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Right of First Refusal to Lease is a lease clause that gives an existing tenant the first opportunity to lease additional space that is currently vacant or might become available to lease when another tenant vacates a space in the property.

A commercial lease assignment happens when a tenant transfers all of the rights to a lease to someone else but remains liable for rent payments to the landlord.

A tenant can make a written request at any time to assign their tenancy to someone else. The request should include the contact details of the person being proposed to take over the tenancy. Alternatively, the landlord can find a replacement tenant, although they don't have to do this if they don't want to.

'Assigning' a lease simply means transferring your lease to another person so that they become the new tenant. Once the assignment has taken place the lease continues to exist and the new tenant becomes liable for all of the tenant's obligations in the lease.

Assignments of Business Leases It is open to a landlord to request a guarantor or a rent deposit if the incoming tenant is of poor covenant strength. Once the landlord's consent has been obtained, the tenant and assignee can enter into a deed of assignment to transfer the lease to the assignee.

Assignment provisions in commercial leases are heavily negotiated and very important to both landlords and tenants. When a tenant's interest in a lease is assigned, the tenant is transferring its entire leasehold interest and 100% of the leased premises to a third party for the entire remaining term of the lease.