Common Lease Issues for the Craft Beer Industry

Signing a lease can be an exciting part of your dream of opening or expanding a craft brewery. Dinsmore attorney Sam Brinker will highlight the importance of a lease review by credible, experienced real estate counsel when beginning a craft brewery and will also identify different types of lease provisions (including industry specific provisions) and their impact on lease negotiations and the landlord/tenant relationship.

Learn more about:

• Timing for buildout, tenant improvement costs and allocation;
• Licensing contingencies;
• Warranties;
• Nuisance clauses and prohibition of animals on premises;
• Common area expenses;
• Assignment rights;
• Personal guarantees;
• Agreed uses – tasting rooms versus full breweries versus breweries with food service, merchandising; and
• Special termination rights