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Seattle Passes Bill to Incentivize “Office-to-Residential” Conversions

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The Seattle City Council passed Council Bill 120937 on February 11, 2025, aimed to encourage developers and commercial property owners to convert underutilized commercial properties into residential housing. Set to take...more

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Democratizing Development Without Losing Sight of the Social Impact of Economic Growth

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As addressed in our prior advisory, Boston is reforming the impact review process in Article 80 of its zoning code. This process is analogous to “site plan review” outside of Boston, involving public review of a project’s...more

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D.C. FY25 Budget Expands CRE Revitalization Initiatives

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The end of June saw the D.C. Council pass the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act of 2024 and the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024. The 2025 budget includes the “Central Washington Activation Conversion Program...more

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Tax Incentives Aim to Drive Real Estate Development Forward

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It has long been an accepted reality that very little real estate development gets done in New York State without the help of a myriad of tax incentive packages handed out by state and local governments—and the entities that...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update 1.05.24

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We previously published a legal alert on October 12, 2023, about the extensive housing package that Governor Gavin Newsom signed on October 11, 2023, consisting of 56 bills to help address California’s decades-in-the-making...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

City of Cleveland Property Tax Abatement: The Study, Key Findings and Recommendations

THE STUDY - In the summer of 2019, Cleveland’s Office of Community Development and the Equitable Community Development Working Group commissioned a study (the “Study”) to identify the historic usage of the City’s Tax...more

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Levelling Up Bill: The New Infrastructure Levy - what you need to know

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In the second Insight in our series on the planning changes in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (the first was on the proposed changes to local plans), we examine the proposed new Infrastructure Levy that will...more

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New Laws Promote Affordable Housing Development

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This past summer, the Oregon Legislature passed two bills, which make it easier to build affordable housing in urban areas. Under SB 8, local governments are now required to allow affordable housing on non-residentially...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - June 2020 #3

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Proposed California law would fast-track environmentally sustainable transit - San Francisco Chronicle – June 15 - Transportation projects focused on public transit, bikes, and pedestrians would get fast-tracked for...more

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Spilman Alert - Breaking Insights: Important West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Decision Affirms Law on Taxation and Leasehold...

The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia's recent decision in Musick v. University Park at Evansdale marks an important affirmation of West Virginia law on taxation of leasehold interests. It has important and positive...more

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Looking Forward: New California Laws for Public Agencies

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Like years past, there were plenty of laws passed in Sacramento in 2016 that will impact public agencies. Here is a summary of those that have specific importance to your work. We hope that you will contact us for further...more

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