commercial landlords and tenants

"Steven D. Bell & Company’s Commercial Division relies heavily on Michael Ortiz of Ortiz and Schick for collection issues and general landlord/tenant issues that may arise. Their expertise has dealt with issues such as master lease defaults, rent collections, protection of use rights of tenants against neighboring developments, lease language construction and lease language interpretations. Their work is well thought out and takes into account all aspects of a matter and the affect on us as the client. Our association with Michael Ortiz and his firm has been long standing and will be so for many years to come."

Jay D. Couch, CPM
Senior Vice President
Steven D. Bell & Company

Practicing law is a little like playing chess. You have to know what your opponent is thinking and what his next move will be before you make your next move.

Your advantage with Ortiz & Schick is that we know how the landlord thinks and we know how the tenant thinks. We've represented both.

Our services include:

Landlord services

• Providing legal assistance related to buying and selling commercial property
• Drafting commercial lease contracts
• Enforcing lease contracts
• Negotiating contracts with vendors
• Consulting related to real estate development and financing
• Performing title, survey, and environmental due diligence
• Providing assistance with zoning, land use, and planning

Tenant services

• Establishing and maintaining businesses
• Drafting lease contracts
• Enforcing lease contracts by drafting demand letters or initiating a lawsuit, if necessary

Representative clients

• Bennigan's Grill and Tavern
• Colonial Properties
• Cunningham Field Research
  
• Ginn & Co.
• Lee Nails
• Lee Tailors
• Moe's Southwest Grill
• Mr. Pretzel
  
• Port City Java
  
• Red Bowl Asian Bistro
• Steven D. Bell & Company

Handled leases involving the following

• Aranov Realty Management
• Books-A-Million
• Cafaro
  
• CBL & Associates
• Chik-fil-A
• Church's Chicken
• Dairy Queen
• Dollar Tree
• Eckerd Drugs
• Fashion Bug
  
• General Growth Properties
• Jacobs Group
• Kroger
• Leslie's Pools
• Macerich
• Marquee Cinemas
• Mrs. Fields Cookies
• Olive Garden
• PREIT
• Radio Shack
• Red, Hot & Blue
• Rouse Co.
• Ruby Tuesday's
• Starbucks Coffee
• Simon Property Group
• Waves Music
• Taubman Centers
• ULTA Salon
• Urban Retail Properties
• Westfield Group