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&nbsp;Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 1.3kItalian designer brand Valentino is suing the landlord of its flagship store on 's Fifth Avenue, claiming the location is no longer considered prime real estate amid the pandemic.The four-story retail experience closed to in-person customers alongside many other non-essential businesses when the state went on lockdown in March. Soon after, it put up boarding to protect the store from looting, but it has since been removed.Data from property brokerage firm Cushman &amp; Wakefield states rents averaged $2,513 per square foot when Valentino's lease began in August 2013.But as the store partially returns with curb-side pickup for purchases made online, Valentino has filed a lawsuit to get out of its 16-year lease with Savitt Partners LLC, nine years early.Situated at 54th street, two blocks south of Trump Tower and with neighbors that include Versace, Gucci and Louis Vuitton, the high-fashion brand claims the stretch of designer boutiques in the 10-blocks leading up to Central Park, are no longer desirable.Even as brick-and-mortar stores reopen, foot traffic in the area, which boasts the popular tourist spot Saks Fifth Avenue, has drastically decreased.In the lawsuit it notes the lease had a provision about the brand using the space 'consistent with the luxury, prestigious, high-quality reputation of the immediate Fifth Avenue neighborhood.''In the current social and economic climate, filled with COVID-19-related restrictions, social distancing measures, a lack of consumer confidence and a prevailing fear of patronizing, in-person, "non-essential" luxury retail boutiques, Valentino's business at the premises has been substantially hindered and rendered impractical, unfeasible and no longer workable,' Lucas Ferrara of Newman Ferrara LLP filed on behalf of Valentino.The brand argues the situation is unlikely to change 'even in a post-pandemic New York City (should such a day arrive),' the reports.The court filing claims that a lawyer representing the landlord sent a letter on Friday disagreeing that Valentino has a right to surrender the lease.Robert Cyruli of Cyruli Shanks Hart &amp; Zizmor LLP, is representing the landlord and declined to comment to the WSJ: 'My client won't be litigating through the media.'Victoria's Secret also recently filed a lawsuit in an attempt to get out of a lease at its New York Herald Square branch.Jay-Z's Roc Nation sued it's NYC landlord for stalling on a sub-leasing agreement after they stopped paying rent.&nbsp;Roc Nation says it invoked a clause in the lease, freeing it from its contractual obligations in case circumstances beyond their control arise - such as the coronavirus pandemic - and make the contract impractical or impossible to uphold. The NBA is being sued by a Manhattan landlord for failing to pay $1.2million in rent in April and May for its flagship Fifth Ave store. The league says the claim is meritless.&nbsp;NBA Media Ventures, LLC is required to pay $625,000 of its $7.5 million annual fee on the first day of each month under teams of its lease with 535-545 FEE LLC. Counting other fees such as water, the owners are seeking more than $1.2million.The store has been closed since mid-March, when the city shut down amid the outbreak. The NBA contends that factor is an extenuating circumstance&nbsp;Brands such as Valentino are thought to be focusing on e-commerce after the coronavirus outbreak.Last week Valentino and Amazon filed a joint lawsuit against New York-based Kaitlyn Pan Group for allegedly counterfeiting Valentino shoes and offering them for sale online.The move is Amazon's first joint litigation with a luxury fashion brand and Valentino's first with an online retailer.The lawsuit regards the Valentino Garavani Rockstud shoes and the fashion group will receive any proceeds from the case, the companies said in a statement.Amazon has long been rumoured to be readying a new luxury fashion site to rival Alibaba's Tmall Luxury Pavilion, but LVMH and other top luxury groups say the risk of counterfeiting is high on such platforms.Amazon said it had shut down Kaitlyn Pan's seller account on its platform in September 2019.'Despite multiple notices of infringement and a cease and desist order, Kaitlyn Pan continues to import, distribute, sell, and offer infringing products on kaitlynpanshoes.com,' the companies said.They added Kaitlyn Pan had tried to apply for a U.S. trademark for the Garavani Rockstud shoes, 'flagrantly and willfully disregarding Valentino's intellectual property'.Share what you thinkThe comments below have not been moderated.The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.We are no longer accepting comments on this article.Published by Associated Newspapers LtdPart of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday &amp; Metro Media Group&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

&nbsp;Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 1.3kItalian designer brand Valentino is suing the landlord of its flagship store on 's Fifth Avenue, claiming the location is no longer considered prime real estate amid the pandemic.The four-story retail experience closed to in-person customers alongside many other non-essential businesses when the state went on lockdown in March. Soon after, it put up boarding to protect the store from looting, but it has since been removed.Data from property brokerage firm Cushman &amp; Wakefield states rents averaged $2,513 per square foot when Valentino's lease began in...

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