Tag: billboard lease

How Should A Landlord Determine Market Rents?

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 […]

Who Owns the Billboard? Adams v Long

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 […]

Ask An Expert: Andy Goodman on Renewing a Below Market Lease

Billboard siting and development expert Andy Goodman responds to questions from readers concerning leases. I’m working with a property owner on a renewal of a lease on a non-conforming billboard.  The lease is grossly undervalued.  What approach should the property owner take? The landowner is in a difficult situation because […]

Court Upholds Billboard Lease with Altered Legal Description

Is a billboard lease valid if if contains an altered legal description and is improperly acknowledged?  Yes.  That’s the lesson of Engler v Franklin Outdoor.  Here are the facts. Franklin Outdoor asked Michael Flynn if it could erect a billboard on Flynn’s property.  James Franklin and Michael Flynn. walked the […]

Andy Goodman on Lease Beginnings and Endings

Today out of home leasing and development expert Andy Goodman talks about how to begin and end your out of home advertising lease. When should a lease begin? The lease begins when all of the government permits have been signed off.  So in California you’ve gotten your Caltrans permit, you’ve […]

What Landlords Want in Billboard Leases

JD Supra published an article titled Outdoor Advertising: How Billboard Landlords Can Protect Their Property and Their Profits.  The author counsels landlords on what to ask for in a billboard lease.  Here are five things the author recommends together with Billboard Insider’s response. “A ground lease is the preferred means […]

Out of Home Attorneys On Lease Assignability

Insider wrote this in A Billboard Lease is Not a License: Make sure your billboard leases have language which says the agreement inures to the benefit of successors and assigns.  Your billboard lease should also contain a clause permitting assignment without consent.  Some landlords will object.  Next best is language […]

A Billboard Lease is Not a License

A billboard lease is not a license.  That’s the lesson of Justin Management vs Metro Outdoor.  Here are the facts. Justin Management subleased property to Metro outdoor to provide Metro the exclusive rights to install advertising on Justin’s property.  The sublease included language saying that it would inure to the […]