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MIAMI—Even if a landlord offers rent relief to a tenant, there'sno guarantee that the retailer will survive.

"With the large retailers and probably more so with the smalllocal businesses, there's no certainty they will make it," StevenJ. Solomon, a locally-based managing shareholder at the law firm ofGray Robinson. "In certain markets, like Florida, the summer monthsare traditionally not strong. So if you're reopening a business inJune, there are no holidays and tourism is low and probably will beeven further depressed by people's reluctance to travel."

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Leslie Shaver

Les Shaver has been covering commercial and residential real estate for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Multifamily Executive, Builder, units, Arlington Magazine in addition to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.