On Fri, 17 May 2013 19:02:26 -0400, Dave Smith
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>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

Very true. You can rent just he building "as is" or you can built to
suit and charge accordingly.

About 10 years ago we had a new tenant, a start up business, in our
building. The town building inspector went into a rant about the
landlord screwing the tenant because of some renovations that had to
be done to put her into compliance. He shut up when I told he she was
getting the first three months rent free and the next three at half
the regular rate.