Pickering Wharf Realty Trust v. Victoria Station Salem, Inc.

Greco, EJ.

The Pickering Wharf Realty Trust (“Pickering”) owns roughly two-thirds of the Pickering Wharf complex. It leased one of its condominium units to the defendant, Victoria Station Salem, Inc. (‘Victoria Station”), for use as a restaurant. The whole complex includes residences and a shopping center. In July of 2005, Pickering sought to evict Victoria Station for nonpayment of rent. More specifically, what was allegedly not paid was “additional rent” for “a proportion of the Shopping Center’s operating cost,” as more fully discussed below. The summary process complaint originally alleged…