Tenant Estoppel Certificate
(Ground Lease)

Summary

This tenant estoppel certificate template may be used by a landlord or landlord's lender to document and confirm the current status and key terms of a ground lease. This template is often used when a landlord is mortgaging its fee interest during the term of the ground lease. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, and alternate clauses. This Tenant Estoppel Certificate reflects the terms set forth in Paragraph 14.4 of the Ground Lease (Tenant Constructed Improvements) and may be used in conjunction therewith. For further guidance on ground lease transactions, see Ground Leasing, Ground Leasing Resource Kit, Ground Leases: Drafting and Negotiation Strategies and Ancillary Documents in a Ground Leasing Transaction. For a memorandum of lease, see Memorandum of Lease (Ground Lease). For a ground lease template, see Ground Lease (Short Form). For a full listing of Practical Guidance content relating to due diligence for commercial real estate financing, see Commercial Real Estate Financing Due Diligence Resource Kit.