Pandemic retail leases expanded on a growing contractual trend of favoring gross percentage of sale rent terms against fixed-market rent structures, as the Wall Street Journal explained (paywall). Initially, this trend appears to favor the risk-averse retailer against landlords and their covenant-heavy lenders. However, as inflation seeps into our daily lives, it may give the commercial landlord an unexpected silver lining.

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