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Boston Landlord Targets Popular Chicken Chain’s Lease
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- Raising Cane’s alleges the landlord pressured it to waive a contract granting exclusive chicken restaurant rights.
- The landlord reportedly engaged Panda Express to move into a neighboring space.
- Heath Properties, affiliated with 775 Boylston LLC, declined comment on the ongoing lawsuit.
A Boston landlord is seeking to evict a Raising Cane’s restaurant, citing complaints about chicken finger odors from new office tenants. The chain’s lease runs until 2037, but the landlord issued a termination notice claiming the odor is a nuisance.
Raising Cane’s states it spent over $200,000 to address odor complaints, yet faces threats to its right to do business.
Local business owners should not face eviction threats over lawful operations protected by binding contracts.
When established rights and property agreements come under attack, it raises serious concerns about contractual integrity and limits on government and corporate overreach.
Our freedoms depend on staying vigilant.
