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Real Estate/Development

May 28, 2003

Act Now; Don't Wait

BY MICHAEL E. DI GERONIMO When a ground lessee does not need financing to construct its initial improvements on a leased premises, it often deems of little importance or overlooks entirely the provisions needed to make a ground lease financeable.

BY MICHAEL E. DI GERONIMO

When a ground lessee does not need financing to construct its initial improvements on a leased premises, it often deems of little importance or overlooks entirely the provisions needed to make a ground lease financeable.

This is unfortunate. At some point after the ground lease is signed, the lessee may want to obtain financing secured by its leasehold interest. Without having negotiated a financeable ground lease, a lessee may...

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