The ending of a lease obligation before or at the natural lease expiration date, whether by mutual agreement, exercise of a contractual option, or default and legal action by either party.
Lease termination can occur several ways: natural expiration at the end of the lease term; mutual agreement (lease buyout or early termination agreement); exercise of a contractual termination option; landlord termination following an uncured tenant default; tenant termination following an uncured landlord default; or operation of law (destruction of premises, condemnation). A negotiated early termination typically requires the tenant to pay a termination fee. For portfolio managers, tracking upcoming lease expirations and termination option deadlines is a core function of lease administration — precisely the data Lextract extracts from lease documents.
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