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Recent Examples of subtenant
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.
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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.
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Alex Riggins,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
The family lives in a rented brownstone in Brooklyn, in which rooms are let to subtenants.
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The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
In February 2020, inspectors noted multiple subtenants, wooden pallets and washing machines.
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Christopher Weber,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2024
In a complaint filed in San Francisco Superior Court, lawyers for Murkelley LLC accused Mission Housing Development Corporation of leaving 5524 Mission Street while its subtenants were still living in the building.
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Jordan Parker,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Feb. 2023
Gregory Marconi, Rob Stillwell of Newmark Knight Frank represented the subtenant.
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Katherine Feser,
Houston Chronicle,
12 June 2020
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
The family lives in a rented brownstone in Brooklyn, in which rooms are let to subtenants.
—
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
In February 2020, inspectors noted multiple subtenants, wooden pallets and washing machines.
—
Christopher Weber,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2024
In a complaint filed in San Francisco Superior Court, lawyers for Murkelley LLC accused Mission Housing Development Corporation of leaving 5524 Mission Street while its subtenants were still living in the building.
—
Jordan Parker,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Feb. 2023
Gregory Marconi, Rob Stillwell of Newmark Knight Frank represented the subtenant.
—
Katherine Feser,
Houston Chronicle,
12 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subtenant
Noun
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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.
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This because payments are based on the difference between the transaction price and what the leasing company expects the model will be worth at the end of the term, financed at the going interest rate, which is again affected one way or the other by a lessee’s FICO score.
Noun
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The panel is supposed to be independent, but with six of the board's nine members appointed by Mamdani, tenants were hopeful the outcome would be in their favor.
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In the initial weeks and months after a six-alarm fire displaced 834 tenants of The Cooper apartments near downtown Fort Worth in June 2025, residents rallied around each other.
Noun
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Food is so scarce and making rent so difficult that characters are perennially taking in lodgers who share beds and sleep in kitchens.
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Phantom Ranch lodgers, including the hiker, were evacuated by helicopter due to the hazardous gas.
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“Subtenant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtenant. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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