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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Today out of home development expert Andy Goodman talks about how to deal with a landlord who says they own a billboard. What to do when a landlord says they own a billboard There are a few possible situations when talking to property owners who say they own or want […]
By Michael Wardle, General Counsel, YESCO Outdoor Media If you’ve been in the outdoor business long enough, then there’s a good chance you have a received a letter from an attorney representing a landowner that challenges the validity of a ground lease. Such a letter may make one or more […]
Today out of home development expert Andy Goodman talks about 4 misconceptions landowners have about out of home. I’m not getting a fair share of revenues Landowners ask me “How can I avoid having the billboard company package my billboard with a number of other properties and not give me […]
Out of home development expert Andy Goodman writes for Billboard Insider on development issues. His last column discussed billboards on native american tribe lands. Today he discusses the best way to determine market rent for a billboard lease. So the question here is how do I know that I’m getting […]
Are you liable for damages if a landlord cancels your billboard lease and you put up a billboard nearby which prevents the landlord from putting up a billboard? No, based on U.P.C Inc dba Garco Industrial Park v R.O.A. General, Inc. dba Reagan Outdoor Advertising (“Reagan”). Here are the facts. […]
Old billboard lease language can get you into trouble. That’s the lesson of Adams Outdoor Advertising v Long. Here are the facts. In the 1930’s the Consolvo Chesire ad agency entered into a billboard lease to put a billboard on property in the city of Hampton. The lease stated that […]
