Ambulatory Surgical Center Lease Agreements

Summary

While negotiation of lease agreements for most health-care providers involves the same issues presented by most commercial lease agreements, this practice note deals with leases for ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), which present unique issues that must be identified and negotiated by the attorneys representing the landlord and the ASC tenant. (For purposes of this practice note, all references to "tenant" shall mean an ASC tenant.) ASCs are health-care facilities that provide single or multi-specialty outpatient surgical care in the same day, which may include diagnostic and preventative procedures. Given the number of unique economic and non-economic issues that must be addressed, ASC leases can be quite complicated.