Business and Commercial Role-Play:

Discount Marketplace and Hawkins Development

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Lawrence Bacow

Two-party negotiation between a shopping center developer and a prospective anchor tenant over the terms of the proposed lease's "use, assignment, and subletting" clause

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Please note: you must order a copy (a.k.a. license/usage fee) for every person participating in the simulation in your course. This simulation has multiple roles, so you will be unable to complete your purchase without meeting the minimum quantity requirement of copies per role.

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To order multiple copies of a role simulation for use in a course or workshop, simply enter the total number of participants in the box next to “Quantity.” There is no need to calculate how many of each role is required.

If you are ordering hard copies, the Teaching Negotiation Resource Center will calculate the appropriate numbers of each role to provide, based on the total number of participants. For example, if you wish to order a 2-party role simulation for use with a class of 30 students, you would enter “30” in the box next to “Quantity.” You then would receive 15 copies of one role and 15 copies of the other role, for use with your 30 participants. As another example, if you ordered 30 participant copies of a 6-party role simulation, you would receive 5 copies of each role.

In the event that the number of participant copies you order is not evenly divisible by the number of roles in the simulation, you will receive extra copies of one or more roles. Participants receiving the extra roles may partner with other participants playing the same role, thus negotiating as a team. So, for instance, if you ordered 31 copies of a 2-party role simulation, you would receive 15 copies of the first role and 16 copies of the second role. One of the participants playing the second role would partner with another participant playing that same role, and the two would negotiate as a team.

Bulk Pricing Discount

For bulk orders, we offer the following pricing discounts. Please note that these only apply to bulk orders of the same simulation.

  • Between 100-250 copies – 10% discount
  • Between 251-500 copies – 25% discount
  • More than 500 copies – 50% discount
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SCENARIO:

Discount Marketplace, one of the largest discount soft goods retailer in the country, has presented its standard lease to Hawkins Development a regional real estate developer. The developer found most of the lease acceptable, after modifications of some provisions. However, negotiations are at an apparent impasse over the "use, assignment, and subletting" clause proposed by Discount Marketplace. In-house leasing representatives from both parties have been asked to resolve this dispute and to finalize the lease.

 

MECHANICS:

This exercise is designed as a one-on-one negotiation but also works well with teams of two representing each side. Individual preparation requires about 15 minutes, whereas teams of two will need slightly more time to coordinate a strategy. The negotiation should take from 20-35 minutes and a productive debriefing can take an hour or more.

The Negotiation of a Commercial Lease video is based on this simulation, and is a useful supplemental tool for debriefing. Instructors also may wish to view the first video in the Program on Negotiation's Negotiation Pedagogy Video Series (Professor Michael Wheeler, Harvard Business School), which depicts an experienced negotiation professor using the Negotiation of a Commercial Lease video in an actual Harvard Business School class.

 

MAJOR LESSONS:

  • Relationships are important in this case. A long-term lease means a long-term relationship; which will enhance a good working rapport.
  • This case is a good vehicle for exploring each other's interests and designing creative options to solve the leasing problem.
  • Discussions should focus on the potential for transforming an apparent zero-sum problem (in which the developer wants use restrictions and the prospective tenant wants a free hand) to one in which joint gain is created. Participants should be encouraged to relate the substance of their agreements to the process by which they uncovered interests and generated options.

 

TEACHING MATERIALS:

For all parties:

  • General Information

 

Role Specific:

Confidential Instructions for:

  • Discount Marketplace
  • Hawkins Development

 

Teacher's Package:

  • All of the Above

 

PROCESS THEMES:

BATNA; Closure; Communication; Interests, dovetailing; Lawyering; Legitimacy; Relationship; Risk aversion; Risk perception; Time constraints; Trust

Negotiation Pedagogy Video Series, Part I
This unscripted video, available separately, shows PON faculty member Michael Wheeler running and debriefing the "Discount Marketplace and Hawkins Development" exercise, interspersed with excerpts from a post-workshop interview with the instructor.
Order the video here.

Discount Marketplace and Hawkins Development Attributes

Time required: 30 minutes - 1 hour
Number of participants: 2
Teams involved: No
Agent present: Non-lawyer
Neutral third party present: None
Scoreable: No
Teaching notes available: Yes
Non-English version available: German, Spanish