Negotiating and Drafting Office Leases
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Contracts, Business, Real Estate
| Author: | John Busey Wood | ISBN: | 9781588521927 |
| Publisher: | Law Journal Press | Publication: | April 28, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Law Journal Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Busey Wood |
| ISBN: | 9781588521927 |
| Publisher: | Law Journal Press |
| Publication: | April 28, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Law Journal Press |
| Language: | English |
“The first treatise that a leasing pro will refer to for explanation of new and difficult issues as well as a refresher on issues that have not recently been encountered.” — James S. Saunders, Esq., Senior Managing Director, Newmark Knight Frank “[An] extraordinary treatise.... The real value of this book is in its practical evaluation of lease provisions, the motivations of the parties, and the reasonable (and unreasonable) positions that parties to a lease often take.” — Prof. Daniel Bogart, Chapman University School of Law, and Prof. Celeste Hammond, John Marshall School of Law, in Commercial Leasing: A Transactional Primer Avoid commercial leasing traps that can prove harmful or even fatal to a business! Take the advice of these experienced professionals on how to examine a complex modern leasing document and how to identify the “red flags.”Negotiating and Drafting Office Leases book and CD offers a practical road map through the entire negotiation process. It reviews the clauses of a typical complex modern lease in detail, with explanation and commentary, examining the legal, economic and financial accounting ramifications. Topics include: negotiating strategies and styles; pitfalls created by other agreements entered into by the parties to a lease; repairs and maintenance; assignments and subleases; environmental compliance and due diligence; electricity and utilities costs and issues; the “Porter's Wage” escalation provision; tenant monitoring of landlord's escalation calculations; guarantors and security deposits; proving the existence of a lease when the original document is lost; quiet enjoyment; expansion space; bankruptcy; work letters; restrictive clauses; renewals and options; financing development through participation leases; synthetic leases; brokerage; lease audits; and many others. This invaluable primer, complete with glossary, comes with 150 forms on CDROM, including: landlord/tenant checklists of typical and atypical lease provisions; a sample tenant's proposal letter; work letter materials; a sample asbestos removal clause; good guy clauses; and other samples that will help beginners and experts alike involved in commercial real estate transactions.
“The first treatise that a leasing pro will refer to for explanation of new and difficult issues as well as a refresher on issues that have not recently been encountered.” — James S. Saunders, Esq., Senior Managing Director, Newmark Knight Frank “[An] extraordinary treatise.... The real value of this book is in its practical evaluation of lease provisions, the motivations of the parties, and the reasonable (and unreasonable) positions that parties to a lease often take.” — Prof. Daniel Bogart, Chapman University School of Law, and Prof. Celeste Hammond, John Marshall School of Law, in Commercial Leasing: A Transactional Primer Avoid commercial leasing traps that can prove harmful or even fatal to a business! Take the advice of these experienced professionals on how to examine a complex modern leasing document and how to identify the “red flags.”Negotiating and Drafting Office Leases book and CD offers a practical road map through the entire negotiation process. It reviews the clauses of a typical complex modern lease in detail, with explanation and commentary, examining the legal, economic and financial accounting ramifications. Topics include: negotiating strategies and styles; pitfalls created by other agreements entered into by the parties to a lease; repairs and maintenance; assignments and subleases; environmental compliance and due diligence; electricity and utilities costs and issues; the “Porter's Wage” escalation provision; tenant monitoring of landlord's escalation calculations; guarantors and security deposits; proving the existence of a lease when the original document is lost; quiet enjoyment; expansion space; bankruptcy; work letters; restrictive clauses; renewals and options; financing development through participation leases; synthetic leases; brokerage; lease audits; and many others. This invaluable primer, complete with glossary, comes with 150 forms on CDROM, including: landlord/tenant checklists of typical and atypical lease provisions; a sample tenant's proposal letter; work letter materials; a sample asbestos removal clause; good guy clauses; and other samples that will help beginners and experts alike involved in commercial real estate transactions.
