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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Initial Analysis of Key Provisions for the Real Estate Industry

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On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1 into law, the budget reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act). As discussed in our prior alert released following the passage by the House of...more

Jones Day

New York Legislature Passes Bill Banning Rent Minimum Provisions in Real Estate Loan Documents

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On June 13, both houses of New York's legislature passed a bill, S1163, that prohibits "rent minimums" in real estate secured loan documents....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California SB-1103: What Landlords Need to Know About New Rights for Small Business Tenants

California’s Commercial Tenant Protection Act (SB-1103) took effect on January 1, 2025. Conceived as a transparency and displacement prevention measure for small businesses, the new law creates tenant protections for small...more

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Fair Notice Drafting: Indemnity Clauses that Stand Up in Texas Courts

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Imagine a customer slips and falls inside a tenant’s leased space. The injured party alleges that the fall was caused by water leaking from the building’s sprinkler system. Although no fault has been determined, the claim...more

Paul Hastings LLP

REIT All About It: One Big Beautiful Bill — Tax Updates for REITs

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On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law, following the approval of Congress. OBBBA contains the following compelling updates from a real estate investment trust (REIT)...more

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP

Asset Protection 101 for New York Restaurant Owners with Real Estate Interests

Owning and operating a restaurant in New York comes with significant financial and legal responsibilities—especially when real estate is part of your investment portfolio. As a restaurant owner, you face unique risks that can...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones de Ley Antilavado y Código Penal en México

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Tal y como se anticipó desde abril de este año, el 16 de julio de 2025, en el Diario Oficial de la Federación, se publicó el decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones de la Ley Federal para la...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Real Estate Tokenization: Recent Developments in New Jersey and Dubai

Tokenizing real estate involves converting ownership or economic rights in property into digital tokens on a blockchain platform. Blockchains can replace outdated land records, and smart contracts can automate real property...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Federal Real Property Presents Opportunity for Private Sector Developers

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The Office of Management and Budget approved recommendations in May 2025 for the consolidation and disposition of 11 federal properties encompassing nearly 7.1 million gross square feet of office space in eight U.S. cities....more

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Bring Me Sunshine … but London Rights of Light Injunction Is Refused

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The owner of a property which enjoys a right of light over surrounding properties can seek to restrain development of the surrounding properties which would infringe that right. This can include seeking an injunction to...more

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DeSantis Extends Emergency Declarations for Tornado-Damaged North Florida Counties

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In recent weeks, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued executive orders extending two separate emergency declarations for counties in North Florida following a series of tornadoes that caused severe damage in the region....more

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Becomes Law: Key Real Estate Tax Changes

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Signed into law on July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the "Act") permanently extends and modifies several cornerstone provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, restores key business incentives, and makes...more

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Ban on upwards only rent reviews—a major shake-up for commercial real estate?

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Without prior consultation, the UK government has introduced a significant reform to the commercial property landscape through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (the Bill), published on July 10, 2025. ...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Local Ordinances Determine Maintenance Responsibility for Michigan Property Owners

As a property owner in Michigan, you may have questions about your responsibilities related to the public sidewalk that runs in front of your home or business. If someone is injured on that sidewalk, are you liable? The...more

Morgan Lewis

US Federal Government Expands CFIUS, Texas Joins States Limiting Foreign Control of Real Property

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Texas joins the patchwork of states enacting legislation restricting foreign investment in real property with the enactment of the 2025 Texas Senate Bill No. 17, highlighting the growing state interest in national security....more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

The One Big Beautiful Bill: What Every Commercial Real Estate Investor Needs to Know

The commercial real estate landscape is undergoing one of its most significant policy overhauls in years. The recently enacted “One Big Beautiful Bill” brings sweeping changes to tax incentives, financing rules, and...more

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Acquisition of Contaminated Property: Federal District Court Addresses Allocation of Cleanup Costs

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (“Court”) addressed in a January 28th Opinion issues arising under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C....more

Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC

Ground Leases: A Commercial Real Estate Financing Alternative

In recent years, ground leases have gained popularity as an alternative for developers, offering more flexibility and leaner launch costs than traditional fee ownership of vacant land, pad sites, storefronts, or other...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs 2025 Tax Bill into Law

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed House Bill 7031 into law, enacting sweeping changes to Florida's tax statutes that include updates to the sales tax on commercial leases, sales tax relief, certain corporate income...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act - Tax Highlights Related to Real Estate Investors

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which both extends many soon-to-expire provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) and makes several additional changes to the...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Coentreprises : Considérations en matière de financement et pièges potentiels

Si vous êtes un investisseur, un promoteur ou un prêteur dans une coentreprise qui se propose de financer le bien immobilier faisant l’objet de la coentreprise, il est important de protéger vos intérêts en soupesant les...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Tax Impact of the OBBBA: What the New Budget Law Means for Housing and Real Estate

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President Trump’s budget permanently extends numerous provisions of the Internal Revenue Code from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 scheduled to expire at the end of 2025 and includes several changes that will have...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Abuse of Contractual Right When Renegotiating a Commercial Lease: the Superior Court Rules on Unreasonable Offers by Landlord

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In Grains Boivins inc. v. Élevages St-Georges inc. (2025 QCCS 25), a decision dated January 10, 2025, the Superior Court handed down a decision reminding landlords that they must negotiate with tenants in good faith when...more

Cozen O'Connor

2025 Real Estate Market Pulse Survey

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In May 2025, Cozen O’Connor’s Real Estate Practice conducted a comprehensive survey to capture the pulse of the real estate investment community. The survey aimed to understand how current economic conditions, fluctuating...more

Cole Schotz

H.R.1: Some Beautiful, Some Not – Implications for Commercial Real Estate

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H.R. 1 (President Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill”) was officially signed into law Friday, July 4, and with it came sweeping changes to the real estate industry. Some of these changes are extensions of Trump’s Tax...more

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