The Legal Intelligencer

The now-defunct law firm of Titus & McConomy had signed a10-year lease for office, plus basement storage space in aPittsburgh building owned by Trizechahn Gateway. Several yearslater the law firm closed operations and offered to help sublet thespace. When it vacated the offices, it left files in the storagearea. It continued to make payments for a short while, but laterdefaulted.

The owner notified the tenant of its intention to recover thestorage space in order to correct a building violation, and thenconstructed an egress in the space to accommodate a new tenant. Italso re-leased the office space to other tenants for a term thatwas longer than the law firm's agreement.

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