BOCA RATON, FL (Boca Post) (Copyright © 2026) — A Boca Raton landlord has filed a civil complaint in Palm Beach County Circuit Court seeking to evict Cannoli Kitchen from commercial space at Yamato Village Center and recover damages the plaintiff says are now due under the lease.
According to the complaint, the case is Boca YVC, LLC v. One Boca West Group LLC d/b/a Cannoli Kitchen, Costas Maltezos, George Larivee, and Cristiana Kavadas, Case No. 502026CA003533XXXAMB, filed March 27, 2026, in the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida.
The complaint was filed by Wayne Kaplan, P.A., of Boca Raton on behalf of Boca YVC, LLC. No defense law firm is identified in the complaint. The suit states the amount in controversy exceeds $50,000, exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney fees.
According to the complaint, Boca YVC, LLC owns the property at 9101 Lakeridge Boulevard, Suites 19-20, Boca Raton. The pleading says One Boca West Group LLC, doing business as Cannoli Kitchen, entered into a commercial lease for the space on or about Nov. 13, 2018.
The plaintiff alleges the lease barred the tenant from assigning, conveying, transferring, mortgaging, pledging, encumbering, or subletting the lease or premises without first obtaining the landlord’s express prior written consent. The complaint further says that a sale, assignment, transfer, or conveyance of stock or ownership interest in the tenant, or a transfer of all or substantially all of the tenant’s assets, would count as an assignment or transfer for purposes of the lease.
According to the complaint, Boca YVC learned on or about March 25, 2026, for the first time that One Boca West Group LLC had, perhaps several times, sold, assigned, transferred and-or conveyed some or all of the stock of, or ownership interest in, the company, and-or sold, assigned, transferred and-or conveyed all or substantially all of its assets, without first obtaining the landlord’s written consent. The plaintiff claims that conduct materially breached Section 17 of the lease and constituted a default under Section 18(f).
In Count I, the landlord seeks eviction and says it is entitled under the lease to take possession of the premises. In Count II, for breach of contract, the plaintiff alleges there is now due and owing from One Boca West Group LLC d-b-a Cannoli Kitchen the total sum of $382,018.61, including accelerated rent, and seeks compensatory damages, interest, attorney fees, costs, and other relief the court deems appropriate.
The complaint also includes a guaranty count against Costas Maltezos, George Larivee, and Cristiana Kavadas. It alleges those defendants executed and delivered a personal guaranty of the lease documents on or about Nov. 13, 2018, and that the same $382,018.61 is now due and owing from them as guarantors, jointly and severally with One Boca West Group LLC d-b-a Cannoli Kitchen.
The allegations in the complaint are claims made by the plaintiff. They have not been proven in court.
The original complaint, Boca YVC, LLC v. One Boca West Group LLC d/b/a Cannoli Kitchen, Costas Maltezos, George Larivee, and Cristiana Kavadas, Case No. 502026CA003533XXXAMB, as filed March 27, 2026, with the Palm Beach County Clerk of Court, can be viewed here.
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