Leasing

Ulmer & Berne serves as leasing counsel to a wide variety of retail, office and other commercial landlords and tenants across the country. We provide targeted advice based on practical, real world requirements.  At the same time, our goal is to provide our clients with exceptional service: to get it done right, faster and easier than expected, and in a cost effective manner.

Retail clients include Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio; Zona Rosa Shopping Center in Kansas City, Missouri;  Bayshore Town Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; The Greene in Dayton, Ohio; Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.; Office Depot, Inc.; Yum! Brands, a large franchisee with KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, A&W and Long John Silver's brands.  We also represent several downtown and suburban office landlords and tenants, as well as landlords and tenants of other commercial projects.

Since we represent both landlords and tenants, we understand each side’s legitimate concerns. Therefore, we can speak with authority on how the other party to a lease looks at issues and propose solutions which we know will work. And, because we have represented landlords and tenants in lease disputes, we know how to craft solutions during lease negotiations that will provide the appropriate level of protection later.  We are committed to providing incredibly quick turnaround times and responses, superior technical work, continuous up-to-date status reports, fixed fee arrangements where desired, and solutions — not problems.

Attorneys
Anilkumar R. Avutu
Lewis T. Barr
Kristin W. Boose
Robert F. Brown
David L. Eidelberg
E. Beth Farrell
Robert A. Fein
Harold E. Friedman
Bill J. Gagliano
Jeffrey G. Geoppinger
John C. Goheen
Neil W. Gurney
Scott P. Kadish
Bradley D. Kaplan
Stuart A. Laven
David J. Lindner
Mary Forbes Lovett
Craig S. Miller
Brian M. O'Neill
Lori A. Pittman
Brian M. Power
Jodi B. Rich
Megan K. Roberts
Michael C. Schmidt

 

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Representative Experience

Serving as leasing counsel to the nation’s largest specialty retailer of fabrics and crafts in the nationwide leasing of superstore sites of approximately 35,000 square feet each. 

Serving as leasing counsel to an office supply superstore retailer in its national expansion program.

Negotiating leases for, and serving as general counsel to, a growing chain of Irish pubs located throughout the Midwest.

Acted as national coordinating counsel to a national restaurant chain for the inter-company conveyance of nearly 1,300 leased or owned restaurant locations. 

Served as counsel to a leading national bank in the leasing of branch locations throughout Northeast Ohio.

Represented the landlord in the leasing of retail and restaurant space at Easton Town Center and the Fashion District at Easton in Columbus, Ohio.

Represented the landlord in the leasing of retail and restaurant space at Newport on the Levee Shopping Center in Newport, Kentucky.

Represented the landlord in the leasing of retail and restaurant space at Zona Rosa Shopping Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

Represented the landlord in the leasing of retail and restaurant space at Centro Ybor Shopping Center in Tampa, Florida.

Representing the landlord in the leasing of Bayshore Town Center, a regional Wisconsin shopping mall that has been converted to a town center format.

Representing a landlord in the acquisition, development and leasing of The Greene, a 65-acre Beavercreek, Ohio, town center format shopping center with adjacent movie theater.

Serve as leasing counsel to various downtown and suburban office towers and complexes.


 

 

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Corporate Restructuring & Creditors' RIghts

 

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