Orange Improvements Partnership v. Cardo, Inc.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

GOETTEL, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Orange Improvements Partnership, owns a shopping center in Orange, Connecticut known as the Orange Promenade Center (the “Center”). Orange Improvements leases a portion of the Center to defendant, Cardo, Inc., in which Cardo has operated a package and liquor store for over thirty years. Cardo originally entered into a lease agreement in 1965 (the “1965 Lease”) with Orange Improvements’ predecessor, Whiteacre-Orange Associates. Since the 1965 Lease, the Center’s ownership changed hands twice until Orange Improvements…