Adaptive Reuse: From Desks to Doorways
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From Permits to Penalties: A Deep Dive Into Coastal Development Law
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Dinsmore's Sam Hargitt on working with some of Indianapolis' top developers and investors
Business Better Podcast Episode: Distressed Office Buildings: A Look at Workout and Enforcement
Cornerstone Research Experts in Focus: Mark Garmaise
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Stroock Presents: GOAT Town, Episode 3, Part 2: “NYC's One-of-a-Kind Agency to Drive Economic Growth”
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Developing Philly: The State of Philadelphia's Tax Abatements in 2022
Creative Reuse: The Opportunities and Challenges of Converting Office Space to Residential
Office-to-Apartment Conversions – A Good Idea, but Tricky to Pull Off (Audio)
Into the Future: Modern Partnerships in Health Care Construction Delivery
On-Demand Webinar | Living on the Edge: Managing Sea Level Rise in California
Law Brief®: David Pfeffer and Richard Schoenstein Discuss the Future of Offices
In the first episode of "Property Pointers: Real Estate Law Simplified," Real Estate attorney Jake Lebovic discusses opportunities for adaptive reuse projects in Los Angeles. He explains how converting underused office...more
The owner of a property which enjoys a right of light over surrounding properties can seek to restrain development of the surrounding properties which would infringe that right. This can include seeking an injunction to...more
In Part I of this series, the legal foundation for “air rights” development was introduced. The following hypotheticals illustrate practical examples of air rights development. As discussed in Part I, air rights development...more
What Happens When a Parcel is Split Zoned?- Municipal zoning maps frequently include the entirety of a lot or a tax parcel within a given zoning district. But, sometimes zoning maps do not do this. Sometimes, zoning maps...more
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
With vacancy rates somewhat stable across the state, retail, residential, and other commercial functions are blending together, driven by consumer demand for convenience and offerings beyond traditional shopping. While malls...more
In recent years, courts in Ontario have struggled with the answer to this question, and we direct you to our earlier blog, Requisitioning the Closure of Open Building Permits, on the subject that considered the 2022 case Chan...more
2024 has been a year with a continued focus on the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Planning (‘NSIP’) planning regime by both the predecessor and current government. Reforms to make the regime faster and more effective...more
On 12 December 2024, the updated NPPF consulted on over the summer, came into immediate effect. The pro-development changes aim to increase housing delivery, support development generally and in particular key growth sectors...more
LOS ANGELES — L.A. Metro Testing AI Weapons Detection System- L.A. Metro is considering implementing a weapons detections system being tested in Chicago that uses existing security cameras to scan the transit passengers...more
The adopted 2024-2025 budget for New York state includes the enactment of two programs intended to assist the production of housing in New York City: the Affordable Neighborhoods for New Yorkers Program (ANNYP) to replace the...more
Welcome to the trendy revolution of urban farming. Three years ago, Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled a plan to transform vacant office buildings in downtown DC into residential properties with hopes of creating a...more
City of Los Angeles - Proposed Citywide Adaptive Reuse Ordinance - In 1999, the city council adopted the Adaptive Reuse Ordinance (ARO) that enabled the conversion of commercial buildings constructed in the downtown area in...more
On December 14, 2023, the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors adopted policy guidance for data center development. The Data Center Development Policy limits where data centers can be established and regulates various aspects...more
On 26 January 2024, Washington, D.C.’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement tax abatements to be made available to developers of...more
In February 2024, the Arlington County Board is expected to advertise significant changes to Arlington planning and zoning approval practices. In the second phase of the Commercial Market Resiliency Initiative (CMRI), the...more
In 2022, the California Legislature passed The Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022, known as Assembly Bill (AB) 2011 and the Middle Class Housing Act of 2022, known as Senate Bill (SB) 6. The two pieces of...more
As work habits continue to transition from office space to work from home, sparsely populated downtown office towers are proving to be a barrier to the City’s goal of repopulating the traditional financial district. Enter the...more
On Jan. 21, 2023, the Arlington County Board amended the Arlington County Zoning Ordinance to allow a set of new uses. The ordinance amendment will expand the number of permitted uses in commercial/mixed-use zoning...more
The multi-family panels participating in the Winter 2022 Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey predict interest rates will increase faster than inflation and anticipate drops in vacancy...more
Multi-family market expectations have improved in Silicon Valley, Orange County, and San Diego, while in the other markets surveyed, panelists do not see 2023 as having higher occupancy and rental rates compared to today,...more
Despite limited success for housing bills in the 2020 legislative session, 2021 should present opportunities for developers - Bullet Allen Matkins – December 21 - During the 2020 legislative session, many housing...more
Owners of shopping centers and other retail spaces are again increasingly looking to novel uses, including distribution and warehouse uses, sometimes called “fulfillment centers”, to fill growing vacancies. These emerging...more
Last month, the Appellate Division, Second Department, issued two interesting opinions concerning parking. One involved a parking variance and the other involved a restrictive covenant....more
On Tuesday, July 11, 2017, the Santa Barbara City Council will consider a new zoning ordinance for the city. If the council votes to introduce and subsequently adopt the new zoning ordinance (NZO), it will be effective 30...more