Tag: billboard lease

Run a Title Report Before You Write a Billboard Lease

Out of home attorney Marnie Christine Cody Ware of the Hamlin | Cody Law firm makes an excellent point on the importance of doing research before you write a billboard lease. I read your Tribal Land article  and my immediate thought was this. Separate from tribal land, if you intend […]

Wind Farm Dispute Could Impact Billboards on Tribal Land

Make sure you understand exactly who owns what rights before you put a billboard on tribal land.  That’s the lesson of United States v. Osage Wind, LLC.  The dispute involves a wind farm but has implications for billboards.  Here are the facts. In 1906 the surface estate of the Osage […]

Is Separate Consideration a Must for Lease Rights of First Refusal?

You don’t need separate consideration for a lease right of first refusal to be enforceable.  That’s the lesson of Adams Outdoor Advertising v Todd Tarr and Shirley Buchner. Here are the facts. Adams Outdoor Advertising and Shirley Buchner executed a billboard lease in 2008 that contained a right of first […]

Get Your Permits or a Billboard Lease May Not be Valid

A failure to get necessary permits may void your rights in a billboard lease.  That’s the lesson of Clear Channel Outdoor v Schrem Partnership.  Here are the facts: In 1986 Ackerley Communications entered into a 15 year lease to place a billboard on property owned by Schrem Partnership. The lease […]

Take a billboard down when your lease expires or else it’s not yours.

Take a billboard down when a lease expires or else the structure may be the landlord’s.  That’s the lesson of Denny Weikhorst Equipment vs Tri State Outdoor.  Here are the facts. In July 1985 Western Outdoor Advertising signed a lease agreement with Roy Smith to erect a 14 by 48 […]

Goodman on Billboard Height and Leasing Trends

Today out of home leasing and development expert Andy Goodman talks about billboard height and lease trends. Billboard Height Cities will allow you to build the billboard either from the grade of the billboard location or from the grade of the freeway whichever is greater.  You could have a billboard that’s […]

Andy Goodman on Making Sure the Out of Home Lease Says the Structure is Yours

Landlords sometimes argue that a billboard structure is theirs at expiry of a lease.  Today out of home leasing and development expert analyzes how the structures section of an out of home lease can protect your company and minimize costs if the billboard lease is terminated and the structure must […]

Goodman on Out of Home Rent

Today out of home leasing and development expert Andy Goodman reviews and comments on a rent section in an out of home lease. Rent: Rent shall commence on the later of completion of the Structure or commencement of the term and shall be the amount of $_________________ payable __________________________________. This rent […]

Andy Goodman on Describing Your Billboard Structure in a Lease

Today out of home development and leasing expert Andy Goodman talks about how you should describe your billboard structure in a lease. How should you describe your billboard structure in a lease? The Lease should describe all improvements being made by the Lessee on the property related to the billboard […]

Andy Goodman on Being Precise About a Billboard Location

Today out of home development and leasing expert Andy Goodman talks about the importance of correctly identifying your structure’s location in a lease. How should you identify a structure’s location in a lease? This can be a problem if you have a lease for a billboard along with an address […]