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Of Styx, Starbucks and A Drink Is Not A Beverage (??)

I remember being frantic one weeknight in the Fall of 1978. In a good way. My dad had picked me up from grade school (St. Thomas Aquinas – East Wichita, KS) in his Ice Blue Monte Carlo and together we trekked to David’s, the long shuttered department store in Wichita’s Parklane shopping mall. (I still …

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Exclusivity Provision in Lease Permits Landlord to Rent to ‘McD’s’ In NJ Shopping Mall (Much to ‘Sbux’s’ Chagrin)

Exclusivity provisions are staples of some commercial leases, particularly in the shopping mall setting. The purpose of these so-called “exclusives” is to protect a tenant from a competing business renting in the same shopping center and potentially undercutting the tenant’s pricing. The larger the tenant (think “anchor” tenant) in terms of resources, the more leverage it has in …

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