Leasing

Miller Canfield represents landlords and tenants in leasing transactions of office, retail, industrial and other commercial properties.  Our services include:

• Negotiation and drafting of lease and sub-lease documents
• Lease enforcement through negotiation and dispute resolution, including representation of landlords and tenants in litigation or bankruptcy proceedings
• Establishment of reciprocal easement and restrictive covenants
• Negotiation of subordination agreements and other relationships with lenders

We represent significant institutional corporate clients with responsibilities for office, industrial and retail leasing in Michigan, nationally and internationally.  We also assist manufacturing clients in the redevelopment and sale/leasebacks of industrial properties.

We are regularly involved in litigation matters of lease interpretation, payment and set-off disputes, environmental obligations, construction and build-out obligations, and other lease-related issues.

• On-going representation of several national real estate divisions of publicly-traded corporations in national leasing transactions
• Counsel for several significant multifamily and commercial property owners and developers across the country
• Numerous leases and sale/leaseback transactions on a national basis