Breaking Commercial Lease Early &amp; landlord forced me to take my ad down to lease my space. Does this breach the lease?
He told me I could advertise it and if someone will lease it, he will let me out of my contract. However, he raised rent $500 and told me to take down my ad 4 days ago and has not put up any posts himself. Is there a way I can use this to get out of my lease early? I have 2 years left on the agreement. 


[{"id": "dco6nb0", "text": "Check your lease. Generally speaking if you \"break\" your lease, the Landlord has certain mechanisms in place to recoup all of the monies owed on the lease obligation plus penalties. You, as a Tenant, would be better served having a broker sublet your space. Good luck.", "replies": [{"id": "dco8ohc", "text": "Thanks for the advice! \n", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "dcptpfv", "text": "To add to this, some leases do restrict the advertising of sublet space.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dconv0n", "text": "Did he put it in writing? Normally, landlords will help you get out of the lease because no one wants a failing business in their plaza. On the other hand he/she has no obligation to do so unless there's an early termination clause in the lease. \n\nIf he does help you out of the lease, the tenant normally has to pay for all fees associated with the move and the search for the new tenant.\n", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dcp4kox", "text": "Does your lease have a sublease / subletting clause in it? Check there first.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dcsv9iy", "text": "in addition to what everyone else said, how did he raise your rent while you had 3 years left?  Do you mean you hit an annual increase and he followed the lease or one day he just said he'd like $500 extra?  ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]