Case Name: BROOKLYN 13TH STREET HOLDING CORPORATION, a New York Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEXTEL OF NEW YORK, INCORPORATED, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-09-05
Citations: 495 F. App'x 112
Docket Number: No. 12-417-cv
Parties: BROOKLYN 13TH STREET HOLDING CORPORATION, a New York Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEXTEL OF NEW YORK, INCORPORATED, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: PRESENT: RALPH K. WINTER, ROBERT D. SACK, REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 495
Pages: 112–113

Head Matter:
BROOKLYN 13TH STREET HOLDING CORPORATION, a New York Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEXTEL OF NEW YORK, INCORPORATED, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 12-417-cv.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Sept. 5, 2012.
Robert J. Gumenick, Esq., New York, NY, for Appellant.
Wayne F. Dennison (Shoshana B. Kaiser, on the brief), Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, NY, for Appellee.
PRESENT: RALPH K. WINTER, ROBERT D. SACK, REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Brooklyn 13th Street Holding Corp. ("Brooklyn") appeals from the dismissal of its complaint for breach of contract by Nextel of New York, Inc. ("Nextel"). See Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). We review the challenged dismissal de novo, construing the complaint as well as documents referenced therein in Brooklyn's favor. See Mortimer Off Shore Servs., Ltd. v. Federal Republic of Germany, 615 F.3d 97, 113-14 (2d Cir.2010), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 131 S.Ct. 1502, 179 L.Ed.2d 360 (2011); Chambers v. Time Warner, Inc., 282 F.3d 147, 153 (2d Cir.2002). We assume the parties' familiarity with the facts and record of prior proceedings, and we affirm substantially for the reasons stated in the district court's thorough and well reasoned opinion.
To state a claim for breach of contract, Brooklyn was required plausibly to allege (1) the existence of an agreement, (2) its own adequate performance, (3) breach by defendant, and (4) damages. See Eternity Global Master Fund Ltd. v. Morgan Guar. Trust Co. of N.Y., 375 F.3d 168, 177 (2d Cir.2004). The district court determined that Brooklyn's claim failed on the first element because Nextel's October 2007 Letter to Brooklyn unambiguously required Nextel only to "consider" relocating a wireless service antenna on Brooklyn's roof; it did not obligate Nextel to do so. Because we agree that the language admits no other construction, we affirm the judgment of dismissal. See Continental Ins. Co. v. Atl. Cas. Ins. Co., 603 F.3d 169, 180 (2d Cir.2010).
Brooklyn nevertheless argues that Nex-tel's preparatory efforts to relocate the antenna indicate that the October 2007 Letter was a Type I preliminary agreement creating an enforceable obligation for Nextel to relocate the antenna. See Brown v. Cara, 420 F.3d 148, 153 (2d Cir.2005) (discussing Type I and II preliminary agreements under New York law); Adjustrite Sys., Inc. v. GAB Bus. Servs., Inc., 145 F.3d 543, 547-49 (2d Cir.1998) (same). Brooklyn never raised this argument in the district court despite its availability; thus, we deem it waived. See Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Visa U.S.A., Inc., 396 F.3d 96, 124 n. 29 (2d Cir.2005). The argument is meritless in any event, because Nextel's expressed willingness to "consider" relocating the antenna does not indicate an intent to bind itself "to the ultimate objective" of relocating the antenna. Brown v. Cara, 420 F.3d at 154. Indeed, the plain language of the October 2007 Letter invokes the "strong presumption against finding binding obligation in agreements which," inter alia, "call for future approvals." Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). Finally, Nextel's procurement of cost estimates from contractors for performing the work required to move the antenna is insufficient to demonstrate a definite commitment to carry out the relocation. It demonstrates only that Nextel was honoring its more limited promise to "consider" doing so.
Thus, like the district court, we conclude that Brooklyn fails to state a contract claim because it has not pleaded facts plausibly demonstrating an agreement to move the antenna at issue. See Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009).
We have considered Brooklyn's remaining arguments on appeal and conclude that they are without merit. Accordingly, the judgment is AFFIRMED.