Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, LLP v. RBNB 67 Wall Street Owner LLC

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edward H. Lehner, J.

The prime issue raised on this motion by plaintiff for injunctive relief is whether the terms of the subject lease, principally *754the clause that states that the building “will be run as a first class office building,” bar the defendant from converting the second to tenth floors to residential occupancy.

Plaintiff, a prominent law firm, has been a tenant of the building at 67 Wall Street since 1942, presently occupying the eleventh to fifteenth floors. Defendant acquired the building in March 2004 and previously had made known its intention to convert the…