common area maintenance

Post-COVID Capital

by Katie Lee September 23, 2021

— By Carty Davis — The evolving restaurant facility, changing priorities in CAPEX and capital through and post-COVID. As regulations and mandates end, owners and operators continue to adapt to a post-COVID society. Declining COVID cases and vaccine availability on a large scale show hints of the virus fading into the past, which is encouraging to business owners and the overall economy. While COVID may be on the decline, consumer behaviors, preferences and the distribution systems that support these evolving consumer tastes are here to stay. The quick-service restaurant …

September 23, 2021

Industry Voices property management

Common Area Costs During COVID

by Katie Lee October 30, 2020

— By Dan Villalpando — Key retail lease provisions to revisit in light of COVID-19. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic forced many retailers to close their doors to customers beginning in March 2020, just as the overall economy was pushed into unprecedented disarray. Because of these circumstances and questions surrounding the unusual situation where municipalities were ordering stores to close, landlords and tenants looked to the four corners of their leases to determine their rights and obligations. Certain key lease provisions, like force majeure clauses, insurance provisions and …

October 30, 2020