# Submerged land lease

A term used when buying marina.

The state or authority lease under the water where the docks actually sit.

Many marinas do not own the bottomland their slips float over: the docks sit on submerged land leased from a state, port, or authority, on terms that renew, reprice, and sometimes restrict use. That lease is as load-bearing as any building's ground lease, so read its remaining term, rent resets, transfer conditions, and what happens at expiry before pricing anything, because a thriving marina on a short or hostile lease is a countdown, not a compounding asset.

Part of: Buying a Marina (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-marina)

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-marina/terms/submerged-land-lease
Not dated: The same editorial definitions as the glossary, inside a trade.

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