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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][url]https://www.fox5dc.com/news/city-winery-dc-relocating-due-to-crime-in-ivy-city.amp[/url]

I spent a lot of time in Ivy City at the beginning of its revitalization. The big problems are that there’s a men’s shelter that doesn’t let people in during the day, so the alley becomes a de facto day shelter/waiting room, which isn’t a problem on its own and is fairly self-policed but comes with some trash and other nuisance behavior. Then there is spillover crime from the neighborhood and Trinidad. Plus some muggings.

There was a recent shooting but it’s much more likely that City Winery is just not finding the location to be commercially viable and they’re using this as part of getting out of their lease or whatever. It doesn’t sound like the shooting involved them or customers or anything. Crime might be contributing to people not coming to their venue but I don’t think it’s a new phenomenon. They knew the crime situation when they moved in. [/quote]
what is your rationale for stating that City Winery is using “crime” as a pretext for terminating their lease? do you have direct knowledge of their lease covenants? is the perception of “crime” by a the lessee a common exception provided in commercial lease agreements that allows for unilateral termination? [/quote]

I think they were looking for an excuse. I hated City Winery. Ivy City Smokehouse said that City Winery was full of it. they are doing just fine. City Winery was a dump with very BAD service. [/quote]
I wish I would have known years ago that all I needed was an excuse to terminate a lease.[/quote]

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