Woolloomooloo restaurateur Danil Akram is embroiled in heated negotiations with his landlord, the NSW Land and Housing Corporation.
, have all been regular and loyal patrons at Akram's "family restaurant".
Akram, who pays the government department the market rate of $200,000 a year in rent, had asked for a 50 per cent rental reduction for a period of six months. He also proposed the remaining rent payment for the six months be deferred for six months, at the end of which it would be reimbursed to the Land and Housing Corporation either when the lease expired or in instalments over an eight-year period.
"But that would only be for six months, we do not know when travel will resume, when international tourists will return ... that could be well into 2021 ... I won't be able to survive that long. I have been a good tenant, never been late with my rent, I just asked that they give me consideration for my circumstances, which is just what the Premier Gladys Berejiklian has encouraged landlords [to do] in the private sector.
"If they are not well, we will be turning them away. Our staff have been fully trained in the new rules of social distancing. The facilities are now being constantly cleaned and we have installed reminder notices around to set out just how far punters should be from each other." "To incorporate a face shield of some kind into the headwear, offering full protection but is still elegant and beautiful ... I believe it can be done," Grigg said.
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