Adaptive Reuse: From Desks to Doorways
REFRESH Real Estate Leasing Tips for Nonprofits
The use of a commercial lease to rip off minority owners in a closely held business
Key Lease Work Letter Issues When the Landlord Is Doing the Work
Healthcare Practice Lease Negotiations: Avoid Missing Out on Potential Opportunities
Business Better Podcast Episode: Distressed Office Buildings: A Look at Workout and Enforcement
Nonprofit Tenants and Lease Agreements: Best Practices and Pitfalls to Avoid
Can Office to Residential Conversions Help Revitalize Downtown? (Audio)
An Overview of P3s, CIDs and Smart Cities With Malaika Rivers - TAG Infrastructure Talks Podcast
Creative Reuse: The Opportunities and Challenges of Converting Office Space to Residential
How Commercial Property Owners Can Collect Unpaid Rent from Commercial Tenants
Landlord and Tenant Lease Risk Reduction for the Cannabis Industry
Build Out Or Buy? Financing Real Estate Transactions in Healthcare Practices
Goran Musinovic on Healthcare Real Estate Compliance
Troutman Pepper COVID-19 Legal Issues Podcast Series: COVID-19 Commercial Leasing Trends (Part Two)
The Risk of Personal Injury Claims from COVID-19 and What to Do About It
Law Brief®: David Pfeffer and Richard Schoenstein Discuss the Future of Offices
Commercial/Retail Therapy: Assessing the Pandemic’s Impact on Real Estate
Law Brief®: Debra Bodian Bernstein and Richard Schoenstein Discuss Commercial Lease Defaults During COVID-19
South Carolina Abandoned Building Incentives at Risk of Going Away
A pedestrian tripped and fell on a public sidewalk in front of a multi-unit premises owned by 1995-2003 Jerome Avenue. The injured claimant filed a bodily injury action against Jerome Avenue and Pawnit Jerome Corp., a lessee...more
Owning and operating a restaurant in New York comes with significant financial and legal responsibilities—especially when real estate is part of your investment portfolio. As a restaurant owner, you face unique risks that can...more
The New York City Industrial and Commercial Abatement Program (ICAP) has been extended to remain in effect through 2030, with some modifications. The New York state budget bill for FY 2026, signed by Governor Kathy Hochul on...more
The third Tuesday in May marks the end of the Suffolk County, Nassau County and New York City annual grievance filing season and the beginning of administrative hearings and deliberations that could yield significant...more
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
May 1, 2025, was the first compliance report deadline under New York City’s Local Law 97 (LL97). LL97 requires most buildings over 25,000 square feet, including condominiums (condos) and cooperatives (coops), to limit carbon...more
For most Towns and Cities throughout the State of New York, May 1st ushers in new assessment rolls and equalized market values for commercial and residential properties. As detailed in an earlier tax tracker (see: Assessment...more
On Monday, February 3rd, 2025, the filing period will commence for Nassau County commercial property owners to submit their 2024 Annual Statement of Income & Expense (“ASIE”). The “ASIE” forms must be filed by owners of...more
Every January, the City of New York releases its annual tentative tax roll based upon Department of Finance (“DOF”) valuations for each property in the five boroughs. Unless successfully challenged, these valuations are the...more
Every spring, New York properties have an opportunity to review and consider the accuracy of their property assessments. This year, many commercial property owners are facing a cold reality – property assessments that do not...more
The New York State legislature is evaluating proposed changes to New York City’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (“C-PACE”) program that could lead to a surge in lending in this emerging market space. New York...more
As many companies settle into hybrid work models, office occupancy rates in the United States have flatlined during the first half of 2023. In the Borough of Manhattan (the Borough) in New York City, upwards of 255 million...more
The first compliance period under New York City’s Local Law 97 (LL97) begins on January 1, 2024, and a January 2023 REBNY-commissioned study concluded that over 3,700 properties could be out of compliance and face over $200...more
On October 6, 2022, NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) proposed draft rules that address and clarify some of the many anxiety-inducing issues left open by the passage of Local Law 97 three years ago. While there is still much...more
In early June, the first Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (“C-PACE”) transaction closed in New York City, courtesy of C-PACE financing provided by Petros PACE. In connection with a larger $500 million dollar...more
Through the continued uncertainty as to how COVID-19 might affect commercial real estate leases and the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants thereunder, the New York courts are attempting to carve out standards for...more
On October 20, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.70, which continued through January 1, 2021 the moratorium on initiating a proceeding or enforcement of (a) an eviction of any commercial tenant...more
On July 24, 2020, the New York State Courts issued Administrative Order 157/20 (AO/157/20). Effective July 27, 2020, AO/157/20 removes the formal suspension of all residential foreclosures, but keeps a limited suspension of...more
As discussed in prior updates, lawmakers in New York previously introduced bills that would, if enacted, temporarily suspend rent payments for certain residential and small business commercial tenants unable to pay rent due...more
The current health, social and economic conditions related to the coronavirus pandemic are exerting tremendous pressures on contractual relationships between commercial concerns, not the least of which is the landlord-tenant...more