The growth of the operational real estate (ORE) sector is one of the most significant recent trends in global real estate markets. ORE is relevant to a wide range of real estate asset classes and subsectors, and an increasing...more
As anticipated in our previous article on 7 March 2022, Companies House launched the new register of overseas entities (the “ROE”) pursuant to the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the “Act”), so...more
8/10/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Financial Crimes ,
Foreign Entities ,
Foreign Ownership ,
Freehold Estates ,
Land Registries ,
Leaseholds ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Registration Requirement ,
UK
As part of the UK government initiative to clamp down on criminals using UK property to launder their ill-gotten gains, the government is introducing some sweeping disclosure requirements in the form of a ‘Register of...more
Mixed-use buildings and estates are very much the norm these days; they were prevalent pre-COVID-19 and, as discussed in a previous article in this series, that trend has accelerated. Whilst traditionally a mixed-use scheme...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many things but the appetite for investing in operational real estate in the UK is not one of them. In this article, we examine the ways in which investors can engage with...more
This article is the second in a multi-part series examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on select real estate sectors and the considerations around how technologies will shape future operations and accelerate means to...more
8/25/2020
/ Commercial Tenants ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Health and Safety ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Public Health ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Safety Standards ,
Social Distancing ,
Technology Sector ,
Workplace Safety
On 25th March 2020 the UK government passed the Coronavirus Act 2020 (the “Act”) granting emergency powers to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Act includes some limited protection for commercial tenants.
There is some...more