Ground Lease—Lender Was Not Entitled To Redemption of Lease—Tenant Had Waived Right of Redemption—RPAPL §763

This decision involved the issue of whether the plaintiff lender could exercise a statutory right to redemption of a lease. The subject lease was a ground lease. The lender had provided a $30 million loan secured by a mortgage on the borrower's interest, as tenant, under the lease.

The lender sought a declaration "affirming its rights upon termination of the lease, including Landlord's obligation to provide a notice of termination under the lease and, upon lender's request within 60 days of such notice, a new lease on the same terms." The lender also sought a declaration as to its "separate statutory rights under Article 7 of the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law to redeem the lease."