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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Scott, you are in luck today, although my file on these cases is more than 15 years old, take a look at these cases as a start (yes,
the courts have forgiven Tenant’s late sending on renewal options under certain situations where equity was found to relieve the tenant from its tardiness):<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Investment Builders of Florida Inc. v. S.U.S. Food Market Investments 753 So. 2d (Fla 4th DCa 2000)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott Frank<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 24, 2019 9:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'RPPTL Landlord Tenant Committee'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RPPTL LandTen] Commercial Lease Extension<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I know I had seen (a while ago) some case law regarding a commercial tenant that exercised its extension option after the deadline, but the lease had no “time is of the essence”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">But, to be honest, I may be mixing this up with Massachusetts law. So if any of you know what I am talking about, any assistance/direction would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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