Seth Eaton Discusses Modifications and Workouts of Commercial Real Estate Loans during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Joint venture structures continue to be an important tool for public real estate investment trusts (REITs), particularly in market environments where traditional capital-raising strategies may be challenging from a funds from...more
President Donald J. Trump signed the legislation commonly known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (Tax Act) into law on July 4, 2025. Below are five key takeaways for sponsors and investors in real estate and real estate...more
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published a report, alongside a press release and updated webpage, examining vulnerabilities in non-bank commercial real estate (CRE) investors. The report identifies entities such as...more
The U.S. House of Representatives, by a one-vote margin, passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “House Bill”) early in the morning on May 22, 2025. The House Bill has yet to be considered by the U.S. Senate and will...more
In our latest roundup, REITs ramp up development, U.S. water infrastructure funding plateaus, Giant’s mixed-use development raises questions, and more!...more
In our latest roundup, Wells Fargo sues JPMorgan Chase, mortgage rates drop, and the life science RE market falters, and more!...more
Despite a strong start to the year, activist activity in Canada in 2024 tapered to pre-pandemic levels. This reversion to more historic annual totals follows a notable resurgence of shareholder demands directed at Canadian...more
Join Vinson & Elkins REIT and Real Estate partners, Brent Abbott, Executive Vice President, Head of Investments, Real Estate Division at Pacolet-Milliken, and Anthony Scavo, Chief Operating Officer at Basis Industrial, as...more
In our latest roundup, UBS to liquidate $2 billion real estate fund, hotel workers in San Francisco vote to strike, housing market to change after blockbuster settlement, and more!...more
In our latest roundup, big bank exposure to CRE lending grows, concerns for the construction industry abound, U.S. hotel securitized loans come due, and more!...more
Watch Real Estate Finance Shareholder Seth Eaton discuss loan modifications and how they have evolved throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Seth outlines several different phases of loan modifications and highlights key points...more
The onset of the novel Coronavirus pandemic (“COVID-19”) led to an abrupt shutdown of businesses worldwide and across numerous industries. The shutdown’s impact on the commercial real estate market generally, and on REITs...more
Federal Reserve Announces the Inclusion of Legacy CMBS In the TALF Program - On April 9, 2020, the Federal Reserve announced that the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility will now include certain legacy commercial...more
As retail leasing continues to evolve, real estate investment trust (REIT) landlords, retail tenants and the business / advisory teams on both sides will want to ensure that REIT issues are surfaced and negotiated before the...more
Don’t believe everything you read about retail commercial real estate (Retail CRE). If you just looked at the headlines, then you would see that, since reaching a peak of 146.51 on July 25, 2016, the Dow Jones U.S. Retail...more
The first, global observation to share is that the real estate industry dodged a lot of potential bullets during the tax reform process and came out smelling like roses – indeed, actually came out ahead, overall, under the...more
The Situation: Historically, the United Kingdom has not taxed capital gains on real estate disposals when the seller was not a UK resident. The Development: Coming into line with most of the world's jurisdictions, the UK...more
Owners, Developers Face Challenges Converting Parking to E-Commerce Delivery Space - Because millennials make up an increasing number of urban residents, owners and developers of apartment and condominium buildings are...more
Key Findings - The U.S. retail sector remains commercial real estate’s most sluggish sector, partially due to robust building during the 2000s, which left a hangover of space, and partially because the U.S. recovery...more
The real estate world unofficially convened at the 9th Annual Real Estate Capital Markets Conference hosted by Goodwin Procter and Columbia Business School. The speakers and guests, which included real estate fund...more
Key Findings - ..The retail industry is becoming more complex and changing at an ever increasing speed. Shifting demographics, household downsizing, more educated consumers, new channel formats, among other trends,...more
Several major retailers and restaurant chains have recently engaged in a variety of transactions to spin off their real estate and lease it back. Retailers and restaurants are suddenly doing them, or considering them, at an...more
In this Issue: - National Market Trends - Leasing Trends - Major Industry Transactions - Retail in Ohio - Excerpt from National Market Trends: As more millennials move into urban...more
On April 30, 2015, Representatives Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Joe Crowley (D-NY), both members of the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee, introduced legislation intended to encourage foreign investment in United States real...more
As we look back on a busy fourth quarter 2012 that saw a flurry of deal closings in the final weeks of the year for core and value-added commercial properties in the US, an active transaction pipeline is already ramping up...more