---
title: "Commercial Lease Agreements"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/real-estate-law-en/commercial-lease-agreements-156-en"
field: "Real Estate Law"
description: "Commercial lease agreements: rent, sublease, terms and termination rules in Georgia. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-11-04"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Commercial Lease Agreements

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## The Legal Nature of Commercial Lease Agreements

The commercial lease agreement is one of the most practical instruments of Georgian civil legislation: through it a business obtains office, industrial or retail space for use. Under the lease contract the lessor must transfer to the lessee defined property for temporary use and, during the lease period, ensure the possibility of receiving the fruits, where they are received as income as a result of the proper management of the undertaking. The lessee must pay the lessor the agreed rent.

The rent is defined flexibly: it may be determined either in money or in kind, and the parties may agree on other means of determining the rent as well. For commercial leases this matters, because rent is often linked to turnover or income — and the law does not obstruct such constructions. In addition, the rules of the rental contract apply to the lease contract unless the special lease norms provide otherwise.

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### In what form may the rent be determined?

The rent may be determined either in money or in kind, and the parties may agree on other means of determining it as well.

### Can a lease be concluded for more than ten years?

The contract may be concluded for more than ten years, but after ten years each party may terminate the relationship within the period established by law, provided this condition is contemplated by the contract.

### When is the lessor's consent needed for a sublease?

The lessee has no right to sublease without the lessor's consent; for partial leasing-out the lessor may refuse where it would suffer significant damage.

### How is an open-ended lease terminated?

Where no term is determined, each party may declare termination for the following year no later than ten days after the beginning of the lease year; the lease year is the calendar year.

### In what condition must the leased property be returned?

In a condition ensuring the proper continuation of the undertaking existing before the return.