1010 Potomac Associates v. Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc.

WERTHEIM, Associate Judge:

In this action between a commercial landlord and its trade association tenant, the landlord appeals from a mandatory injunction requiring specific performance of the landlord’s obligation to consent to a sublease. The disputé centers on the tenant’s right to exercise an option to lease additional space and then sublet all the additional space to a third party at a rate double that payable under the prime lease. Relying upon a clause in the lease permitting subletting only with the landlord’s consent, which may not “unreasonably” be withheld, the landlord contends…