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Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

Too Close for Comfort: OCM’s School-Distance Mistake Puts 100+ Dispensaries at Risk

In a shocking announcement, the New York Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) informed 108 adult-use dispensary license holders, including 89 in NYC, that the current locations of their dispensaries are in violation of the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California SB-1103: What Landlords Need to Know About New Rights for Small Business Tenants

California’s Commercial Tenant Protection Act (SB-1103) took effect on January 1, 2025. Conceived as a transparency and displacement prevention measure for small businesses, the new law creates tenant protections for small...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Le Bureau de la concurrence publie ses orientations définitives sur les contrôles de propriété visant des concurrents

Le 4 juin 2025, le Bureau de la concurrence (le « Bureau ») a publié la version définitive de ses orientations sur les contrôles de propriété visant les concurrents (les « orientations »), lesquelles donnent des précisions...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Five Critical Considerations in Real Estate Purchase Agreements

Recent trends in Canadian real estate transactions reveal evolving negotiation practices and shifting approaches to risk, regulation and due diligence....more

Stoel Rives LLP

Lease of Mind: Why Developers Should Consider Lease Options in Real Estate Agreements

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Before leasing land, it is important for developers to understand the benefits of using a lease-option structure instead of jumping straight into a leasehold. By deliberately separating and sequencing the grant of rights from...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

New Requirements Have Been Imposed on Some California Property Owners Renting Out Commercial Space

Learn How SB 1103 Could Impact You - Although the parties to commercial leases in California have historically had the freedom to bargain over nearly all terms of a lease with little statutory restraint, a law that came into...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Cannabis Real Estate: Gating Issues in Retail Dispensary Site Selection

New York State legalized the use, sale, and production of recreational cannabis on March 31, 2021, by way of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA). As of May 2025, New York State has issued more than 1,600 licenses...more

Balancing Leasing Acquisition and Environmental Risk in Data Center Projects

Buoyed by robust demand for large parcels of undeveloped land, the rise of artificial intelligence workloads, and the game-changing role that hyperscalers are playing, the real estate market for data centers is in a strong...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Asbestos: To Remove or Not to Remove – Is That the Question?

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The Alberta Court of King’s Bench provides clarification on both the interpretation and application of the Occupational Health and Safety Act regarding asbestos as well as the duties of landlords and tenants to carry out...more

Stark & Stark

Navigating the Proposed REAL Regulations for New Jersey Commercial Landlords

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On August 5, 2024, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) introduced substantial climate change regulations called Resilient Environments and Landscapes (“REAL”). Public comments were accepted through...more

Hogan Lovells

UK/US ESG Real Estate Update

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In our latest ESG update, Trevor Adler from our New York office considers green leasing in the U.S. and Paul Stones provides us with a snapshot of how rooftop solar arrays are being dealt with in the landlord and tenant...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Is The Mining of Bitcoin Permitted Under Your Lease? Lessons from Flowers v Persist Oil and Gas Inc.

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In Flowers v Persist Oil and Gas Inc., 2025 ABKB 142, the Court of King's Bench of Alberta provides some important reminders to commercial landlords, tenants and their respective lenders regarding the growing intersection...more

DLA Piper

United Kingdom - VAT: Upper Tribunal Holds that Sonder's Short Term Accommodation Failed the TOMS Tests - Monthly Indirect Tax...

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Sonder Europe Limited (Sonder) leased self-contained apartments from landlords for 2 to 10 years, furnishing and decorating them if needed (without altering the fabric or structure of the apartment), and then sub-let them to...more

Weintraub Tobin

Commercial Property Owners, Brokers and Property Managers Beware: California’s Commercial Tenant Protection Act Goes Into Effect...

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California law has long treated commercial and residential tenancies differently. Consumer protection-focused regulations enacted to protect residential tenants were legally considered inapplicable to business tenants which...more

Hinckley Allen

A New Era of Energy Efficiency: The Impacts of Boston’s BERDO and New York City’s Local Law 97 on Commercial Lease Transactions

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As the effects of climate change become more urgent, municipalities across the United States are enacting laws attempting to reduce carbon emissions and improve energy performance. These initiatives present both landlords and...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Langfristige Gewerberaummietverträge – ein Labyrinth aus Formvorschriften

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Was unterscheidet gesetzliche und gewillkürte Schriftform, elektronische Form, Textform und telekommunikative Übermittlung? Das gesetzliche Schriftformerfordernis für langfristige Gewerberaummietverträge wird von vielen...more

Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC

A Guide to Retrofitting Leases for Retrofitted Buildings

As discussed in a previous Otten Johnson Alert, many Denver and Colorado property owners are subject to a slate of new benchmarking and energy performance requirements. Property owners will be implementing energy reduction...more

BCLP

MEES, The Next Chapter: Plotting Residential Real Estate’s Route to Net Zero

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MEES Regulations have meant that since 1 April 2020 landlords of residential property have been prohibited from letting out properties below a minimum EPC rating of E unless they have registered an exemption. With the last...more

Nossaman LLP

Can Businesses That Rent Office Space Enforce COVID-19 Protocols on Landlords?

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As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues, and the rate of newly recorded infections is starting to decline, many California counties are moving to less restrictive tiers and lifting restrictions applicable to the business...more

Hogan Lovells

10 things you need to know about MEES and residential property

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The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (“MEES Regulations“) introduced the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (“MEES“), which aim to encourage landlords to improve the energy...more

McAfee & Taft

Obtaining commercial licenses for medical marijuana in Oklahoma

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With the recent passage of State Question 788 (authorizing the production, sale, and use of medical marijuana), the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is poised to adopt implementing regulations. The current draft...more

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