News & Analysis as of

Commercial Property Owners Climate Change

Mintz

New York City's Climate-Focused Local Law 97 Upheld By New York Court of Appeals

Mintz on

On May 22, 2025, the New York Court of Appeals--the highest court in New York State--unanimously upheld New York City's Local Law 97 against a challenge brought by certain property owners. This law--Local Law 97--is “aimed...more

Stark & Stark

Navigating the Proposed REAL Regulations for New Jersey Commercial Landlords

Stark & Stark on

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

Goodwin

The Climate Premium: How Environmental Risks Are Reshaping CRE Economics

Goodwin on

Columbia’s Pari Sastry shows how the growing disconnect between climate risk and available insurance is transforming commercial real estate....more

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real...

Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (2/5/25) – The Effect of Trump’s Policies on the Housing Market, Property Value Loss in...

In our latest roundup, Southern California wildfires impact supply chain, higher material prices threaten future project demand, commercial real estate distress strains regional banks, and more!...more

Cole Schotz

Blogs | Environmental Coming This Summer! NJDEP’s New Climate Regulations Will Affect More Than The Jersey Shore

Cole Schotz on

The New Jersey commercial real estate industry is preparing for big statewide permitting changes slated to come into effect this summer. Under its controversial Resilient Environments and Landscapes (“REAL”) Rule, aimed to...more

BCLP

What’s New in the Updated NPPF?

BCLP on

On 12 December 2024, the updated NPPF consulted on over the summer, came into immediate effect. The pro-development changes aim to increase housing delivery, support development generally and in particular key growth sectors...more

BCLP

COP29 Update - Decarbonising the Built Environment: the Challenges and Opportunities

BCLP on

The decarbonisation of the built environment is likely to be on the UK Government’s agenda as it looks to make good on its commitment at COP29 to cut carbon emissions by 81% from 1990s level by 2035. How will this be...more

DLA Piper

“Greening” Your Leases: The Cornerstone of Climate Resilience and Readiness in Commercial Real Estate

DLA Piper on

Many large companies have reported that they are not sufficiently prepared to meet emerging climate-risk reporting and verification requirements, or prepared to take advantage of climate-related opportunities, according to a...more

Jones Day

2023 U.S. Real Estate Round-Up: Effects of State ESG Laws on Commercial and Residential Building Owners

Jones Day on

This 2023 U.S. Real Estate Round-Up provides key insights to commercial and residential building owners facing a flock of new state environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") laws proposed or taken effect in 2023,...more

BCLP

Insight Report 2 - From Green Intention to Action

BCLP on

Although investors clearly recognize the Real Estate Investment Imperative and almost all firms are making efforts to reduce the energy intensity of their property portfolio, our global study reveals that only 45% of real...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Policyholders Beware: Maximizing Commercial Property & Casualty Insurance in a Steadily Hardening Market

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on

Today, Eric Jesse and Heather Weaver of Lowenstein Sandler's Insurance Recovery Group sit down with executives from two major insurance brokerage firms: Josh Weisberg, Chief Risk Officer at SterlingRisk, and Brad Barron,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Commercial Building Energy Compliance and Reporting Deadlines Approaching

Ballard Spahr LLP on

Summary - A growing number of states and the District of Columbia have greenhouse gas legislation that includes a requirement for owners of certain commercial buildings to comply with state energy standards and to report...more

Hogan Lovells

UK MEES: Reviewing a greener future

Hogan Lovells on

Camilla Lamont and Paul Tonkin consider the potential effects of the MEES Regulations on commercial lease rent reviews. ESG considerations are increasingly dominating the conversation between commercial landlords and their...more

Hogan Lovells

Green lease clauses in the UK: a litigious environment

Hogan Lovells on

Green lease clauses are now fairly commonplace, with most leases including some sort of ‘green’ obligation. For example, many leases already include ‘green’ covenants relating to the manner in which alterations are carried...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Inflation Reduction Act Offers a Variety of Green Building Tax Incentives

Holland & Knight LLP on

The IRS is currently in the process of implementing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), which addresses energy, tax and health policy. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), "The Inflation...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Going Green in Commercial Real Estate: Aim for a Zero-Emissions Building Standard

Holland & Knight LLP on

In order to obtain and maintain a green real estate loan, the loan recipient must construct or renovate existing buildings to have minimal impact on the environment. The ultimate goal for green architecture is to achieve a...more

Cole Schotz

Commercial Property Owners: New Financing Available For Existing And New Energy Cap-Ex Projects

Cole Schotz on

Property Assessed Clean Energy (“PACE”) (also sometimes referred to as C-PACE) financing is a little-known financing tool now available to commercial property owners in more than 35 states, including New York, New Jersey, and...more

Allen Matkins

Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - April 2020

Allen Matkins on

Coronavirus means building owners and companies need to look at new health standards - Bisnow – March 31 - The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), an organization focused on the health and wellness of...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Property Tax and Valuation TOPICS: Fall 2016

Pullman & Comley, LLC on

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

Allen Matkins

Sustainable Development Update - April 2016 #3

Allen Matkins on

Sustainable Development Focus - How cities are taking the lead on green building - Wall Street Journal - Apr 28 - Cities in the U.S. are leading the way on climate and energy policies—especially policies...more

20 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide