Krieger v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc.

We grant plaintiff’s petition for certification and reverse the judgment of the Appellate Division as to defendant Investment Properties Associates.

Investment Properties Associates, plaintiff’s landlord, refused to give its consent to plaintiff’s proposed sublease of his office space. Plaintiff’s lease required that the Landlord’s consent to a sublease be obtained, but added that such consent could not be unreasonably withheld. The sole objection made by the landlord was that the proposed subtenant was then a tenant occupying office space in another building owned by the landlord so that if…