Post by account_disabled on Mar 12, 2024 0:50:18 GMT -5
The Covid-19 crisis has caused delays in payments of commercial lease contracts between shopping centers and tenants. According to a survey by the firm Cerveira, Bloch, Goettems, Hansen & Longo, six traditional shopping malls in the city of São Paulo have accumulated at least 84 eviction actions against tenants since last year.
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Shopping Morumbi is the one Portugal Mobile Number List that has filed the most eviction actions against tenants since 2020
The Morumbi shopping mall leads the list, with 24 actions filed in the São Paulo court system. It is followed by the Eldorado shopping mall, which has 20 processes. Next come the Anália Franco, Center Norte, Paulista and Iguatemi shopping malls, which have, respectively, 14, 11, eight and seven shares.
Between July and December 2020, the Morumbi shopping mall filed 11 eviction actions against tenants. In 2021, the number was surpassed in just four months: there have already been 13 actions. The Eldorado shopping center had 13 actions last year and seven this year so far. In 2019, both shopping malls had filed just five lawsuits each. Anália Franco, which did not file any lawsuits against store owners in 2019, has seven lawsuits in 2021, the same number as in 2020.
According to Daniel Cerveira , partner at the office responsible for the survey and legal consultant for Sindilojas-SP, most of the actions relate to the lack of payment of rental charges, such as rent, condominium fees and promotion fund.
Impacted by the crisis, store owners are asking for a change in the contract readjustment index. They generally follow the General Price Index (IGP), which has increased by more than 30% in 12 months. The demand is for the use of the Broad Consumer Price Index (IPCA), which rose 6% in the same period. There are also requests for the reduction or exemption of rent during the business closure period, as well as suspension of the 13th rent of 2020.
"It is clear that indexes from the IPC family are recommended to support readjustments, in addition to being more stable. In other words, in addition to the precipitous drop in sales due to the lockdown, traders face challenges involving the increase in rent on account adjustments based on the IGPs", points out Cerveira.