Defeating a Landlord's Claim for a Rent Increase and Winning for the Tenant

"A Tenant's Victory Over a Landlord's Overreach"

Law Firm Changchun represented a tenant in a suit in which the landlord sought an increase of approximately 33.5% in the existing rent, and obtained a successful judgment in the tenant's favor.

In this case the tenant had leased adjacent land for use as a parking area for its business, and the landlord claimed a rent increase of approximately 33.5% under the contract, asserting that there had been a defect in the conclusion of the existing lease.

Acting for the tenant, Law Firm Changchun obtained judgment in the tenant's favor by establishing that the tenant had leased the parking site for about ten years and had already agreed to rent increases of roughly 1,100% over that period, and that when the tenant found such rent unsustainable and sought to end the lease and rent other premises, the landlord renewed the lease on terms reducing the rent and then brought this action.

Law Firm Changchun responds actively and effectively for clients in numerous real estate lease matters, including residential and commercial leases, and delivers the best possible solutions.