Subject: Re: Blue Mercury
From: <[email-masked]>
To: "Joan Mayer" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:58:01 -0500

Check out as best you can the up front costs we would have to pay to move. Then we can both discuss w/ Eric.

RHB
202-333-1880

> On Jan 26, 2016, at 9:49 AM, Joan Mayer <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> Not sure if you were able to think about this more.  And let me know if you want to go see the House of Sweden space.  I'm guessing you need to talk about this with Eric :)   
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> From: Joan Mayer <[email-masked]>
> Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 5:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Blue Mercury
> To: "R. Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
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> 
> Also, just to be clear, we could just move and they take over our lease. We just won't get any payment from Blue Mercury to do so- as I think we both hoped would happen! But we would be paying less for our lease in general if we decide to move to another space.
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>> On Tuesday, January 19, 2016, Joan Mayer <[email-masked]> wrote:
>> Hey-
>> I talked to Barry today about our space.  So the issue is that they are technically paying less rent than we are- they pay $40/sqft and we are paying $44.  Which basically means they won't be able to cut us a check to move since they will need to cover this increase in rent.  Things are a bit more difficult now that Macy's owns them and the budget is a bit more transparent!  
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>> The other option is subletting to them the Agenda Project space until our lease expires (Jan 2017).
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>> Or even just subletting our space from us and we move.  Barry isn't a huge fan of this since it would mean involve Ted Vogel.  But they are desperate.
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>> The other issue is that Erika realized we were talking space when Barry came over and just wants to make sure if we move we give them a lot of time since its election season. 
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>> I told Barry that you are still traveling and so is Eric so we can't really give him an answer until next week once you and Eric have had time to discuss.
>> 
>> I told him I would pass this info along to you and get back to him later.
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>> Joan K. Mayer
>> Rosemont Seneca Advisors, LLC
>> 1010 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 705
>> Washington, DC 20007
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>> m:202-841-8543
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> Rosemont Seneca Advisors, LLC
> 1010 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 705
> Washington, DC 20007
> o: 202-333-1880
> m:202-841-8543
> [email-masked]
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> Joan K. Mayer
> Rosemont Seneca Advisors, LLC
> 1010 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 705
> Washington, DC 20007
> o: 202-333-1880
> m:202-841-8543
> [email-masked]
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