Tag: billboard lease

Record Your Leases

Record your leases.  Record your leases.  Record your leases.   That’s the lesson of Peck v Milford Hunt Homeowners.  Here are the facts. On March 2, 1999 Riverview Chase Associates an entity in which Arnold Peck was an investor, sold a parcel of land in Milford, Connecticut to T&M Homes, LLC.  […]

Five Cautions About Financing a Billboard With a Loan

Last week we discussed the pros and cons of billboard lease financing.  Today we discuss the pros and cons of bank and private loan financing. Banks usually have the cheapest loans because they have a low cost deposit base.  And banks are often big enough to grow with you as […]

Beware Billboard Lease Termination on Sale Clauses

Beware of billboard lease termination clauses which allow the lease to be cancelled on a sale to a third party.    That’s the lesson of International Outdoor versus Dix Road.  Here are the facts. In 1998 the Donald Golden Trust leased property to Rite Media of Michigan for a billboard.  […]

Billboard Legal: A Tax Foreclosure Doesn’t Create Billboard Ownership

Acquiring land via a tax foreclosure doesn’t give a company ownership of a billboard.  That’s the lesson of Outfront vs CYA Properties.  Here are the facts: In 1971 OUTFRONT leased vacant land in Wayne County, Michigan to install a billboard.  The lease was renewed several times, most recently in 2009.  […]

Landmark Adds 23 OOH Tenant Sites in 3rd Quarter

Landmark Infrastructure released financials for the third quarter of 2020. Revenues increased by 10% to $14.2 million. Net income increased from $701,ooo in the third quarter of 2019  to $1.5 million in the third quarter of 2020. The company added 23 new leases and easements during the third quarter of […]

Another City Sees Digital Billboard Benefits

Another city is raising money for city services by leasing land on city property for digital billboards.  On Sept 1 Kingston Mass approved two OUTRONT Media billboard leases generating approximately $200,000/year in lease payments for 25 years.  The billboards will be on  town-owned parcels at 8 Cranberry Road and 60 […]

Beware landlord consent to assignments.

Avoid complicated consent to assignment language in your billboard lease.  That’s the lesson of Atkins Media Group vs Del Val Realty Group.  Here are the facts: Atkins Media entered into a lease with Del Val Realty Group to permit Atkins to put a billboard on land owned by Del Val. […]

Comments on Lease Increase Article

Insider wanted to share feedback we received from readers on our lease increase article from yesterday. An out of home real estate manager agrees that you need to be careful about overpaying for a lease. I really like the article about lease increases in today’s headlines. When trying to renew […]

Keep out of home lease increases to 1-2% per year.

You need to keep your billboard lease increases to less than 2%/year. Here’s an actual lease Insider has reviewed.  Payments are as follows: 2014-2017     $2,000 per year. 2017-2020     $2,500 per year. 2020-2023     $3,000 per year. 2023-2026     $3,500 per year. 2026-2029     $4,000 per year. A $500 […]