The Certificate of Occupancy
It's not officially summer yet but the weather lately sure makes it feel like it's so. For some reason, I have this sense that something is supposed to happen for me to begin enjoying the summer and all fun things that go along with it such as going swimming, biking, playing in the park, tossing a ball around, having a barbeque or picnic, etc. etc. I suppose the time to enjoy summer is now. Today. This evening. Now.
My time these days is completely engulfed in the work involved in opening up our restaurant. We're about to sign a lease for a space that has no Certificate of Occupancy ("C of O") in place yet although the landlord assures us that he's working on getting it. He assured us that it would be in place by September 1 but now he's extended that date to October 15. That's 45 days later and that means 45 days of losing money because we'll be delayed in working on this place. There are no guarantees that he'll even have a Certificate of Occupancy in place by that date. We need to talk to our lawyers about this. I want to be able to walk away from this deal should another place come up that has the C of O in place already. Otherwise we're just wasting time and time is money.
My time these days is completely engulfed in the work involved in opening up our restaurant. We're about to sign a lease for a space that has no Certificate of Occupancy ("C of O") in place yet although the landlord assures us that he's working on getting it. He assured us that it would be in place by September 1 but now he's extended that date to October 15. That's 45 days later and that means 45 days of losing money because we'll be delayed in working on this place. There are no guarantees that he'll even have a Certificate of Occupancy in place by that date. We need to talk to our lawyers about this. I want to be able to walk away from this deal should another place come up that has the C of O in place already. Otherwise we're just wasting time and time is money.