Property Ownership

In Michigan, a tenant who has made significant improvements to leased property with the landlord's permission typically:

AMust remove all improvements at lease end
BMay remove trade fixtures but not structural improvements✓ Correct
COwns all improvements as personal property forever
DMust pay the landlord for the value of improvements upon removal

Explanation

Trade fixtures (installed by a commercial tenant for business use) may be removed by the tenant before or at lease end. However, structural improvements (which become real property) generally become the landlord's property at lease end unless otherwise agreed.

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