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Not-For-Profits Gain Access to Historic Tax Credits with Enactment of Missouri HB 2062

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On May 16, Missouri passed HB 2062 modifying the state’s existing Historic Tax Credit (HTC) program. The bill alters the program in several significant ways. The program will now feature a year-round application cycle,...more

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Virginia Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits - Legislative Update

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The Virginia Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit (HRTC) program (see Virginia Code § 58.1-339.2) has played a significant role in stimulating Virginia’s economy and preserving thousands of historic properties throughout the...more

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Procedures for the Protection of Historic Properties/National Historic Preservation Act: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Proposed...

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) published a proposed rule in the February 9th Federal Register addressing compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (“NHPA”). See 89 Fed. Reg. 9079. The...more

Allen Matkins

Sustainable Development and Land Use Update 1.30.24

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Fullerton leaders have reached a settlement with the state over the city’s housing element. When looking at how much housing is needed in the state to meet the growing population, Fullerton’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation...more

Troutman Pepper

Lawsuit Against the National Trust Over Preservation of Historic Home Dismissed

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Oatlands Historic House in Leesburg, VA was built in 1804 and is recognized as one of the finest federal-period country estate homes in the country. The home and approximately 400 surrounding acres were donated to the...more

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Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023: Summary of Planning Reforms

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The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 was given Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. It introduces some wide-ranging reforms to the planning system which we summarise in this Insight. However, most of the changes will not...more

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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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Historical Correction? Second District Holds City’s Policy Decision To Remove And Relocate “Offensive” Statue That Was Replica of...

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In an opinion filed May 12, and later certified for publication on June 8, 2023, the Second District Court of Appeal (Div. 6) upheld the City of San Buenaventura’s decision to remove a bronze statue of Father Junipero Serra...more

Downey Brand LLP

Sixth District Upholds City’s Rejection of Proposed Compensatory Mitigation for Demolition of Historic Building

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The Sixth Appellate District, on May 10, 2023, published a decision in Preservation Action Council of San Jose v. City of San Jose (2023) __ Cal.App.5th __ upholding the City of San Jose’s certification of a final...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

The Intersection of Historic Preservation and Urban Planning

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There are seventy historic districts in Washington, D.C., with local neighborhoods accounting for more than thirty of these designated areas. In addition to working to preserve some of Washington’s oldest and most historic...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

History Has Its Eyes on You: Historic Preservation as the Basis for Property Tax Exemption

​​​​​​​Earlier this year, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court concluded that historic preservation alone could serve as the basis for a property tax exemption. In other words, if an owner preserves a historic building, that...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Responsabilità Amministrativa da Reato Degli Enti: Esteso il novero dei reati presupposto ad alcuni illeciti in materia di tutela...

È stata finalmente pubblicata in Gazzetta Ufficiale (G.U. n. 68 del 22 marzo 2022) la Legge 9 marzo 2022, n. 22 avente ad oggetto “Disposizioni in materia di reati contro il patrimonio culturale”, entrata in vigore in data 23...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

The New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020: NJ EDA Approves Rules to Implement Historic Property Reinvestment Program, Announces...

What You Need To Know •The Historic Property Reinvestment Program will provide incentive funding for the rehabilitation and preservation of eligible historic properties throughout New Jersey. •Awards under the program...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Ohio Senate Bill 225 Doubling Historic & Opportunity Zone Incentives Heads To House

Ohio historic preservation and economic development projects may soon receive a large temporary boost from the Ohio General Assembly. Recently passed by the Ohio Senate and now under consideration in the Ohio House, Ohio...more

Sands Anderson PC

Make the Richmond Coliseum into Richmond Colosseum—Part II

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My recent post on this topic got a lot more play than my typical blogs...more

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Make the Richmond Coliseum the Richmond Colosseum

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One of the many fun things about practicing commercial real estate law is the real estate part. Growing up, I often traveled around Virginia with my parents on weekends exploring cool old buildings, many of them abandoned....more

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93rd Arkansas General Assembly: Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Cap Increase (Update)

The 93rd Arkansas General Assembly convened for regular session on January 11th and is expected to adjourn in the next few days. House Bill 1555 (“HB 1555”), which would increase the cap for the Arkansas Historic Tax...more

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Chief Justice Roberts' Statement Questions Broad Presidential Authority Under the Antiquities Act of 1906

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On March 22, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in a case that upheld President Obama’s designation under the Antiquities Act of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument in the northern...more

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Utilizing Tax Credits to Finance Renovation for State Institutes of Higher Education

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In 2017 the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 1003, which made the Texas Historic Preservation Tax Credit available to state university systems and other state institutions of higher education. Following this change,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Preservation of Old Havana and the Role of the Board in Hiring

Eusebio Leal Spengler died last week. That name is not well-known in the US but he was the person who led an effort to preserve Old Havana, transforming that historic district from a forgotten slum into an architectural jewel...more

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Agency Inaction Is Not a CEQA Project

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An agency’s failure to maintain a historic building—“demolition by neglect”—is not a “project” subject to CEQA. Lake Norconian Club Foundation v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, No. A154917 (First...more

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How a Laudable Historic Renovation Led to ADA Violations

From a legal perspective, renovating a historic building is not for the faint of heart. In addition to obtaining the building permits and inspections required for any construction project, renovation of a historic building...more

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Coconut Grove Playhouse: Court Finds City Departs Essential Law Requirements

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In Miami-Dade County v. City of Miami, Circuit Court, 11th Judicial Circuit (Appellate) in and for Miami-Dade County (Case No. 18-000032-AP-01) [26 Fla. L. Weekly 800b], an appeal was filed by Miami-Dade County (the “County”)...more

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Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit/92nd Arkansas General Assembly: Act 470 Enacted Reducing Threshold Necessary for Homeowner...

Governor Hutchinson signed House Bill 1493 which amends the Arkansas Historic Rehabilitation income tax credit. The bill reduces the investment threshold necessary for homeowners to qualify for the Arkansas Historic...more

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Portland To Significantly Revamp Historic Preservation Code

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The City of Portland has about 10,000 buildings, bridges, cemeteries, landscapes, and other resources that have been designated as historic. Of those, about 5,000 are "documented" on the City's Historic Resource Inventory,...more

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