Tag: billboard 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 […]

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 […]

Richard Hamlin on Constructive Notice

California out of home attorney Richard Hamlin had this comment on Rothfelder on Unrecorded Leases and Constructive Notice. Early in my OOH career, I asked my client why they did not record their leases.  He said it became too much of an administrative burden to deal with requests to release […]

Beware Construction Clauses

A construction clause allows a landowner to terminate a billboard lease if construction of a new building requires the removal of a billboard even if the billboard is outside the building’s footprint.  That’s the lesson of Burkhart Advertising v Lowes Home Center.  Here are the facts. In June 1999 Carl […]

The Lease Decides

What happens when your landlord decides they want to get into your business, voids your permit, refuses to accept lease payments and builds their own billboard  The lease decides.  That’s the lesson of Frierson v Delta Outdoor.  Here are the facts. On January 22 1998 Ethel Frierson agreed to lease […]