Asking for help, tenant in shopping center with severe parking ossue
I’m a freestanding tenant in a shopping center, but members from the gym tenant here, take up all of the spaces right in front of my building, affecting my customers ability to find parking and my sales, what can I do?
[{"id": "hnmvhtw", "text": "Understand the parking clauses in your lease very well, to begin with.  Assuming you don't have a lot of teeth in the lease it might be a simple appeal to the LL to help, maybe some reserved spaces for your business.  Other questions:  Are other tenants affected?  Who was there first, you or the gym?  How much time is on your lease?  Can you relocate your businesses?  Did you invest heavily on your own improvements?", "replies": [{"id": "hnn19sx", "text": "Agreed with everything here. LL May not be aware of the issue. The tenants who get your parking for free certainly won't be complaining. You can frame it in a way such that, you need the LLs help to enforce parking rules (or put some rules in place) so all tenants have equal parking which will ensure you have a healthy business that can afford the rent. Pro tip: landlords usually start to pay attention when money is involved \ud83e\udd23 but with all seriousness, this is their problem too. Any business that goes in there will be choked out", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "hno4abl", "text": "The gym is there,  we are a restaurant  just opened a few months ago, invested quite a bit", "replies": [{"id": "hno5aqi", "text": "Ok, a restaurant needs parking and access to be successful.  If your lease doesn't call for reserved parking, ask your landlord.  There should be other clauses in your lease that might help you out, but at the end of the day you are a tenant and an amenity to the center and the LL needs to enforce the gym's over-parking problem.\n\nNot an uncommon problem but the solution for you likely (hopefully) won't be litigious and will likely hinge on your relationship with the ownership and their ability to get creative with the gym.  I'd also get to know the gym managers and let them know of the issue, if they're approachable and amendable.  If not, focus on ownership's obligation.\n\nDocument EVERYTHING via email.  If it's a call, follow up with an email outlining the conversation.  Take pics/video of everything.  Just in case it does get nasty.\n\nGood luck.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hnnjuz3", "text": "If your landlord allows, stencil the stalls in front with \"Parking provided for \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_.  ALL OTHERS TOWED\"\n\nAnd then, for the next 4 weeks, enforce it.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hnnk38y", "text": "You mention freestanding, is there any chance that the gym is separately owned and/or managed? Despite proximity I've seen confusion happen before around common area charges for parking lot fees.", "replies": [{"id": "hno4d21", "text": "Same ownership, the gym is endcap of the strip,  I\u2019m the cloest to them in terms of parking lot", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hno6b2e", "text": "LL here:  if you came to me politely I would do everything I could to help you. \n\nPS people going to a gym can\u2026. Walk", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hnsudhw", "text": "Yup looking at your lease and talking to your LL is definitely your best best. Taking pictures of the issue during key times and including them in an email  to document you are having this issue is also very important. You'll always be better off staking claim to some parking spaces for your customers as the LL would have a difficult time trying to force the gym members to park elsewhere in the lot, this is impractical.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]