Selective leasing of shopping center space The Federal Trade Commission was asked its views as to the…
72 F.T.C. 1042 · July 19, 1967 · Digest No. 136
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No. 136. Selective leasing of shopping center space The Federal Trade Commission was asked its views as to the legality of the following proposed course of conduct: A real estate developer plans to develop a new city composed of some 5 000 families. In connection therewith space is to be made available for business and service facilities. Prospective lessees of this space wil be accepted , or rejected , in light of a statistical study purport.ing to show an optimum occupancy mix. The Commission advised the requesting party that, in the absence of any purpose or intent to create a monopoly, prospective lessees could be accepted or rejected at wil provided the action taken was taken independently and as the result of the lessor s individual judgment.
The Commission noted, however, that it expressed no views as to the propriety, under the trade regulation laws , of any agreement between lessor and Jessee as to others to whom space might be leased. (File No. 673 7105 , released July 19, 1967.