Aeroground, Inc. v. CenterPoint Properties Trust

Dist. Ct. did not err in finding, after bench trial, that instant warehouse lease between parties required that plaintiff-tenant make repairs to concrete slab floor of warehouse. While lease contained ambiguous terms as to whether plaintiff or defendant-landlord was required to make such repairs, where lease specifically required plaintiff to repair “floors” and generally directed defendant to repair warehouse’s “foundation,” Dist. Ct. could properly find that instant damage, which was caused by plaintiff’s heavy fork-lifts, affected slab’s function as “floor.” Thus, plaintiff was required to make said repairs under the more specific clause in lease requiring plaintiff to repair floors of warehouse.