Thursday, July 2, 2020
Orlando Sentinel and parent company Tribune Publishing being sued for unpaid rent
Posted
By Matthew Moyer
on Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 4:52 PM
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Local daily newspaper the
Orlando Sentinel has been sued by its landlord for three months of alleged unpaid rent, according to court documents from the
Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida.
The Miami-based landlord
Orlando Opportunities South B LLC and Midtown Opportunities VIB LLC sued both the Sentinel and parent company, Tribune Publishing Co., on June 18 for rent money owed on its 18-acre downtown campus.
Orlando Business Journal reports that the landlord is seeking $369,623.77 for office space and $164,931.53 for industrial space. The
Sentinel's lease on the building expires in 2023.
Tribune Publishing
– which owns multiple newspapers around the country including the
Chicago Tribune, the
Baltimore Sun and the
South Florida Sun Sentinel – had earlier
noted in a June SEC filing that it was withholding rent payments for a
"majority of its facilities" amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, publisher Nancy A. Meyer sent a memo to staff this week confirming the SEC filing: “Consistent with our past internal messaging and communication from Tribune Publishing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, many of our facilities withheld rent in April, May and June due to the pandemic.”
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