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What is the outlook for the office sector right now?

Allen Matkins on 4/16/2025

“The 'flight to quality' continues. Office building landlords with space available in upscale buildings (with state-of-the-art amenities) located in hot submarkets are very active right now. Most companies have realized...more

PropTech Update - November 2022

Allen Matkins on 11/23/2022

With likely recession encroaching, PropTech seen as cost-cutting tool in CRE - Bisnow – October 11 A rolling series of challenges, from the pandemic to labor shortages to an unfolding economic downturn, have increased focus...more

5 Trends in Office Space Utilization

Allen Matkins on 11/18/2021

At the Allen Matkins 14th Annual View From the Top real estate summit, one of the panels discussed landlord and tenant space utilization trends and issues in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation, moderated by...more

COVID-19 Commercial Property Arrears 18 Months On

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 9/17/2021

As you may have read in our previous bulletins (UK Government Provides Extra Protection for Businesses with Ban on Evictions for Commercial Tenants Who Miss Rent Payments, COVID-19: Key Considerations for UK Commercial...more

What Should I Be Doing About My Leased Space?

Womble Bond Dickinson on 5/26/2021

Within weeks after COVID-19 resulted in many corporate offices sending workers home to work remotely, many of whom had never done so on such a scale, people started talking about whether working from home was becoming a “new...more

Commercial Real Estate—Planning for the Office of the Future

Sands Anderson PC on 3/22/2021

Last time, I wrote about the post-pandemic future of commercial real estate. With more and more folks getting vaccinated or otherwise immunized, it seems we’re finally in the ‘red zone’ (to use more football parlance). Even...more

Look for More Landlord Protections in Retail Deferral Agreements and Extensions

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/4/2021

In April and May of 2020, the unprecedented challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the related mandatory closures and restrictions on operations began to be felt by retail tenants across the United States. As a...more

Office Developers Take a “Wait-and-See” Approach

Allen Matkins on 2/8/2021

With the pandemic shifting the use of traditional office space, there is much uncertainty as to what the future of development in this sector will look like. The panelists of the latest Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast...more

Consolidated Appropriations Act Provides Bankruptcy Preference Liability Protections for Landlords

Allen Matkins on 1/12/2021

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (Public Law 116-260) (the Act) contains an important change in bankruptcy law beneficial to landlords of nonresidential properties. Among several amendments to the Bankruptcy Code...more

Current Impact of Covid-19 on the Delaware Commercial Real Estate Market

Morris James LLP on 11/16/2020

The real estate industry in Delaware experienced dramatic changes over the past eight months resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Social distancing mandated by Governor Carney’s March 12, 2020 Declaration of a State of...more

COVID-19 Commercial Real Estate Update: Quarter Day Analysis and Room for Optimism

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 10/16/2020

The September quarter day saw the steepest shortfall in retail rents paid since the pandemic. However, this was the only sector to see rent collection down on the previous quarter. Faegre Drinker’s Rajan Shori, Sloan Kelly...more

COVID-19 Checklist: Issues to Consider for Commercial Real Estate Purchase Contracts and Closings

Maynard Nexsen on 8/31/2020

What we’ve learned so far in 2020 is to expect the unexpected. Prior to February of 2020, who would have predicted the impact of a pandemic in general, let alone COVID-19 in particular, when drafting commercial real estate...more

Continued Housing Demand Minimizes Multi-Family Market Downturn

Allen Matkins on 8/3/2020

Though the pessimism that has come with the recession has hit each of the multi-family markets in California equally, the view that rental and occupancy rates will not be as good as they are at present has not affected the...more

Industrial Demand Drops Less Than Other Sectors Due to Increased Online Shopping

Allen Matkins on 7/31/2020

Though there has been consistently high occupancy and superior rate growth in the industrial market over the past several years, the deep economic recession has caused sentiment expressed in our latest Allen Matkins/UCLA...more

Recession Furthers Retail Market's Dramatic Industry Shift

Allen Matkins on 7/30/2020

The significant disruptive change expressed by panelists from the Bay Area and Southern California in the latest Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey is an extension of the trends from...more

Work-From-Home Environment Fuels Demand Uncertainty in Office Space Market

Allen Matkins on 7/29/2020

Given the continuing pandemic, there is much uncertainty about how the experience of working from home will affect today’s office space market. The panelists' of the latest Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California...more

2020 Legislative Update: New and Amended Laws Impacting Commercial Real Estate and Community Association Clients

Sands Anderson PC on 6/30/2020

Every July 1st in Virginia, we can expect a few things without fail. The summer heat and humidity will have settled down with a ponderous thud, here to remain, unwavering, for the rest of the summer. The cicadas return –...more

Aide pour le loyer commercial dans le contexte de la COVID-19 : directives supplémentaires à l’inten

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 6/10/2020

Le gouvernement fédéral a récemment annoncé le lancement du programme d’Aide d’urgence du Canada pour le loyer commercial (l’« AUCLC »), lequel procure une réduction des loyers des petites et moyennes entreprises touchées par...more

New York Forward Phase 2: Guidance for Commercial Landlords and Office Tenants in New York City

Mintz - Real Estate, Construction &... on 6/9/2020

In late May, guidance for Phase 2 of Governor Cuomo’s New York Forward re-opening plan was issued. New York City is expected to enter into Phase 1 on June 8th, and thereafter Phase 2, provided certain thresholds are...more

Commercial Rent Relief Update: Additional Guidance for Landlords, Tenants During COVID-19

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 6/4/2020

The federal government recently announced the introduction of the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) program, which provides rent relief for small and medium-sized businesses that have been impacted by the...more

Client Alert: Seeking Rent Relief? What Your Landlord Wants You to Know

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 5/21/2020

Many businesses have been severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and are seeking rent relief from their landlords in order to maintain operations. If your business is preparing for, or already engaged in, rent relief...more

What to Know About Recourse Carve-Outs in the Age of COVID-19

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/8/2020

In this challenging and rapidly changing environment, real estate players are dealing with the effects of COVID-19 on real property operations in real time. As they make decisions at an accelerated pace, they should bear in...more

Commercial Real Estate In The Age Of Coronavirus

Tonkon Torp LLP on 4/6/2020

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has brought a whirlwind of changes to how business is done in Oregon and across the country, and commercial real estate is no different. Enough time has passed, however, that a pattern of...more

COVID-19 and Its Impact on Performance of Commercial Leases: A Review of Force Majeure, Impossibility of Performance, and...

Dickinson Wright on 4/6/2020

As COVID-19 spreads throughout the United States and governors issue “shelter-in-place” orders and mandate the closure of non-essential businesses, landlords and tenants have encountered new and evolving challenges in meeting...more

Landlord Tenant Issues In Bankruptcy Amid COVID-19

Akerman LLP on 3/24/2020

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many commercial landlords may be wondering whether they’ll receive their next rent payment as tenants struggle to make ends meet. Landlords and tenants alike should be prepared for a...more

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