subtenant

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Recent Examples of subtenant By late 2023, the building became the target for a patchwork of smaller leases from subtenants, starting with travel tech company Navan, which signed on to take about 36,000 square feet in the building that October. Laura Waxmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2026 Under the agreement, the city will receive an upfront payment of $125,000 and monthly rent of $500 or 30 % of subtenant rental revenue, whichever is greater. Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026 Savills is especially encouraged by the prospect that sublease spaces are being filled, either by subtenants or the existing tenants. George Avalos, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026 The Ferry Landing is home to 38,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, and is fully leased to 21 subtenants, including Peohe’s, Lil’ Piggy’s Bar-B-Q and Village Pizzeria. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2025 That’s because Rhapsody was a subtenant of Giordano’s, the national pizza chain that closed in 2022 after less than a year in the space. Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 26 Aug. 2025 The plaintiffs alleged that MTS’s manager of real estate assets and MTS’s property manager for the warehouse were both aware that San Diego Sports Entertainment Center and its subtenants were operating without proper building or occupancy permits. Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025 When Jason’s ad went viral on Reddit, some accused him of trying to take advantage of his prospective subtenant. Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subtenant
Noun
  • On Reddit, a Polestar lessee reported that service centers in San Francisco and San Jose are in the process of being dissolved, which could force him to travel over 300 miles to Los Angeles to return his vehicles when the lease runs out.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 10 July 2026
  • The owner and lessee will bear the responsibility of clearing the debris and alleviating some of the effects of the fire and its aftermath, Moore said, including looking for ways to mitigate debris flowing out of the warehouse, and the smell emitted by the rotting food.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Boulder’s policy opens some of that opportunity to homeowners, second-home owners and, with the owner’s permission, tenants.
    Tim Komarek, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The Chase Center, opened in 2019, is on a 38-game sellout streak for its WNBA tenant.
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The lodger being burned at the stake evokes the recent Spanish housing crisis.
    Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Food is so scarce and making rent so difficult that characters are perennially taking in lodgers who share beds and sleep in kitchens.
    Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026

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“Subtenant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtenant. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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