Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Virginia

Banning your customer from mall

It depends on the terms of your lease and themall's rules and regulations. Were you a tenant on property with no lease terms other than those implied in law, there would be an argument that by leasing you space that can't be accessed except by crossing the landlord'sproperty, you have leased an easement by necessity for you and your invitees to access the space. But that is most certainly not thecase. You are subject to a mall lease that gives the landlord tremendous rights (I've litigated cases involving mall leases, so Iam very familiar with them), and almost certainly incorporates rules and regulationsthat the Mall can change from time to time asthey see fit. So unless you can convince themor a court that their conduct was a breach ofyour lease (which MAY be interpreted as requiring them to act reasonably), you have noclaim. Why do they say they excluded these people?

Also, you cannot simply pack up and leave. Youhave a lease, presumably, which will requireyou to pay rent for the space for the rest of the lease term, whether or not you are in there. So you will lose more than your fixedcosts in the event you shut down "for moralreasons."