Jonathan Neville, a partner at the law firm Arnall, Golden, Gregory, joins Michael to discuss contract tips and mistakes to avoid for retail properties from a landlord’s perspective. Discussed are the importance of actively negotiating items for which a landlord can charge, controlling the construction process, understanding and negotiating co-tenancy clauses, project predictability, and having an exculpation clause.
The guest, Jonathan “Jon” Neville, leads his firm’s Retail Practice, and continues to establish a national reputation as a leader within n the retail real estate industry. He has completed transactions in almost all 50 states and has spoken at numbers of conferences around the United States as well as on nationally syndicated media productions. Hi practice focuses on commercial real estate development as well as franchising. He is active in assisting clients in commercial real estate purchases on a nationwide basis. He represents many principals as well as investment groups which acquire, develop and sell retail shopping centers and other retail and restaurant development projects of various sizes. He has negotiated, and additionally continues to be responsible for leases on behalf of numbers of nationally-recognized restaurant, retailers, and developers.