Brookhill Management Corp. v. Shah

Deen, Presiding Judge.

On May 7, 1986, appellee Navin B. Shah d/b/a Royal Cleaners signed an agreement with Spalding Woods Village Associates, Inc., and its agent Kern & Company, Inc., to lease a space in a shopping center for a three-year term from December 1, 1986, through October 31, 1989. This lease contained a provision allowing Shah the option to renew for two additional three-year terms, which could be exercised upon written notice to the landlord six months prior to the expiration of the term. Shah sold his dry-cleaning business to Mrs. Saroj J. Patel and, in June of 1988, assigned the…