A landlord rented a unit in a small strip mall to a tenant who was planning to open a food establishment. The tenant has been progressing slowly toward opening, but recently ran into a big problem: The local government will not license a food establishment in the unit. The problem is that the strip mall is on a septic system, and there is already one restaurant in the mall that uses half of the system's capacity. The tenant has learned that the landlord was informed of the issue shortly after the lease was signed, but the landlord did not pass the information on to the tenant. Did the landlord violate a duty to the tenant by not relaying that information to the tenant, and does the tenant have any grounds for recovery against the landlord?

