Brookfield suing law firm for rent; Brookfield wants the Rider Bennett law firm to pay rent for the space it's about to vacate.(BUSINESS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: May 16, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Susan Feyder; Staff Writer

The pending demise of the Rider Bennett law firm has left Brookfield Properties Corp. with a large chunk of soon-to-be-vacant office space in the heart of downtown Minneapolis for which it gave free rent in 2005-06.

Brookfield now is suing Rider Bennett, asking for about $11.5 million in rent that it maintains the law firm owes as a result of its recent decision to shut down.

An entity of Toronto-based Brookfield, which owns 33 South Sixth Street (formerly the International Multifoods Tower), is claiming the law firm's plan to cease ...

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