Mark Hotel LLC v. Madison Seventy-Seventh LLC

OPINION OF THE COURT

DeGrasse, J.

Plaintiff and defendant are the respective successors of the tenant and the landlord under a 150-year lease executed in 1981. The demised premises, known as the Mark Hotel, are located at 25 East 77th Street in Manhattan. Pursuant to the lease and by letter dated December 1, 2006, plaintiff requested defendant’s consent to a proposed renovation of the hotel that would encompass the conversion of a portion of the premises into cooperative hotel units. Under the lease, the landlord’s consent to structural alterations must be requested but cannot be unreasonably…