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 […]
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A Billboard Is Holding Up the Sale of a Sunset Strip Hotel
WEHOville is reporting that a dispute over the billboard above the former Standard Hotel on the Sunset Strip is snagging a $120 million deal to sell the property. The former Standard Hotel is in the process of being sold and in March 2022, a deal was struck with the property’s […]
Who Owns a Billboard that’s Blocked by Trees?
Who owns a billboard that’s blocked by trees and sits vacant for 15 years? The billboard company, as long is the lease hasn’t been terminated. That’s the lesson of OUTFRONT v Lemaster. Here are the facts. Between 1969 and 1973, a predecessor of OUTFRONT Media entered into billboard leases with […]
Rothfelder and Falick on Permit Disputes
At the fall 2022 IBO show, Chris Rothfelder and Mike Falick talked about strategies for out of home permit disputes. We’ve asked them to expand their comments for our reader’s benefit. Lawsuits challenging permit denials are frequently thrown out on sovereign immunity grounds unless the legislature grants permission to sue. […]
Andy Goodman On What to Do When a Landlord Won’t Renew Long-Term
Today out of home lease and development Andy Goodman talks about how to handle a landlord who won’t renew long-term. What do you do when a landlord doesn’t want to renew long term? First of all I want to find out what the landlord is thinking. What’s his reasoning behind […]
10 Musts for a Billboard Easement
By Richard Hamlin and Marnie Christine Cody, Hamlin|Cody In the same way that a utility company has an easement to run cables or power lines across a private property, a company or individual can permit the construction and display of a billboard on a property. In the billboard industry, a […]
Rothfelder & Falick on the IBO Convention
By Mike Falick, Partner, Rothfelder & Falick Chris Rothfelder and I are really looking forward to the IBO Fall Conference on September 21 – 23 in Charlotte, NC! Richard Rothfelder extends his regards as well – he will sadly not be joining us in Charlotte as he will be spending […]
Are You Complying with Sales Tax Laws?
From Jennifer Sloane, Sloane Law Office As I work on closing another purchase agreement for a client, where it was discovered in due diligence that the seller failed to pay applicable sales taxes during its ownership of the assets, I am compelled to write this article in an effort to […]
Don’t Mix Agent and Principal Duties
Sometimes corporate landlords or railroads hire out of home companies to act as their agent to manage out of home leases. It will be expensive for you if you use an agent’s position to advantage your company. That’s the lesson of Craig Outdoor, Midwest Outdoor and Patriot Outdoor v Viacom […]
OUTFRONT Suing San Jose
OUTFRONT is suing the city of San Jose over the decision to grant two digital billboards at the San Jose Airport to Clear Channel Outdoor. OUTFRONT contends the billboards should have been awarded as part of a competitive bidding process. The city claims it is authorized to approve the digital […]