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
In the first episode of "Property Pointers: Real Estate Law Simplified," Real Estate attorney Jake Lebovic discusses opportunities for adaptive reuse projects in Los Angeles. He explains how converting underused office...more
The Office of Management and Budget approved recommendations in May 2025 for the consolidation and disposition of 11 federal properties encompassing nearly 7.1 million gross square feet of office space in eight U.S. cities....more
The owner of a property which enjoys a right of light over surrounding properties can seek to restrain development of the surrounding properties which would infringe that right. This can include seeking an injunction to...more
In today’s office leasing market and with recent construction challenges, landlords are seeing a competitive market advantage in developing and offering speculative suites to attract tenants. In recent years, many companies...more
On July 17, 2024 I attended a webinar hosted by First American Title about the commercial real estate (CRE) market in transition. Here are some important takeaways. In the overall economy, inflation peaked in the summer of...more
To preserve the marketability of a commercial or mixed-use condominium unit sold to a third-party, it may be necessary to include specialized minority owner protection provisions in the condominium declaration for the...more
In our latest roundup, the evolution of stadium construction, an increase in legal and legislative action affecting the multifamily sector, and growing concerns for owners of office space....more
In our latest roundup, Virginia’s governor signs two bills into law, $929 billion in outstanding commercial mortgages come due, banks prepare for delinquencies related to office space, and more!...more
Welcome to the trendy revolution of urban farming. Three years ago, Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled a plan to transform vacant office buildings in downtown DC into residential properties with hopes of creating a...more
As MMM's construction group discussed back in August of 2023, converting an office building into a multifamily residence is an intriguing concept but "not quite the silver bullet that will solve all the issues with both the...more
In 2024, we anticipate that the commercial real estate industry will continue to face distress with some stabilization. This alert focuses on three subsets of the commercial real estate market: retail, office, and...more
Katten and Cushman & Wakefield have partnered to provide commercial real estate thought leaders with an opportunity to network and examine current factors impacting the industry during a January 25 event in Charlotte. Real...more
In our latest roundup, office occupancy rates hit all-time lows, global hotel investment to exceed numbers from 2023, federal courts look into real estate commissions, and more!...more
In our latest roundup, commercial real estate’s relationship with technology, towns and cities across the country prevent dollar stores from opening, empty offices and other commercial buildings are reused for housing, and...more
The Ballard Spahr Team was thrilled to be here in Miami at the CREFC Conference and we wanted to share some day one takeaways with our clients and friends....more
The landscape of commercial real estate investment encountered substantial hurdles in 2023. Challenges such as sluggish rent growth, reduced transaction volume, and the emergence of potential debt-related distress impacted...more
Due to the rapidly increasing amount of data generated and consumed on the internet, an opportunity exists for commercial real estate investors, lenders, developers, green energy providers and others to develop data center...more
In this episode of Lay of the Land, our hosts speak with housing, economic development, policy, and land use professional Andrew Trueblood. Focusing on trends in office and residential real estate markets in Washington, D.C.,...more
As an incentive to builders to create more rental housing units, the federal government has announced the effective elimination of the goods and services tax (GST) payable on newly constructed rental housing, such as...more
It's not news that the office buildings in most big cities have been under stress as a result of the pandemic. Due to increases in remote work, when leases roll, many tenants are either not renewing or they are taking less...more
Welcome to the latest edition of Overriding Interest. Inside this issue: - New Joiners - Articles of Interest & Firm News - Events - Pro Bono Update - Case Reports ...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
Last year’s solid venture capital investment in life sciences was, as expected, focused on the big three markets of San Diego, Boston, and San Francisco. But as a recent Cushman & Wakefield report found, emerging markets saw...more
As work habits continue to transition from office space to work from home, sparsely populated downtown office towers are proving to be a barrier to the City’s goal of repopulating the traditional financial district. Enter the...more
If you’re my vintage, you might remember Steve Martin’s catchy 1978 hit tune, “King Tut,” whose protagonist “lived in a condo made of stone-a.” Good luck getting this out of your head....more