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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Atkinson v. Rosenthal, 598 N.E.2d 666 (1992)

Citation
Atkinson v. Rosenthal, 598 N.E.2d 666 (1992)
Parent Document
Atkinson v. Rosenthal, 598 N.E.2d 666 (1992)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1992-08-25

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Rent for the basement level space in the new lease, which had only a two-year initial term, was set at $1,625 per month. Were the new tenant to exercise an extension option the rent was to increase to $2,000 per month beginning with the third year, and, were the new tenant to exercise further extension options, would reach the level of rent of the abandoned lease only in the ninth year of occupancy by the new tenant. During the first thirteen months of the new lease, rent would be waived. The trial judge found that the low rent, the waiver of a portion of that already lowered rent, and the grant to the new tenant of one month’s free rent (worth $6,250) on the first floor space were inducements to the new tenant “to keep her as a viable tenant on the first floor,” and to have her invest some $125,000 in building improvements, including bathrooms and access for handicapped persons on the basement level.