Children of America (Cortlandt Manor), LLC v. Pike Plaza Associates, LLC

*584The parties entered into a commercial lease, pursuant to which the plaintiff, as tenant, agreed to rent space from the defendant and third-party plaintiff (hereinafter the defendant), as landlord, for a period of 15 years. Before the term of the lease was to begin, the plaintiff advised the defendant that it was experiencing financial difficulties and, in an email message dated August 28, 2009, offered the defendant certain “options” for modifying the terms of the lease. The defendant stopped the construction that it was performing at the premises pursuant to the lease, and ultimately…