Legal Question in Business Law in Hawaii

Re: More detail on Lease not delivered...

It seems as though there is some fraud in the inducement of your lease and problems with the property management and the pizza restaurant's responsibilities to you. We are not even sure whether or not the pizza place had the consent of the owners to sublet the property. However, in black and white you have no 1 year lease and no option to renew irregardless of the receipt and "valid lease status" -- Even if a lease did exist I do not see that you negotiated for an option to renew the lease beyond the year -- OR whether your tenancy is more that month to month -- alot depends on whether the pizza place sublet to you their entire leasehold interest or reserved some for themselves -- also if your lease if for more than a year it must be in writing. You only have 10 days left and you installed fixtures and improvements in reliance on a lease with option to renew forthcoming - Additionally, you have probably established substantial goodwill with customers in your area and would loose the cash value of that goodwill if forced to move -- Note: I would say right now you have a month to month tenancy for a term less than one year because if a lease is invalid because it is not in writing and the tenant nonetheless goes into possession, the tenant's periodic payment of rent will convert what would otherwise be a tenancy at will into a periodic tenancy. The period of the tenancy coincides with the period for which rent is paid. If a tenant fails to pay the promised rent, the landlord has the right to terminate the periodic tenancy lease. Go seek the assistance of a law firm so they can see if the problems in your verbal negotiations with sublessor and the management company can keep you in possession before you become a hold over tenant.