Leasing

Our real estate lawyers structure, negotiate and prepare leases, including office and shopping center leases, on behalf of both landlords and tenants.

Examples of lease matters for which our lawyers have provided services include the following:

• On behalf of landlords, leases involving the following national or regional tenants: Applebee's; Big 5 Sporting Goods; Blockbuster; Cold Stone Creamery; Dollar Tree; Fred Meyer; Gene Juarez Salons; Grocery Outlet; Home Depot; Jiffy Lube; Kinko’s; McDonald’s; Men’s Wearhouse; Michaels Stores; Office Depot; Radio Shack; Sleep Country USA; Starbucks; Subway; Tully’s Coffee; Walgreens; and Wendy’s
• For a landlord, shopping center leases for more than 50 stores nationwide totaling over one million square feet
• Ground lease of a 250-acre parcel enabling it to become one of the region’s largest business parks
• $20 million purchase of a subleasehold interest in a Seattle business park

Our services include enforcing commercial leases, through litigation if necessary. We also prepare estoppel certificates, subordination agreements and attornment agreements.