In an ad valorem appeal of the value of an office/retail building and its associated parking lot in Springfield, the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board (ATB) addressed the property owner’s contention that a proposal to...more
3/15/2019
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U.S. Supreme Court Internet Sales Tax Decision and Property Values -
Your editors do not need to belabor the point that brick and mortar retail occupancies, rents and values have been pounded as a result of internet...more
10/26/2018
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October 10, 2018 Approximately a quarter of Connecticut municipalities plan to conduct revaluations effective October 1, 2018....more
Welcome to Pullman & Comley's Real Estate Newsletter, Groundbreaking News. Written by our team of attorneys, you'll find articles that highlight hot topics and developments spaning the fields of real estate, land use and...more
9/21/2018
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Showdown at the BAA corral?
Consider this scenario: a property owner shows up at his appointed time and day to challenge his assessment before a public meeting of the Nutmeg Board of Assessment Appeals. ...more
Hartford Bankruptcy Threat Postponed -
The immediate possibility of Connecticut’s capital city filing a bankruptcy petition has been mitigated as a result of the newly adopted Connecticut budget. ...more
Property Assessment Class Action Fails -
On previous occasions, the editors of Property Tax and Valuations Topics have noted that Connecticut courts tend to be rather strict in requiring property owners to pursue statutory...more
11/15/2017
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Waterfront Properties
Approximately 20 percent of Connecticut municipalities plan to conduct revaluations effective October 1, 2017.
For those with commercial real property located in a revaluing community, you should know that a representative...more
Declaratory Judgment Not the Correct Remedy -
Danping Li sued the Town of Woodbury with regard to the assessments of three properties she owned in that community. One of the counts of her complaint seeking a declaratory...more
Momentous LIHTC Decision Does Not Materialize -
In the Winter 2017 issue of Property Tax and Valuation Topics, we projected that the Connecticut Supreme Court’s anticipated ruling in Nutmeg Housing Development...more
On September 30, 2016, the Connecticut Supreme Court heard oral argument in Nutmeg Housing Development Corp. v. Colchester. On the face of it, the ad valorem valuation of a garden variety property in the suburbanizing Town...more
1/20/2017
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October 1, 2016 Revaluations: If/When/How to Challenge Your Real Estate Property Assessment -
Connecticut municipalities are required to carry out a general revaluation of all real estate within their boundaries at least...more
10/17/2016
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Interim “Watch Tower” Revaluation After High Sale Upheld -
The last citywide revaluation conducted by Milford was as of October 1, 2011. On that date, the residential property at 19 Beach Avenue was valued by the...more
Many Connecticut clients of the Pullman & Comley Property Tax Valuation Department own significant amounts of taxable personal property such as fixtures and furnishings, warehouse equipment and computer systems in addition to...more
"Celebrity" Value?
In 2004, in the quaint Fenwick borough of Old Saybrook, a developer purchased the beachfront summer home of the late actress Katharine Hepburn. The discovery of a discontinued road, which ran over...more
The Environment and Property Taxes -
It seems that many stakeholders are trying to deal with climate change.
Connecticut’s hundreds of miles of coastline along the Long Island Sound include many low-lying areas...more
The hundreds of billions of dollars of commercial real estate owned by foreign companies and individuals in the United States requires active management and oversight. This is so whether the property is triple net leased to...more
Thorny Exemption Issue Discussed -
Limited Liability Company X owns property in the Town of Windham which it leases to Corporation Y. Both entities are tax exempt under the Internal Revenue Code. Both entities...more
Originally published in the Commercial Property Executive on January 16, 2013.
Property owners frequently raise legitimate questions about hard-to-fathom differences between assessments of similar properties, as well as...more
Originally published in the Hartford Business Journal on December 17, 2012.
While it is December, many Connecticut assessors are not dreaming of sugar plums or dancing elves. Those assessors conducting townwide...more