must be exercised if the lease provides only for renewal “at the end of’ the original lease term. As the Court of Appeals acknowledged, a split of authority exists in other jurisdictions concerning construction of the option language in these types of leases. Relying on one line of cases, City Sign argues that the renewal provision’s, phrase “at the end of 10 ye on to renew is part of the lease and therefore expires at the same time the lease expires. See Douglass v. Jones, 422 So.2d 352, 354 (Fla.Dist.Ct.App.1982); I.X.L. Furniture & Carpet Installment House v. Berets, 91 P. at 282. A separate group of courts have concluded that such an option may be exercised within a reasonable time after the expiration of the lease. See Maddox v. Hobbie, 228 Ala. 80, 152 So. 222, 224-25 (1934) (<HOLDING>); Heritage Square Invs. v. Trouard, 406 So.2d
holding that under an option requiring renewal at the expiration of the lease but providing no more specific time requirement the lessee had a reasonable time to exercise the option within the term of the lease holding that under an option requiring renewal at the expiration of the lease the lessee was required to exercise the option on or before the last day of the lease holding that an option to renew at the expiration of the original lease was effectively exercised because the lessees holding over without express notification of renewal was deemed an election to renew the lease holding that plaintiff was entitled to compensation for governments taking of option to renew a lease holding that where the rent payments during the original and extended terms were the same the lessees payment of rent and continued occupation of the leased premises standing along was insufficient  to establish that they had exercised their option to renew the lease for an additional term