On 17/05/2013 1:01 PM, sf wrote:

> I honestly don't know what has to be disclosed when it comes to
> renting a restaurant property. I know we had a fantastic restaurant
> just a couple of blocks away from us that closed very suddenly after
> being open for only a week or two. It turned out there was some sort
> of a drainage problem in the kitchen area (I don't remember if city
> inspectors were involved or not). It was a matter of who was
> responsible. The landlord said the tenant was responsible and the
> tenant said it was the landlord..


You're not giving us a lot of information here. A tenant usually rents a
building and that looks after the renovations that need to be done in
order to comply with local laws related to that sort of business. We
don't know what sort of arrangement the landlord and the tenant had. I
have seen old gas stations heavily renovated and converted to
restaurants, but I don't think that most rental agreements would require
the landlord to look after the conversions. The landlord is renting the
space and the building and I think that in most cases it is up to the
tenant to make it conform for their business