This handbook focuses on the key issues of representing landlords, tenants, or lenders in commercial real estate transactions. Experienced Illinois attorneys provide best-practice guidance for everything from leases, duties, and liabilities to the pitfalls of environmental issues, reorganization, and liquidation. Also extensively covered are the rights and responsibilities of both the landlord and tenant, including remedies, defaults, and eminent domain. Useful tools — such as a list of generally used terminology, a detailed case study, sample language, and many readily adaptable forms — will be at your fingertips.
Chapter 1 — Retail Leases
Susan I. Matejcak, Quarles & Brady LLP, Chicago
Chapter 2 — Industrial Warehouse-Type Leases
Ariane M. Janz, Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC, Peoria
Chapter 3 — Offices Leases
Lawrence C. Eppley and Michael James Roth, Jr., Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, and Thomas C. Homburger, Chicago
Chapter 4 — Pre-Construction Leases
Susan I. Matejcak, Quarles & Brady LLP, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Sale-Leaseback Transactions
Karl L. Marschel and James C. Brescoll, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Chicago
Chapter 6 — Assignments and Subleases
Joseph B. VanFleet, Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC, Peoria
Chapter 7 — Landlord’s Duties and Liabilities
Joseph B. VanFleet, Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC, Peoria
Chapter 8 — Tenant Defaults and Landlord Remedies
William J. Dorsey, Blank Rome, LLP, Chicago
Chapter 9 — Tenant’s Duties, Rights, and Remedies
R. Kymn Harp, Catherine A. Cooke, and David P. Resnick, Robbins, DiMonte Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 10 — Leaseholds and Mortgages
John M. Rafkin, Jones Day, Chicago
Chapter 11 — Reorganization and Liquidation in Landlord-Tenant Relationships
Brian P. Welch, Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C., Chicago
Chapter 12 — Effect of Eminent Domain on the Landlord-Tenant Relationship
Joseph B. VanFleet, Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC, Peoria
Chapter 13 — Mechanics Liens on Leased Property
Jennifer L. Johnson, Zanck, Coen, Wright & Saladin, P.C., Crystal Lake
Chapter 14 — Environmental Issues in the Landlord-Tenant Relationship
Joseph R. Podlewski, Jr., Podlewski & Hanson P.C., Western Springs
