In my last blog, I explored the ramifications of Office Depot, Inc. v. The District at Howell Mill, LLC, a recent Georgia Court of Appeals case which clearly illustrates what the word “estoppel” in ...

If you’re a renter of a multifamily property that has recently been sold, you may have been handed an estoppel certificate by your landlord for the first time and asked to sign it. If you’ve never ...

Purchasers and lenders in commercial real estate transactions often use estoppel certificates to obtain assurances directly from commercial tenants about the status of that tenant’s lease. The purpose ...

Before buying the Big Bear Shopping Center in 1992, the Plaza Freeway Ltd. Partnership obtained an "estoppel certificate" from each tenant. These certificates stated the rent, expiration date and ...

Editor's note: David G. Muller is an attorney with the law firm of Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., which represents community associations throughout Florida, with offices in Naples, Fort Myers and 11 other ...

This is the final installment highlighting several cases of interest to community associations, including unpublished cases of interest. For a condominium association in a mixed-use property where ...

Although commercial lending requirements have relaxed a bit over the past few years, the most recent banking crisis continues to have a lingering effect on commercial real estate transactions which, ...

With props to Rodney Dangerfield, some legal documents just don’t get no respect—or at least are not regarded with the importance deserved. That innocuous looking two-page form that the landlord just ...

As of July 1, there is new estoppel legislation which as of Saturday is requiring that each association estoppel contain new disclosures and contents. The specific Florida Statutes are Sections ...