Family Owned Real Estate: Managing Lack of Planning in Family Business Transitions
Family Owned Real Estate: Impacts of the Current Real Estate Market on Transition Planning
Family Owned Real Estate: Avoiding Pitfalls When Transitioning Family Real Estate
Family Owned Real Estate: Common Real Estate & Asset Management Issues
Family Owned Real Estate: Legal Challenges & Opportunities
Commercial/Retail Therapy: Assessing the Pandemic’s Impact on Real Estate
What Does UCRERA Mean For Creditors? [More with McGlinchey Ep. 13]
Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast Winter/Spring 2015: No Signs of Slow Down in California's Office Real Estate Market
Florida has historically been the only state that charged sales tax on commercial leases. That changed on June 30, when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 7031 into law. ...more
Lease agreements define the relationship between landlords and tenants. Whether you are a savvy business owner or a first-time tenant, a thoughtfully negotiated lease agreement is crucial to avoid negative impacts on your...more
Understanding Franchise Riders: Purpose, Content, and Potential Conflicts - When a franchisee signs a retail commercial lease to operate a franchised business, the franchisor may require a Franchise Rider, a document that...more
In commercial leases, "operating expenses" (often referred to as OPEX, CAM or Common Area Maintenance) generally cover the costs associated with the daily operation, maintenance, and repair of the property. In addition to...more
A Right of First Refusal (ROFR) Clause is an optional clause that may be included in certain commercial leases which grants a tenant the first right to buy the property should the owner decide to sell....more
Veteran business owners: whether you are setting up shop in an office building or in a retail strip mall, your commercial lease is a critical piece of your company’s mission. Just like a well-defined business plan, a clear...more
A significant inducement in many new leases and lease renewals is landlord funding and/or constructing improvements that customize the leased premises to the needs of the tenant’s business. The allocation of cost for these...more
On September 30, 2024, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 1103, an unprecedented legislative measure affecting non-residential landlords’ transactions with a broadly defined class of “qualified commercial tenants.”...more
Retail leasing attorneys face particular challenges when it comes to managing environmental liability, in large part because of the misconception that prospective commercial tenants cannot be held legally responsible for...more
Amidst concerns about Portland’s office market, Patricia Raicht, real estate analyst at Jones Lang LaSalle, offers a more hopeful outlook. Despite nearly 30% vacancy rates, she highlights a slowdown in the decline and notes...more
A landowner desiring to enter into a license agreement for the use of real property must take care to ensure that the license agreement does not contain terms that inadvertently waive the landowner’s right to recover the...more
Today the hosts of “Terra Firma: Conversations on Commercial Real Estate,” discuss how the proposed reclassification (or “rescheduling”) of cannabis may impact cannabis businesses and their real estate holdings, especially...more
In the busy world of commercial real estate, buyers and sellers may be unable to complete all contractual obligations before closing. In those instances, parties often identify certain “post-closing” matters in the contract....more
This advisory discusses the recent case law developments on the express duty of "good faith" in English law and what they may mean within the context of commercial real estate....more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced on Aug. 21, 2023, that it was extending its moratorium on the application of the "bona fide office" requirements for construction contracts under its 8(a) Business...more
In August 2020, we circulated an article addressing COVID-19’s Impact on Commercial Evictions and Landlord-Tenant Relations in Minnesota. Nearly three years later, much has changed and it’s time for an update....more
The impact of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation taking possession of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and appointing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver for SVB is receiving thorough...more
For those of us that practice in the world of commercial real estate financing transactions, the fact pattern is a tale as old as time: the Bank is making a term loan secured by real estate largely based on leases on the...more
Last month, Judge Caproni of the Southern District of New York issued a ruling stating that if a commercial lease does not require a landlord to hold a security deposit in trust and if there is no state statute generally...more
KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER BRITISH LAW - 1. Introduction - Historically, there has been significant investment by overseas individuals and corporations in real estate in England and Wales and in...more
Briefcase: Quarterly Real Estate Update - Cases and News including: ..The Royal Parks Limited and the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport v Bluebird Boats Limited ..Monsolar IQ Ltd v Woden Park...more
Over the last eighteen months, we have been forced to devote significant resources to interpreting how largely-forgotten legal doctrines apply to real estate contracts in a post-COVID world. These principles, including force...more
COVID-19 shelter-in-place mandates caused employers to close their locations or significantly reduce operations, leaving many commercial buildings empty. As state and local COVID-19 restrictions are being lifted, building...more
With our blog post of December 14, 2020, we had already pointed out the corresponding legislative initiative. In record time, two new provisions on commercial leases (excluding residential leases) were subsequently adopted on...more