Russell Street deli has a long post on Facebook today that sheds some more light on their situation with their landlord, Mr. Nelson.
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The Facebook post suggests that the claim of a $50,000 deferred maintenance problem caused by the deli might be inaccurate. The deli implies that the claim about a need for a repair is a pretext for a lease renegotiation and that any required repair would be a minor one. Hard to know what's really going on. Litigation is expensive and it's understandable if the deli thinks that it is better off terminating the lease and moving on rather than spending many thousand$$$ on lawyers. What kind of repair, if any, is actually needed? Did the deli cause the problem? What exactly does the lease say about responsibility for the repair? What does Michigan law require in these situations? It would cost lots of money to resolve this through a lawsuit. The truth about this dispute probably falls somewhere in the middle of the two stories.