you look into an uncertain future, many are desperate: Beizer and small businesses, because of the Corona crisis since the age of 16. March are not allowed to work. “Our members fear for their existence,” said Maurus Ebneter (56), President of the host Association of Basel-Stadt.
late Friday afternoon, he stands in the stone suburb in the heart of Basel. To normal times, the street is a lively area for nightlife. But where else will the weekend with a beer is welcomed, the tables are empty, the chairs stacked on each other.Ebneter hurts the sight: “If the Situation remains any longer, threatens not only poor running premises of the bankrupt, but also those that are actually set up solid.”
landlords are more accommodating
The despair is joined by many of the hosts anger on the landlord, the want to see, despite the Lockdown, the full rent. “The rent in the premises of the largest expense items that is not covered by government support measures,” said Ebneter.
While many small private landlords are contrary to the hosts. The big real estate companies do not drive but a hard line: “you make the slightest effort to reduce the annual rent.”
Armin sugar (64), Vice-President of the Association of business tenants, observed in its 400 members is the Same: “The large property owners such as Swiss Prime Site, PSP, Allreal, Mobimo, Swiss Life, UBS, Credit Suisse, Migros, IUC, Swisscanto may provide a payment extension of up to two months without having to forego the rent.”
at the same time will be signaled by a majority, to be open for negotiation. “The business of tenant but will be prompted for all options, such as short-time work and emergency loans exploit and to prove this.”
Sunday view are several letters that show how strictly large real estate corporations derail the request for rent reduction. The insurance of furniture, for example, that in Switzerland approximately 130 properties, informed the tenant of a business property, that the decree of the rent debt “was excluded at the present time”. Instead, the supplicant will be prompted for a “clear proposal” to submit to, how you intend the “may have to pay rent debt” later repay.
Komzerne based on the home owners Association
The Swiss Finance & Property Group (SFP), a real estate specialist investment company, has tenants, your Business in Basel, Berne and Zurich also reported that “obligation to pay the Rent is unchanged”.
The tenants will be called to request the Bank an emergency loan, to be able to the rent to pay. “We are happy to talk with you and your house Bank to the necessity of the granting of a bridging present loan as an interested third party,” writes the SFP.
The real estate company PSP Swiss Property owns real estate worth around eight billion francs, stops for a tenant to “all opportunities” to exploit in order to pay the rent “as quickly as possible” – including the submission of a request for emergency loan.
The companies have based their rejection letters on the evaluation of the house owners Association (HEV) and the Association of real estate Switzerland (VIS). The powerful industry associations represented unambiguously of the opinion that the rent remains despite Lockdown full due.
the legal situation should quickly
Armin of sugar from the Association of business tenants to be clarified, sees it differently: “After careful legal analysis, we are of the opinion that the forced closure due to a reduction in claim of business tenants. In the case of complete closure, the 100 percent of the rent.”
lawyer sugar assumes that the will not hold to the contrary opinion of a Review by the Federal court of jurisdiction. “The short-sighted attitude of HEV and VIS convincing the owner to a deceitful security. At the end you will reap a bankruptcy default note and an empty store.”
the Same opinion of the Association of hotels and restaurants gastro Suisse. President Casimir Platzer (58) requires, however, that the legal situation will soon be resolved. “A lot of diverging opinions are no good to anyone. We need to know what the deal is. Either there is a word of Power of the Federal Council, or the chief judge of the land settle this.” Bit of the Rent task force, which was convened by Minister of economic Affairs, Guy Parmelin (60) has brought so far. Platzer: “The task force is progressing hardly any. The home owner Association and the representatives of the large real estate companies show up to now, zero willingness to compromise.”
let A General Tenant, or a Swiss-wide rent reduction, you refused categorically. Instead, each case should be evaluated individually.
Platzer notes: “This is for the restaurant operations, however, unsatisfactory. Because of this, you stay on the Goodwill of your landlord to rely.”
