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Surrender Dorothy: Restoration Obligations in Office Leases Surrender Dorothy: Restoration Obligations In Office Leases Ruth A. Schoenmeyer and Michelle M. McAtee Negotiating good surrender provisions might not take much heart, but it definitely takes some nerve and plenty of brains. Ruth A. Schoenmeyer is Of Counsel to Jenner and Block LLP in Chicago. She practices primarily in Let’s IMAGINE for a moment that Dorothy (of blue the areas of real estate leasing and gingham dress and ruby slippers fame), as tenant, leases corporate real estate services. She can from the Wicked Witch of the West, as landlord, office be reached at rschoenmeyer@jenner. space in a building located on the Yellow Brick Road near com. the Emerald City in the Land of Oz. The purpose of this article is to discuss Dorothy’s restoration obligations upon the expiration or termination of the lease if the lease is silent with respect to restoration or surrender obligations; recommend restoration-related language to include in various provisions of the lease; and briefly examine cer- tain situations in which special consideration should be given to restoration obligations in a lease. NO LEASE PROVISION • If the Scarecrow, Dorothy’s Michelle M. McAtee is a partner with Jenner and brainless friend, represented Dorothy in her lease nego- Block LLP. She is a member of the tiations with the Wicked Witch, he might have neglect- Firm’s Real Estate and Real Estate ed to include a surrender or restoration provision in the Securities Practices. She concentrates lease. Does this mean that Dorothy is entitled to stay in her practice in acquisitions, the premises forever, because the lease does not explicitly dispositions, leasing, and lending require her to surrender the premises at the end of the work. She can be reached at term? No. Even in the absence of specific language in [email protected]. the lease, there is an implied covenant for a tenant to sur- render its premises to the landlord upon the expiration or termination of its lease. Friedman on Leases (5th ed.), by The Practical Real Estate Lawyer | 17 18 | The Practical Real Estate Lawyer May 2007 Milton R. Friedman and Patrick A. Randolph, Jr. Surrender Provision (§18:1). Most leases (except those drafted and negoti- In what condition is Dorothy required to sur- ated by scarecrows without brains) contain restora- render the premises? In the context of surrender, tion language, either in a section of the lease en- the following general questions are important to titled “Surrender” or, sometimes, in sections of the both landlords and tenants: lease that address alterations or holdover. • How does the condition of the premises upon surrender compare with its condition upon Witch’s Version delivery of possession to tenant? If the Wicked Witch conjures up the restoration • Is tenant required to repair damage (includ- language, the language may provide as follows: ing but not limited to casualty damage) to the premises caused by tenant? Upon the expiration or earlier termination of the Term or • Is tenant required to remove its alterations upon the termination of Tenant’s right of possession, wheth- to the premises? What about alterations that er by lapse of time or at the option of Landlord or Tenant landlord made for the benefit of tenant? as provided in this Lease, Tenant shall immediately surren- • Is tenant required to remove its personal prop- der the Premises to Landlord in the same condition in which erty from the premises? Landlord initially delivered possession of the Premises to Tenant. Unless the parties have agreed otherwise, these questions will be answered as follows: This language requires Dorothy to: • Tenant must surrender the premises in sub- • Remove all alterations she has made to the stantially the same condition as tenant re- premises, including her initial improvements ceived the premises from landlord, normal to the premises and alterations that she made wear and tear and damage by non-negligent during the term with landlord’s consent; and fire excepted; • Repair all damage to the premises, including • Tenant is not liable for damage to the prem- ises, except that tenant must repair damage reasonable wear and tear and damage by fire, caused by tenant’s negligence (including dam- regardless of whether Dorothy caused the fire. age caused by a fire that results from tenant’s negligence), waste, or nuisance; Scarecrow’s Version • Tenant is required to remove its alterations In contrast, Dorothy’s ideal surrender provision if tenant agreed to remove them at the time would read as follows: tenant made them or if tenant neglected to obtain landlord’s approval of the alterations; Upon the expiration or earlier termination of the Term or and upon the termination of Tenant’s right of possession, wheth- • Tenant is obligated to remove its personal er by lapse of time or at the option of Landlord or Tenant as property and debris from the premises. provided in this Lease, Tenant shall immediately surrender the Premises