Mecklenburg County v. Simply Fashion Stores, Ltd.

JACKSON, Judge.

Defendant Simply Fashion Stores, Ltd. (“Simply Fashion”) appeals the trial court’s 22 June 2009 order that determined nine legal issues within a condemnation suit by Mecklenburg County (“the county”). For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.

On 8 December 2000, Simply Fashion entered into a lease agreement (“original lease”) with Freedom Mall Partners (“FMP”) for a period of five years with an option to extend the lease for up to two additional periods of five years each. This original lease included a termination clause, which read, in pertinent part: “In the event the mall is…