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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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Oregon Repeals Statewide Wildfire Hazard Map and Mitigation Requirements

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Following outcry from rural Oregon property owners faced with stricter building codes and fewer insurers willing to write fire policies, Governor Tina Kotek has signed two measures to address wildfire risks in the state. One...more

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Broad Street Brief: City Council Returns from Winter Recess

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Mayor Parker Expresses Openness to Working with Trump Admin. Mayor Cherelle Parker expressed a willingness to collaborate with President Donald Trump on shared priorities, emphasizing the need for bipartisan cooperation to...more

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Housing Bill Becomes Law, But It’s Not Just About Housing

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On Tuesday, August 6th, Governor Healey signed into law House Bill 4977, “An Act relative to the Affordable Homes Act.” The 181-page Bill provides for $5.1 billion in capital funding to support housing production and...more

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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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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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Broad Street Brief: Councilmember Domb Resigns, Green Equity Initiative Gets Pushed, African American Museum Will Move

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Philadelphia City Councilmember Domb Resigns- On Monday, City Councilmember Allan Domb announced that he is resigning, citing his intent to evaluate a 2023 mayoral run. In an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer, the...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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Schwabe Gets Briefed on JTM’s Esterra Park Carbon-Neutral Project

The final phase of the Esterra Park development in Redmond, Washington, is a carbon-neutral development. Schwabe client JTM Construction is the general contractor for that project. As attorneys, we are interested in staying...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

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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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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

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U.S. P3 Market Year in Review

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2019 was a banner year for public-private partnerships ("P3s") in the United States. More states than ever have enacted P3-enabling legislation. While many of these are transportation-related, it is clear that funding...more

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Cities Tap Hot Real Estate Markets to Expand Economic Opportunity

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As the U.S. economy enters its tenth year of continuous growth, cities are responding with ways to harness development pressure for affordable housing and for job creation and training. Boston’s elected officials are...more

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Court Decision Creates Conflicting Case Law with Respect to When to Challenge a SEQRA Final Determination

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The Appellate Division, Second Department, recently issued a decision that appears to be a departure from prior precedent and is certain to create confusion with respect to when to commence an Article 78 claim challenging a...more

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Local Land Use On Location

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Montgomery County, Maryland - Montgomery County has launched Thrive Montgomery 2050, an initiative to update the County’s General Plan for the first time since the 1960s. The County Planning Board seeks public input to...more

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What’s Driving Real Estate In The Portland Metropolitan Area?

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To kick off our Oregon Real Estate Review series, we set the stage with key trends that are driving real estate activity in the biggest and busiest market in the state, the Portland Metropolitan Area. When it comes to big...more

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Fourth Department: Interest in Architecture and Historic Preservation Not Sufficient to Confer Standing Under SEQRA

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In Schmidt v. City of Buffalo Planning Bd., 174 A.D.3d 1413 (4th Dept., July 31, 2019), the petitioner, Terrence Robinson, filed suit to prevent the demolition of an architecturally significant apartment complex, claiming...more

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