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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Joint Ventures: Financing Considerations and Potential Pitfalls

If you are an investor, developer or lender in a joint venture that is proposing to finance the property that is the subject of the joint venture, it is important to protect your interests by considering how to address a...more

A&O Shearman

Great Fund Insights: Navigating NAV issues in open-ended real estate funds during economic challenges

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This publication focuses on the key issue currently facing managers of open-ended real estate funds offered to institutional investors: the difficulty of striking reliable valuations of properties under the economically...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

What is a Rent-Ready Credit in Multifamily Real Estate?

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A rent-ready credit is a legal provision commonly included in a multifamily real estate purchase agreement that allows a buyer to recover turnover costs at closing. The credit is used to cover the costs needed to make vacant...more

Goodwin

Maximizing Value in Master-Planned Communities: How to Effectively Negotiate Builder Purchase and Sale Agreements

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The investment strategy historically adopted by investors in the US commercial real estate market has transformed notably in recent years, driven in part by evolving patterns in consumer demand and shifting economic...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Rural Illinois Data Center Boom: Landowners, Are You Ready?

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Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is coming and it is coming fast. It is poised to transform industries, automate complex tasks, analyze data faster, and supposedly make smarter decisions for businesses. Rural AmericaIn...more

Sands Anderson PC

What to Know About Letters of Intent in Real Estate and Business Deals

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Thinking about selling your business or a piece of real estate? You’ll likely need to start with a Letter of Intent (LOI), so it is important to know the basics before you dive in....more

International Lawyers Network

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Massachusetts (Updated)

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER MASSACHUSETTS LAW - I. STANDARD FORMS OF AGREEMENTS - A. Offer to Purchase sets forth buyer’s offer of price, date for closing, contingencies for inspections, financing etc....more

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Facing Unrepaired Defects in Your Villa? Enforcing Your Rights Against the Contractor

When investing in real estate, particularly in villa projects, purchasers often rely on developers and contractors to deliver homes free from defects. However, issues may arise where defects remain unresolved despite...more

BCLP

Settlement Showdown - Have You Really Settled Your Claim?

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In Bin Obaid v Al-Hezaimi [2024] EWCA Civ 612, the Court of Appeal upheld a High Court decision in finding that subsequent claims did not fall within the scope of claims which were released under an earlier settlement deed....more

Goodwin

Subscription-Secured Credit Facilities: Recent Developments in the US Market and Considerations for Real Estate Funds

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Fund-level subscription-secured revolving lines of credit are a well-established instrument in the toolkits of a variety of private equity fund sponsors and managers, including for venture capital funds, hedge funds, debt...more

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Preparing for a Corporate Real Estate Sale: Top 10 Tips

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As our colleague John Bennett has recently commented in his insight, hopeful undercurrents remain about the potential of increased activity in the real estate investment market for 2024. When the penny does drop, a highly...more

Hinckley Allen

Ensuring Seller Accountability: Post-Closing Options for Buyers

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When it comes to real estate transactions, buyers are protected by the Purchase and Sale Agreement which operates as a contract between the buyer and seller. Purchase and sale agreements typically contain numerous...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Idaho’s Supreme Court Raises New Questions About the Essential Elements of a Lease

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Idaho’s Supreme Court recently issued a new opinion discussing the requirements to form a valid lease agreement. Unfortunately, the case raises as many questions as it answers....more

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Real Estate Joint Ventures Involving Private Equity Funds: Regulatory, Structuring, and Practical Considerations

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The real estate joint venture (JV) is an investment vehicle that marries investment or development competence on one hand with capital on the other to invest in a real estate platform. The investment or development competence...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The California Supreme Court (and Court of Appeal) - August 2, 2022

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We are spotlighting a published California Court of Appeal decision on rehearing for its analysis on contract and fraud claims arising out of a real estate transaction. The California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate...more

BCLP

10 things you should know when investing in Germany or England and Wales

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In what ways can ownership in Real Estate be acquired? In Germany - The most common way to obtain ownership in German real estate under German Law is in the form of absolute ownership. Pursuant to statuary law, absolute...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Real Estate Reserves October 2021 - Basics of Reserves

Reserves are amounts deposited with a lender as security for an obligation expected to occur at a future date, and can serve various functions. The following is an overview of typical reserves in a real estate finance...more

Allen Matkins

Is A Restriction Tantamount To A Prohibition?

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The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 4000 et seq., regulates condominium developments and other common interest developments (CIDs) in California.    Section 4740(a) states that an owner of a...more

Lowndes

Critical Elements of Tenant Estoppel Letters

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If you are an investor buying a leased property, you are undoubtedly looking to the rental income as the return on your investment, in addition to the appreciation in the value of the property that is likely to occur over...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Using a Prenegotiation Agreement as Part of Lease Restructuring

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In our new COVID world, many leases are being restructured. Some are in response to tenant defaults and are appropriately considered lease “work-outs”. Many others will likely need to be amended to adjust to a post-COVID...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Where Can a Wronged Deed of Trust Investor Sue?

When any real estate investment deal goes badly and ends in litigation, there are many reasons why a potential plaintiff may prefer one forum versus another, including the location of witnesses and documents, location of...more

Allen Matkins

Tactics to Avoid Unanticipated Post-Closing Leasing Costs

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Potential buyers and lenders evaluate existing leases of stabilized properties and anticipated lease income of value-add projects in determining which assets to acquire or finance. Rental income, whether existing or...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Gesetzentwurf zur Neuregelung des Schriftformerfordernisses im Mietrecht beschlossen

Die Möglichkeit zur vorzeitigen Kündigung von langfristigen Mietverträgen bei Verstößen gegen die gesetzliche Schriftform schafft seit vielen Jahren erhebliche Rechtsunsicherheiten und Unfrieden für Immobilieninvestoren,...more

Williams Mullen

[Webinar] Real Estate Considerations for M&A Transactions - June 18th, 11:30am ET

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The second program in our new webinar series will outline the key real estate concerns within your M&A transaction. In particular, our speakers will review best practices in structuring a transaction, negotiation and closing...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Cómo los desarrolladores inmobiliarios del sur de Florida están reduciendo el riesgo de litigios

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En los días previos a la Gran Recesión de 2008, las propiedades en todo el sur de Florida se compraban solamente para ser revendidas posteriormente con una ganancia. Este “intercambio” de propiedades culminó en un mercado...more

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