Amelia Island Restaurant II, Inc. v. Omni Amelia Island, LLC

Since 2003, Amelia Island Restaurant II, Inc. has operated PLaE, the only full-service restaurant located in the Shops at Amelia Island Plantation in Nassau County. When PLaE’s lease came up for renewal in 2012, things did not go very smoothly with the landlord, Omni Amelia Island, LLC. The Restaurant and Omni contested PLaE’s eligibility to renew the lease and whether the lease’s exclusivity provision remained effective to prevent another full-service restaurant from operating in the Shops. At trial, each side won something. The Restaurant won the right to renew the Lease for another five…