to Landlord in its ‘as is, where is’ condition. RESTORATION LANGUAGE TO INCLUDE IN THE LEASE • So let’s give Scarecrow a brain. Pursuant to this language, Dorothy is not required Thus equipped, Scarecrow will include—or know to remove any alterations, or repair any damage to how to negotiate—the provisions discussed below. the premises, even if she caused the damage. Restoration Obligations | 19 Tin Man’s Version end of the lease term: initial improvements to the Obviously, both provisions are inequitable to premises (whether completed by Dorothy or the the other party. Reasonable compromise language, Wicked Witch); and later alterations made to the as brokered through a big-hearted Tin Man, may premises. provide as follows: Initial Improvements Upon the expiration or earlier termination of the Term or Often, a lease contemplates that either the upon the termination of Tenant’s right of possession, wheth- landlord or the tenant will perform certain im- er by lapse of time or at the option of Landlord or Tenant as provements to the premises at the commence- provided in this Lease, Tenant shall immediately surrender ment of the term. Will those improvements need the Premises to Landlord in good order and condition, except- to be removed from the premises at the end of the ing ordinary wear and tear and damage from fire, other casu- term? This question is particularly important in the alty, condemnation and/or the acts or omissions of Landlord context of the “same condition” or “as is, where and its agents, employees, contractors, or representatives. is” surrender language set forth above. If a ten- ant agrees to surrender the premises in the same This language allows Dorothy some flexibility with condition in which tenant initially received them, respect to the condition of the premises at the end and tenant performed significant improvements to of the term. She must surrender the premises to the premises at the commencement of the term, the Wicked Witch in good order and condition, but then tenant should budget for the cost of removing she is probably not required to repair normal floor those improvements at the end of the term. Con- scratches or carpet stains that occur during her ten- versely, if landlord performed significant tenant- ancy (they will fall under the category of “ordinary specific improvements (e.g., installation of a kennel wear and tear”), and she is not required to restore for Toto, a limited access area, or numerous parti- the premises in the event of a fire. On the other tions) before delivering possession of the premises hand, the Wicked Witch is confident that she will to tenant, then landlord should be aware that the not need to make significant repairs to make the “same condition” language will mean that tenant premises attractive to the next potential tenant who falls out of the sky. will return the premises with those tenant-specific Does this language answer all of the questions improvements in place. To avoid ambiguity, the set forth above with respect to alterations, damage, lease should specifically address the disposition of and personal property? No. Before finalizing the the initial improvements upon surrender, either in lease, Dorothy and the Wicked Witch should re- the surrender provision itself or in the provision of view the provisions of the lease that address altera- the lease that describes the initial improvements: tions, casualty, maintenance, and personal property in order to ensure that there are no inconsistencies Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this between those provisions and the surrender provi- Lease, upon the expiration or earlier termination of the Term sion of the lease. or upon the termination of Tenant’s right of possession, whether by lapse of time or at the option of Landlord or Ten- Alterations ant as provided in this Lease, [Tenant shall not be required Dorothy and the Wicked Witch need to con- to remove from the Premises any of the Landlord’s Work sider two different categories of alterations in con- or the Tenant’s Work] [Tenant shall be required to remove nection with Dorothy’s surrender obligations at the from the Premises all of the Landlord’s Work and all of the 20 | The Practical Real Estate Lawyer May 2007 Tenant’s Work and repair any damage to the Premises and to Tenant shall remove the Alterations and repair any damage to the Building caused by any such removal.] the Premises and to the Building caused by such removal. Later Alterations This language, as revised, allows tenants to deter- What about alterations that are made to the mine before making any alterations whether they premises later in the lease term? As noted above, if are willing to assume the cost of installing and—if the lease is silent with respect to alterations, then required by landlord when landlord approves the tenant is only required to remove alterations if the alterations—removing the alterations at the end of tenant made them without landlord’s consent, or the lease term.
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