond. Invalid Bond (6/3/2002)
- Independent Contractor Gets Shock – Twice (5/28/2002)
- Actual Size May Vary (5/24/2002)
- Character Assassination Not Covered By Worker’s Comp (5/13/2002)
- Widewaters Stillwater vs. Stream and Marsh (5/6/2002)
- "Walk-Through" Inventory "Walks Out" (4/29/2002)
- No Putting Price On Potential Profits (4/24/2002)
- Less is Not More But Lease is Enough (4/15/2002)
- Taking the Offensive (4/7/2002)
- Tenant Dragged Back to Summit (4/1/2002)
- Mervyn’s Caught on Indemnity Clause (3/25/2002)
- Everyone Wants A Pizza The Action (3/18/2002)
- Caveat Emptor (3/11/2002)
- Even Wal-Mart Can’t Stop the Rain (3/4/2002)
- Cutting Out the Middle Man (2/25/2002)
- Wingtip Gets Booted at Last (2/19/2002)
- Sharing an Interest (2/4/2002)
- Playing the Percentages (1/28/2002)
- Vague Lease Leaves No One Happy (1/22/2002)
- Wal-Mart Wins Corny Decision (1/14/2002)
- No Getting Around "No-Build" (1/7/2002)
- Neighbor’s Control Drains Away (1/2/2002)
- Handy Tandy Guarantee (12/18/2001)
- Defining Character (12/10/2001)
- Hurt Kid Not Pilsen’s Problem (12/5/2001)
- Overeager Security Leads Lenox to Court (11/19/2001)
- Respect Everyone’s Rights And Everyone’s Right (11/12/2001)
- Battle in Lebanon (11/5/2001)
- Nice Try but No Go (10/22/2001)
- Who Pays for $7,500 Slip? (10/15/2001)
- Calendar Confusion (10/8/2001)
- "Mainely" Back Nonconformists (10/1/2001)
- Free Bonus (9/24/2001)
- Shell Game (9/17/2001)
- Please Remain Seated in Theater (9/4/2001)
- Tripping on a Skipped Step (8/27/2001)
- Familiarity Breeds Contempt (8/20/2001)
- An Interest-ing Decision (8/6/2001)
- Hey, Who Knew? (7/30/2001)
- Identity Crisis (7/25/2001)
- Between a Little Rock and A Hard Place (7/16/2001)
- Foresight is Forearmed (7/9/2001)
- Burn Out (7/2/2001)
- If Not Fully Satisfied….You’re Out of Luck (6/25/2001)
- Cool Deal (6/14/2001)
- Red Light….Green Light (6/4/2001)
- Lien on Me (5/29/2001)
- The Tax Man Cometh (5/21/2001)
- Horse of a Different Color (5/14/2001)
- Escape from Leavenworth (5/7/2001)
- Ignorance is Bliss (4/30/2001)
- Fair Game (4/23/2001)
- Opt In…Opt Out (4/17/2001)
- Part and Parcel (4/9/2001)
- Life May Be a Cabaret but NIMBY (4/2/2001)
- History Buys Only So Much Protection (3/20/2001)
- Hard Luck Tenant Day Late and a Dollar Short (3/9/2001)
- Finders Keepers (3/2/2001)
- A Stabbing Pain (2/16/2001)
- Dangers of Trippin’ on Pot(holes) (2/5/2001)
- Little Caesar Came, Saw, Conquered Increase (1/29/2001)
- Or Was That an Agreement to Agree to Agree? (1/9/2001)
- A Deli Does Not a Forum Make (12/27/2000)
- Salvaging the Situation (12/15/2000)
- Sign of the Times (12/1/2000)
- Seizure Condition (11/28/2000)
- An Ice Decision (11/6/2000)
- Slippery Argument Spins its Wheels (10/30/2000)
- Wal-mart Ducks Abduction Case (10/23/2000)
- Insecurity vs. Outside Security (10/13/2000)
- The $360,000 Question (10/9/2000)
- Zoning Out (9/22/2000)
- A Slippery Situation at Sam’s (9/17/2000)
- OR Not to Smoke (At Least While They Shop) (9/8/2000)
- Leaflet and Let Be (8/31/2000)
- Just the Fax Will Do (8/24/2000)
- Left Hanging (8/18/2000)
- First: Buy Land (8/11/2000)
- Smoke Screen (8/3/2000)
- Offsite Parking Incites Opponents (7/28/2000)
- An Appealing Decision (7/20/2000)
- Insecurity Complex (7/14/2000)
- The “Hole” Story (7/6/2000)
- Man vs. Mannequin (6/30/2000)
- "MO" Money, "MO" Money… (6/22/2000)
- Doing the Double Dip a Don’t (6/16/2000)
- Fraud Claim Is Half-Baked (6/9/2000)
- Real "Strip" Center Can’t Be Grandfathered (6/2/2000)
- Insolvent, Not In the Street (5/26/2000)
- Nutley Tenant Hangs On Through Ownership Shuffle (5/19/2000)
- Lack of Security at Centre of Problems (5/12/2000)
- Familiarity Breeds Contempt (5/5/2000)
- Lots of Anger - Road Rage at a Dead Stop (4/28/2000)
- Should Have Been Squeaky Wheel About Leaky Roof (4/21/2000)
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