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
For years, upward-only rent reviews have been a cornerstone of the UK commercial property market, offering landlords and investors a reassuring degree of income security and predictability....more
Case 1: AP Wireless II (UK) Ltd v On Tower UK Ltd - In a landmark judgment, the Upper Tribunal considers the lease/licence distinction, clarifying exclusive possession, term certain and contractual interpretation in the...more
It’s “Love your High Street Week”! So, what better way to start the week than to consider two significant legal reforms announced by the government last week, that are intended to boost and revitalise the High Street...more
The King’s speech announced a new Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill ‘to reform the housing market by making it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to purchase their freehold and tackling the exploitation of millions of...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
Amid strong industry objection to its proposed rental auctions scheme for vacant high street premises, the government has launched an open consultation to seek views on matters that will form part of the scheme, first...more
Key Points - - An arbitration scheme for commercial landlords and tenants was introduced during March 2022 under the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 with the aim of resolving disputes over outstanding rent arrears...more
The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 introduced a statutory arbitration process for landlords and tenants to resolve disputes over commercial rent arrears accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic. The scheme applies to all...more
Business rates relief - Scenario: Since 2019, my business has occupied offices on an out of town business park. I am increasingly troubled by the amount of the rates that we are paying. ...more
The rules provide an arbitration procedure to determine the amount of affordable rent arrears for a commercial tenant where landlord and tenant have been unable to reach a consensual agreement. On 9 November 2021, the UK...more
The government has introduced the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill in Parliament to attempt to streamline and accelerate the resolution of the billions of pounds of rent arrears that have accrued during the Covid 19...more
Summary - On 9 November 2021, the UK business secretary announced new laws, and a code of practice (Code of Practice), to resolve the remaining commercial rent debts accrued due to the pandemic. The Government’s intention is...more
Following recent court decisions, the options available to an owner of empty business premises to avoid a liability for empty property rates have been reduced. This matters because no rates are payable for the first...more
The moratorium on landlords evicting commercial tenants has been extended by a longer period than many had expected, to March 2022. Landlords and tenants will also be compelled to enter into arbitration proceedings if they...more
SUMMARY - The commercial rent moratorium was due to come to an end on 30 June 2021 - Many businesses, particularly travel and hospitality are still struggling to operate, and with the extension of the lockdown period also now...more
30 June 2021 will be a date no doubt circled on many calendars as being the date when landlords in England currently expect to be able to reassert some control following the end of the “temporary” measures proposed and...more
The government has announced on 10 March 2021 that it will be extending the current protections that have been afforded to commercial tenants as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This follows what was meant to be the “final”...more
The government has announced that it will be extending the current protections that have been afforded to commercial tenants as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, for one final time. ...more
The two taxes in England on the occupation of property are non-domestic rating and, for domestic rating, council tax. Pre COVID, business rates yielded £30bn and council tax £36bn annually. Rates are payable on business...more
Yesterday, the government announced further protection for the “UK high street from aggressive rent collection“. ...more