W & G Seaford Associates, L.P. v. Eastern Shore Markets, Inc.

OPINION

CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.

This is a contract action in which plaintiff, W & G Seaford Associates, L.P. (“W & G”), seeks to enforce a liquidated damages clause in a commercial lease entered into with defendant, Eastern Shore Markets, Inc. (“ESMI”). W & G, a Delaware limited partnership, is the owner of Seaford Village Shopping Center (“Seaford Village”), a strip shopping center in Seaford, Delaware. ESMI, a Virginia corporation, signed a lease under which it was to occupy a large retail area in Seaford Village. Before occupying the space, ESMI cancelled its plans to operate…