Commercial Real Estate

Jul 29, 2020
3 min

Frustration of Purpose, Impossibility, and the Pandemic's Effect on Commercial Real Estate Leases

With a recent Wall Street Journal report estimating that more than 20% of small businesses will be shuttering throughout this pandemic,...

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True Confessions of a Landlord’s Counsel: Designing and Planning the Tenant Space (Part 9)

Kevin Cleveland

May 22, 2019
4 min

True Confessions of a Landlord’s Counsel: Designing and Planning the Tenant Space (Part 9)

Part 9: A tenant’s first task in planning the build out of its premises is identifying its team. This team can consist of one or a...

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The Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing

Kevin Cleveland

Feb 8, 2019
2 min

The Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing

The landlord and tenant relationship should be based on the idea that both parties want to profit and succeed. In fact, the California...

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True Confessions of a Landlord’s Counsel: What a Commercial Tenant Needs to Know When Negotiating a

Kevin Cleveland

Dec 14, 2018
5 min

True Confessions of a Landlord’s Counsel: What a Commercial Tenant Needs to Know When Negotiating a

Part 8: Building Out the Tenant’s Space. Though it is not uncommon to have “turn-key” situations when leasing commercial space (i.e.,...

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Kevin Cleveland

Sep 21, 2018
5 min

True Confessions of a Landlord’s Counsel: What a Commercial Tenant Needs to Know When Negotiating a

Part 7: Additional Rent – Common Area Maintenance Costs. Common Area Maintenance costs (generally known as “CAM”), should be one of the...

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Recapture Provisions and Repurchase Options

Kevin Cleveland

Aug 24, 2018
2 min

Recapture Provisions and Repurchase Options

Larger retail projects are developed with anchor tenants or big boxes in mind. Assume for the moment that you have plans for a grocery...

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Kevin Cleveland

Jun 29, 2018
4 min

True Confessions of a Landlord’s Counsel: What a Commercial Tenant Needs to Know When Negotiating a

Part 6: Additional Rent – Insurance. Insurance is one of the three major categories of Additional Rent in commercial leases which are...

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Kevin Cleveland

Jun 1, 2018
2 min

What is a Retail Center?

During my career as a commercial real estate attorney, I have been amazed at the changes that have happened in the shopping center...

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Kevin Cleveland

Apr 6, 2018
3 min

True Confessions of a Landlord’S Counsel: What a Commercial Tenant Needs to Know When Negotiating a

Part 5: Additional Rent – Taxes. Substantially all the amounts that make up “Additional Rent” fall into three major categories: Taxes,...

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Waterfront Property and the Public Trust Doctrine

Kevin Cleveland

Mar 8, 2018
2 min

Waterfront Property and the Public Trust Doctrine

Many people I know dream of owning that waterfront property that benefits from a beautiful sunset over the ocean, lake or river. In...

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Kevin Cleveland

Jan 12, 2018
5 min

True Confessions of a Landlord’s Counsel: What a Commercial Tenant Needs to Know When Negotiating a

Part 4: Additional Rent. Additional Rent is a collection of all the various costs of operating a building and its surrounding property...

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Kevin Cleveland

Dec 15, 2017
3 min

THE HELPFUL CLIENT

Clients always hope that the attorney will document the deal perfectly and provide full and absolute protection. Unfortunately, clients...

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Kevin Cleveland

Sep 22, 2017
2 min

A Physical Approach to Leasing

For someone excited about opening a new business, he or she may want to stop and consider the hidden costs of leasing that do not appear...

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True Confessions of a Landlord’s Counsel: What a Commercial Tenant Needs to Know When Negotiat

Kevin Cleveland

Jun 16, 2017
5 min

True Confessions of a Landlord’s Counsel: What a Commercial Tenant Needs to Know When Negotiat

Part III: The Letter of Intent. A letter of intent (“LOI”) is generally considered a nonbinding acknowledgement between the parties that...

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Kevin Cleveland

Jun 15, 2017
6 min

True Confessions of a Landlord’s Counsel: What a Commercial Tenant Needs to Know When Negotiat

Part II: It Starts With A Good Team: Do’s and Don’ts of Picking Brokers and Attorneys. If you need new space for your business and know...

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True Confessions of a Landlord Counsel: What a Commercial Tenant Needs to Know When Negotiating a Le

Kevin Cleveland

Jun 14, 2017
3 min

True Confessions of a Landlord Counsel: What a Commercial Tenant Needs to Know When Negotiating a Le

Part I: The Premise: Commercial Tenants Do Not Negotiate Their Best Deal. After over 30 years of negotiating leases representing both...

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Kevin Cleveland

May 11, 2016
1 min

Senate Bill 269

Disability access is an issue that challenges many small businesses, especially when aggressive lawyers have developed practices around...

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Kevin Cleveland and Hannah Moon

Jul 29
1 min

California's Minimum Wage Will Increase for all Employees

California’s minimum wage for ALL employees will be increasing to $15.50/hr on January 1, 2023 as a result of significant inflation....

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Kevin Cleveland and Hannah Moon

Jun 28
3 min

Updated "Close Contact" Definition as It Relates to COVID-19 ETS

We wanted to pass along the following message from the California Chamber of Commerce and make sure that you were all aware of the fact...

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