Legal Opinion

RSB Bedford Associates, LLC v. Ricky's Williamsburg, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 10, 2011PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Moskowitz, J.

A commercial tenant and its guarantor parent corporation appeal from five orders: three substantive determinations and two discovery rulings. Because plaintiffs willingness and ability to close on the property associated with the lease at issue is irrelevant, we affirm.

Plaintiff RSB Bedford planned to buy a building on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn (the property). However, plaintiff was unwilling to acquire the property without a committed commercial tenant. Accordingly, in anticipation of entering into a commercial lease, plaintiff entered into a letter…

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