Wallboard, Inc. v. St. Cloud Mall, LLC

OPINION

COLLINS, Judge. *

Appellant challenges the district court’s grant of summary judgment to respondents, arguing that, as a matter of law, the prelien-notice exception found in Minn. Stat. § 514.011, subd. 4c (2006), applies to a tenant who leases less than 5,000 usable square feet of space to which improvements are made, if the landlord’s property exceeds 5,000 total usable square feet. We affirm.

FACTS

In April 2005, respondent Bath & Body Works, LLC (Bath & Body) leased approximately 4,375 square feet of floor space in Crossroads Center, which is owned by respondent St. Cloud Mall, LLC…