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An assignment of a lease involves the new tenant (commonly referred to as the assignee) agreeing to take on all of the existing tenant's (commonly referred to as the assignor) lease obligations. The transfer of the interest is for the remaining duration of the lease.

The process of assignment of a lease is essentially selling the lease to a third party (the ?assignee?). If you are a commercial property tenant, your contract likely contains a clause that allows you to assign your lease to a new tenant.

Clause 6.1 of a standard Agreement to Lease states the Agreement to Lease cannot be assigned.

Grant of the new lease is the lease extension granted to the lessee that will either take immediate effect or start on a future date. Lease agreements are highly complex and long-term, therefore, both parties should understand their obligations before agreeing to the terms of the lease.

For leases generally exceeding one year the applicable accounting rules dictate that the lessee account for a leased asset as though it has been purchased. The lessee records the leased right as an item of property, plant, and equipment, which is then depreciated over its useful life to the lessee.

The difference between assignment and transfer is that assign means it's legal to transfer property or a legal right from one person to another, while transfer means it's legal to arrange for something to be controlled by or officially belong to another person.

Assignment is a property transfer by the 'assignor' (the holder of the property) to the 'assignee' (the person receiving the property). As the commercial tenant, you are also the 'assignor' and, as such, may effectively assign your lease to another business owner. At this point, they become the new commercial tenant.

'Assigning' a lease simply means transferring your lease to another person so that they become the new tenant. Once the assignment has taken place the lease continues to exist and the new tenant becomes liable for all of the tenant's obligations in the lease.