Commercial Real Estate ·

2024

Lease default settled with a rent reduction

A restaurant tenant kept its space with a reduced rent after a landlord default notice.

Outcome

Settlement

Court or forum

Cook County

Office

Chicago

01

The situation

The landlord had failed to complete promised repairs, then served a default notice when rent was withheld.

02

What we did

We documented the repair obligations under the lease and negotiated a reduction and a new repair schedule.

Case results describe past matters. Every case is different, and past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

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