Be very careful that you follow the lease to the letter, otherwise you might open yourself up to damages because the tenant has expended funds.Disclaimer: Please do not rely on the above as legal advice because I do not know enough details about your situation to render any.

You can produce rendering to sell your project to investors and buyers.

are pre-foreclosure lists still rendering a good return?

These are all questions that often need to be answered in order for somebody to render advice on your situation.  

That decision basically rendered one side of the duplex obsolete.  

Andy renders personal services inoperating both businesses, but only the law firm has adopted the qualified plan.How is Andy’s IRC 415 limit calculated for the law practice’s qualified plan?

It says "if the premesis...are rendered wholly untenantable by...casualty not caused by..negligence of tenant, agreement shall terminate...".  

The court would never even approach the topic of your damages since a finding would render moot the landlords objections.

Rob Adams I believe only you can answer your own question, you need more research on which area you want to invest, not an opinion upon which some random person from a forum renders.

with a little engineering work a person could definitely do it, but the work required isn't within our budget and would render the project out side of the ROI zone we're looking for at least in the near term).