| Furniture
Showroom on Madison Ave Triggers Million
Dollar Rent Lawsuit, Now To Mediation
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 8 – Dorian New
York LLC signed a lease for a
high-end furniture showroom
space at 105 Madison Avenue,
for half a million dollars a
year, just before the COVID-19
pandemic hit.
They have
not paid, and they are being
sued for 10 years'
rent.
On
December 17, 2020 U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Edgardo Ramos held a
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
The
landlord's lawyer made it
sound simple: Dorian had put
up their sign, then reneged.
But Dorian's
lawyer said the landlord had
not made agreed improvements
to the space, specifically to
its mezzanine, and that his
client never got the key and
took possession.
Judge Ramos
asked if it was fair to not
pay rent because of COVID.
Dorian's lawyer
pointed to the failure to make
improvements, a sort of you
snooze, you lose defense. The
landlord says the improvements
were not a condition precedent
for the payment of rent.
Jump cut to
September 8, 2021, when Judge
Ramos held another proceeding
in the case. Inner City Press
again covered it. Now, with
the "alleged" rental agreement
still disputed, Judge Ramos
referred it for mediation. He
said, I hope not to see you
again in this case.
The case is
A&R Real Estate, Inc. v.
Dorian New York LLC et al.,
20-cv-6976 (Ramos)
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