By Andy Goodman, Age Advertising

A good billboard lease should state clearly that a billboard and all upgrades are the property of the billboard company and may be removed at any time at termination or expiration of the lease.  Things become complicated, however, when you have a rooftop build or the column pierces the roof in which the billboard is integrated into the building.

I’m working with a property owner where the billboard company during construction of the original billboard integrated the column into the building. At the expiration of the Lease the billboard company started to demo the billboard. The property owner got a TRO (temporary retraining order) and stopped the demo of the billboard. The owner took the company to court and they settled with the outdoor company that the billboard belonged to the property owner.

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