Green Leases: Evolving Legal Issues for Commercial Landlords and Tenants
Negotiating and Crafting Environmentally Friendly Lease Terms
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar/teleconference with Q&A
Conducted on Thursday, March 4, 2010
Recorded event now available
This CLE webinar will prepare counsel to understand, negotiate and craft commercial leases with provisions focused on energy and environmental goals. The panel will examine green provisions commonly used and the potential legal risks for landlords and tenants entering into leases that require environmental compliance.
Description
Commercial tenants are increasingly demanding rental space with environmental features, forcing landlords to draft new leases and modify existing leases to incorporate green design and construction components.
Green leasing is a relatively new phenomenon and presents a number of unique challenges. However, little guidance exists on crafting green leases. Careful negotiation and drafting is critical to ensure leases anticipate and address potential areas of dispute between a commercial landlord and tenant.
Listen as our authoritative panel of real estate attorneys explains the common provisions and potential legal pitfalls for landlords and tenants in leases with provisions focused on environmental features. The panel will outline best practices for negotiating and crafting green leases for commercial property.
Outline
- What is a green lease?
- New construction versus existing buildings
- Common provisions in green leases
- Definition of “green”
- Construction and design provisions
- Allocation of costs provisions
- Operation and maintenance provisions
- Potential legal pitfalls in green leasing
- Obligations of landlords and tenants
- Remedies for default
- Best practices when crafting green leases
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What is the impact of local governments' continuing efforts to mandate energy efficiency in buildings on green leasing trends?
- What laws and regulations currently govern a lease or building being defined as "green" or environmentally responsible?
- How can commercial landlords craft leases that responsibly incorporate green building and maintenance concepts while minimizing costs, expense and legal risks?
- What are the key environmental responsibility provisions that should be considered when developing real estate leasing agreements?
Faculty
Louise C. Adamson, LEED-AP ID&C,
Partner
K&L Gates, San Francisco
She has substantial experience with real estate acquisition and disposition, leasing, financing, development and construction. She developed a first-of-its-kind green leasing program which integrates sustainable building practices and also tracks the LEED rating system through each stage of the lease negotiation process so that the lease itself facilitates LEED certification for the tenant space.
Ronald B. Grais,
Partner
Jenner & Block, Chicago
He is a member of the firm's Real Estate and Climate and Clean Technology Law Practices. He concentrates his practice on zoning, tax increment financing and commercial and retail leasing. He represents developers, landlords, tenants and occasionally community groups in his real estate law practice.
Jacob Bart,
Partner
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, New York
He concentrates in real estate law, with particular emphasis on commercial leasing. He has represented landlords and tenants with respect to office, retail, and other lease and sublease transactions. He has negotiated major headquarters leases on behalf of tenants. On the lessors’ behalf, he has worked on significant leasing and subleasing transactions, including building-wide leasing programs.
Ordering
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Real Estate Law Advisory Board
Partner
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll
Partner
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Partner
Robinson & Cole
Of Counsel
Jenner & Block
Partner
Bryan Cave
Partner
K&L Gates
Michelle A. Neumann
Attorney at Law
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Attorney
McGuire Woods
Partner
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