Examples of subtenant in a Sentence
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By late 2023, the building became the target for a patchwork of smaller leases from subtenants, starting with travel tech company Navan, which signed on to take about 36,000 square feet in the building that October.
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Laura Waxmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2026
Under the agreement, the city will receive an upfront payment of $125,000 and monthly rent of $500 or 30 % of subtenant rental revenue, whichever is greater.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Savills is especially encouraged by the prospect that sublease spaces are being filled, either by subtenants or the existing tenants.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
The Ferry Landing is home to 38,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, and is fully leased to 21 subtenants, including Peohe’s, Lil’ Piggy’s Bar-B-Q and Village Pizzeria.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2025
That’s because Rhapsody was a subtenant of Giordano’s, the national pizza chain that closed in 2022 after less than a year in the space.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 26 Aug. 2025
The plaintiffs alleged that MTS’s manager of real estate assets and MTS’s property manager for the warehouse were both aware that San Diego Sports Entertainment Center and its subtenants were operating without proper building or occupancy permits.
—Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
The family lives in a rented brownstone in Brooklyn, in which rooms are let to subtenants.
—The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
In February 2020, inspectors noted multiple subtenants, wooden pallets and washing machines.
—Christopher Weber, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
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Laura Waxmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2026
Under the agreement, the city will receive an upfront payment of $125,000 and monthly rent of $500 or 30 % of subtenant rental revenue, whichever is greater.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Savills is especially encouraged by the prospect that sublease spaces are being filled, either by subtenants or the existing tenants.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
The Ferry Landing is home to 38,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, and is fully leased to 21 subtenants, including Peohe’s, Lil’ Piggy’s Bar-B-Q and Village Pizzeria.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2025
That’s because Rhapsody was a subtenant of Giordano’s, the national pizza chain that closed in 2022 after less than a year in the space.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 26 Aug. 2025
The plaintiffs alleged that MTS’s manager of real estate assets and MTS’s property manager for the warehouse were both aware that San Diego Sports Entertainment Center and its subtenants were operating without proper building or occupancy permits.
—Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
The family lives in a rented brownstone in Brooklyn, in which rooms are let to subtenants.
—The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
In February 2020, inspectors noted multiple subtenants, wooden pallets and washing machines.
—Christopher Weber, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
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“Subtenant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subtenant. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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subtenant
noun
sub·ten·ant
ˌsəb-ˈte-nənt 
: one who rents property from a tenant of the property
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