Instead, a written agreement can help clarify nuanced details in advance like the following: One ground lease that has attracted a lot of attention is President Trump`s 60-year lease with the U.S. Services Administration for the Old Post Office, which now houses the Trump International Hotel Washington D.C. A provision of the lease agreement states that no elected U.S. official may participate in or benefit from the lease in a partisan manner, making President Trump a violation of the agreement. A land lease is an agreement between the owner of empty land or real estate (the “owner” or “lessor”) and a natural or legal person who wishes to develop or improve the property (the “tenant” or “tenant”). .