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The right to offset is typically difficult for a tenant to achieve, and the tenant should consult with an experienced real estate leasing attorney before pursuing that strategy. However, perhaps the most immediate and effective remedy after a default by the landlord, from the tenant’s perspective, would be to perform the landlord’s obligation itself and then deduct the costs incurred from future rental payments owed to the landlord.

injunctive relief, in emergency level situations when the tenant is facing immediate and irreparable harm.Īlternatively, the tenant could respond to a defaulting tenant by suing for monetary damages.

specific performance, in cases of unique fact patterns such as when a landlord breaches its contract to lease or.

constructive eviction, if a landlord either takes an action or fails to perform something that it has a legal duty to provide, which action or failure to act results in the premises being essentially uninhabitable.

rescission, if the landlord breaches a material term of the lease before the term of the lease has commenced.

For example, the landlord could fail to properly maintain the parking lot or common areas in a retail shopping center or the landlord could fail to properly maintain the elevator or HVAC system in a high-rise office building.ĭepending on the terms and conditions of the lease agreement and the laws of the local jurisdiction, the commercial tenant can avail itself of many various remedies under both equity and law.Įquitable remedies include the following: Landlords have many obligations under commercial leases which can be the cause of a landlord default if such obligations are not met.

Most leases (and the laws of most states, if the lease is silent) essentially prohibit the right of offset, so the sophisticated and creditworthy tenant will need to negotiate for such a right before the lease is finalized. However, a tenant needs to closely review the lease agreement and know the local applicable law before ever deciding to take such an aggressive measure. Part two of this series will explain how and when to include offset provisions in a lease.Ī commercial tenant’s right to remedy a default by the landlord by performing the required work itself and then offsetting the costs of such work against future rental payments is likely the most immediate and effective remedy a tenant could ever have.

Part one of this series explains a landlord’s obligations under commercial lease agreements and the remedies available for a commercial tenant should a landlord default.