Valuerock TN Props., LLC v. PK II Larwin Square SC LP

*182*1040This is an appeal from an order denying a special motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) statute. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16 ( § 425.16 ).) The case arises from a landlord's repeated refusal to consent to the proposed assignment of a ground lease for the anchor space in a shopping center. The plaintiffs are the entities that wish to assign the leasehold interest and the entities that agreed to take the assignment; the defendants are the landlord and its parent company.

In their original and first amended complaints, the plaintiffs…