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Case Study: Fulcrum Communities Pilot Project – Parker, Colorado

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As part of Colorado’s broader efforts to close the middle-income housing gap, Fulcrum Communities, a Colorado nonprofit, launched a pilot project using an innovative financing model to deliver workforce housing more quickly...more

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Texas Enacts Critical Real Estate Reforms—Senate Bills 15, 17, 840

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Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top Prior to his June 22, 2025, deadline, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law hundreds of bills passed by the Texas Legislature. Three of these, Senate Bills 15, 17,...more

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New York City's FY26 Tentative Tax Roll: Insights, Trends, and What Property Owners Need to Know

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Every January, the City of New York releases its annual tentative tax roll based upon Department of Finance (“DOF”) valuations for each property in the five boroughs. Unless successfully challenged, these valuations are the...more

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You Need Standing to Keep a Building Standing

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Virginia has long been a leader in historic preservation. But historic structures are still lost, even in the commonwealth. A building dating to the 1790s was recently demolished in the city of Richmond. Despite its age...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Live Local Act 2024 Passed by the Florida Legislature

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On February 28, 2024, the Florida House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 328 (“SB 328”), previously unanimously approved by the Florida Senate by a vote of 112 to 1. SB 328, regarded as the Live Local Act 2024 (“LLA...more

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D.C. Government Publishes Proposed Rules on Tax Abatements for Residential Conversions

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Washington D.C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) released its proposed rules establishing how the D.C. government will implement the Housing in Downtown Tax Abatement program. A...more

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Emerging State Laws Restricting Foreign Ownership of Real Estate

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) is an arm of the U.S. Department of Treasury, tasked with administering and enforcing various economic and trade sanctions intended to further U.S. foreign policy and national...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Key Questions When Determining Eligibility for State Historic Tax Credits

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Real estate developers have long had ample reasons to take on projects involving historic buildings, courtesy of Section 47 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. As amended, Section 47 (the “Code”) provides for a...more

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Mayor Breed Issues Executive Directive to Address City’s Housing Crisis

In an Executive Directive dated February 7, 2023, Mayor London Breed declared that “San Francisco needs to fundamentally change how we approve and build housing.” The Directive, titled “Housing For All,” comes on the heels of...more

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Challenge to Housing and Revitalization Project Found Not Cognizable under the Fair Housing Act and California Fair Employment and...

In a case potentially overshadowed by the California Supreme Court’s same-day denial to hear a request to stay a cap on student admissions at UC Berkeley, the Second Appellate District Court (Div. 2) issued its opinion in...more

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D.C. Zoning Commission Responds to Two of Attorney General’s Inclusionary Zoning Proposals

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On December 2, 2021, the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG), filed four petitions with the Zoning Commission (ZC) to amend the Zoning Regulations as an effort to increase the supply of...more

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Condominium Law Alert: New Washington Legislation Allows Condominium Developers to Use Earnest Money Deposits Towards Construction...

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Washington recently enacted SB 5024 (the “Bill”), which allows developers to use earnest money deposits towards construction costs in certain circumstances. The Bill will become effective on July 25, 2021....more

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Controversial Citywide Hotel Special Permit Enters Public Review

On May 3, 2021, the City Planning Commission referred out for public review a zoning text amendment that would require a special permit for the creation or material enlargement of transient hotels (Zoning Use Group 5) and...more

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New Compliance Obligations for Connecticut EURs

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Earlier this year, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) promulgated revised regulations on Environmental Use Restrictions (EURs). These revised regulations impose new obligations on owners...more

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Second Department Affirms Limits on Site Plan Determinations

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This month, in Gershow Recycling of Riverhead v Town of Riverhead, 2021 NY Slip Op 02156 [2d Dept 2021], the Appellate Division, Second Department, affirmed the motion court’s decision granting an Article 78 petition to annul...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

What to Expect Next in the Post COVID-19 Real Estate Market

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The pandemic has significantly impacted the real estate sector. With a surge in the number of employees who work from home, the demand for office space has softened. At the same time, growth in e-commerce has exploded,...more

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Arlington County, Virginia, Considers Providing Office Building Conversion Flexibility

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In response to the impact of COVID-19 on the office real estate market, Arlington County, Virginia, recently announced it is pursuing new administrative guidance to increase flexibility and support for repurposing existing...more

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Will Claims Against Closely-Held Condominium Developers Be Thwarted by New York’s Newly-Adopted Uniform Voidable Transactions...

Property development companies regularly create single-purpose entities (SPE) to acquire new real estate for development, construction or renovations....more

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Rent Control National Momentum

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In response to multiple news and industry reports that many urban areas in the United States are suffering a crisis in affordable housing, many states and cities are actively considering rent control as an ameliorative...more

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Second Department Affirms Dismissal of Article 78 Proceeding for Lack of Standing

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The City of New Rochelle adopted an ordinance in 2017, amending the zoning code to apply a senior citizen overlay district to certain real property comprised of approximately 3.4 acres at 121 Mill Road in New Rochelle.  The...more

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2020 Environmental Legislative Update No. 1, "Stream of Consciousness" Edition

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Welcome back to the Environmental Legislative Updates for the 2020 Connecticut General Assembly’s “short session.” Since all is well with the Rule of Law in general, let’s see what new Rules and Laws our legislators have in...more

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When it Comes to SEQRA, Reasonable Agencies Are Allowed to Disagree

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In SEQRA litigation, there is an oft-quoted proposition that the Lead Agency may not abdicate or defer its responsibilities under SEQRA to another agency. See Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Planning Bd. of Town of Se., 9 N.Y.3d 219,...more

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The Risks Of Unnecessary Fla. Property Improvement Notices

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There’s no doubt about it, the U.S. real estate market is strong. With low interest rates and low unemployment rates, it is not surprising that the National Association of Realtors included parts of Florida among the top 10...more

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Why a Public-Private Partnership? (Grantor Series, Part 1)

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This is the first in a series of posts we’ll be writing for governments thinking of utilizing the P3 model to deliver a public project. (In P3 speak, the government is referred to as the “grantor.”) In future posts, we’ll...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

DevelopOhio: Summary of 2019 PACE transactions in Ohio

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In an upward climb, Ohio’s investment in property assessed clean energy increased by over 42 percent from 2018 to 2019. Want to know the details? Check out Bricker’s interactive map of #PACE programs across the state. ...more

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