2301 M Street Cooperative Association v. Chromium, LLC
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Per curiam
These consolidated appeals arise from a dispute between a tenant and the new owner over the correct formula for calculating rent increases under the parties' lease agreement. At issue is whether to use the rent escalation formula explicitly set forth in the lease agreement, or the formula used by the prior landlord for nearly thirty years. The rent would be much higher if the landlord had employed the formula in the lease during that period, and that formula would call for greater rent increases in the future. The tenant, 2301 M Street Cooperative Association ("the Cooperative"), argues that…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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