Zeidel & Associates P.C. was retained to represent a client in a retail leasing transaction in an upscale area in midtown Manhattan. The firm has represented the client in multiple leasing transactions throughout the city. Approach As part of our negotiations, we asked the landlord to represent that the leased space, which included portions of the building’s ground floor and basement and a mezzanine floor, had a valid certificate of occupancy (C of O), but the landlord rejected the request. Our research uncovered that the landlord did not have a C of O for the entire leased space: the original […]