Appellate court rules on lease obligations

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Abstract: After a lessor conveyed its interest in a property to a new lessor, a tenant completed construction work the original lessor had been obligated to perform, and then sued the new lessor for the costs. This lessor defended itself by arguing that a side agreement it had entered into with the original lessor absolved it of any and all construction-related lease obligations owed to the tenant. This article explains why that argument didn’t pass muster with an appeals court. Bright Horizons Children’s Centers, Inc. v. Sturtevant, Inc. (Mass. App. 2012).