The impact of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation taking possession of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and appointing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver for SVB is receiving thorough...more
3/14/2023
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Banks ,
Commercial Leases ,
Commercial Real Estate Contracts ,
Commercial Tenants ,
FDIC ,
Landlords ,
Letter of Credit ,
Receivership ,
Security Deposits ,
Silicon Valley
In its December 5, 2022 slip opinion for Cummings Properties, LLC v. Darryl C. Hines, No. 21-P-1153, the Massachusetts Appeals Court held that a provision of a commercial lease that accelerated all remaining rent as...more
BOSTON — The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 created the Opportunity Zone program which provides real estate investors a new tool to defer gains from sales or exchanges of capital assets by investing those gains in a “Qualified...more
12/14/2018
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Capital Assets ,
Capital Gains ,
Community Development ,
Economic Development ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
IRS ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Low Income Housing ,
Opportunity Zones ,
Partnerships ,
Qualified Opportunity Funds ,
Real Estate Development ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Safe Harbors ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deferral ,
Tax Planning ,
U.S. Treasury
In A.L. Prime Energy Consultant, Inc. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued an unambiguous decision on May 2, 2018, that a termination for convenience clause in...more
Housing Choices, Housing Development On Monday, December 11, 2017, the Baker Administration announced the Housing Choice Initiative, which is intended to increase housing development in Massachusetts. The Initiative intends...more
Campus Real Estate, Property Management, Tax Credits The 15th Annual Higher Education Real Estate Lawyers conference was held in San Francisco, where attendees listened to and learned from both in-house and outside counsel at...more
11/9/2017
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Building Codes ,
Building Standards ,
Burden of Proof ,
Colleges ,
Design-Build ,
Educational Institutions ,
Energy-Efficiency Tax Credits ,
Hedge Funds ,
Infrastructure ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Joint Venture ,
Liability ,
Maintenance ,
Nonprofits ,
Patent Royalties ,
Professional Conferences ,
Profits ,
Project Delivery Methods ,
Property Management Companies ,
Property Managers ,
Property Owners ,
Property Tax ,
Public Private Partnerships (P3s) ,
Public Works ,
Real Estate Professionals ,
Renovations ,
Risk Management ,
Strategic Planning ,
Student Housing ,
Tax Allocation Agreements ,
Tax Assessment ,
Tax Court ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Universities ,
Venture Capital ,
Voluntary Payments