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Sustainability Puts Down Roots in Real Estate

Sustainability has evolved from a passing trend or niche preference into an undeniable, growing driver of the real estate market…more

Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Popular, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Market, Sustainability

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“Buy American” Executive Order Expands Potential Reach to Private Recipients of Federal Assistance

President Trump signed an Executive Order on January 31, calling on executive branch departments and agencies to encourage recipients of defined types of new federal awards to use cement, iron, steel, aluminum and certain…more

Buy America, Executive Orders, Federal Contractors, Infrastructure, Trump Administration

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Julia Kalinina Belcher

Point Taken: The UK Supreme Court Finally Confirms the General Law of Liquidated Damages (LDs)

In a long-awaited decision which overturned the Court of Appeal’s ruling in the Triple Point Technology vs PTT Public Company case, the UK Supreme Court confirmed the general law of LDs, which is that—absent clear words to the…more

Construction Contracts, Contract Termination, Contract Terms, Liquidated Damages, Service Contracts

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Emily Bias

Bill Proposes First-Ever Federal Workforce Housing Tax Credit for Middle-Class Housing

Legislation was recently introduced to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives proposing the creation of the first-ever Workforce Housing Tax Credit (WHTC) for middle-income housing developments…more

Affordable Housing, Construction Project, Housing Developers, Low Income Housing, Real Estate Development

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James Bobotek

With Wildfires at a Peak, “Firetech” Is Joining Smart City Lineups

The threat of extreme wildfires has doubled in the past 20 years, with almost 20,000 fires blazing across the United States in 2024 alone. These high-intensity fires can be deadly, expensive, and create lingering health and…more

Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, Fire Departments, Innovative Technology, Smart Cities

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William Bosch

The Emperor Has No Clothes: What We Learned About Hotel Brands During the Pandemic

Branded hotel managers are not bad people, but they’re sometimes bad managers if profitability is your objective. If you noticed that operating margins improved when brand standards were relaxed during the pandemic, and when the…more

Asset Management, Contract Terms, Coronavirus/COVID-19, Hospitality Industry, Hotel Management Agreements

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Rafael Boza

Performance Bond Primer: Need to Knows and Need to Dos

If you are a construction contractor, you deal with performance bonds as part of your business and daily work. They are necessary for almost every project you are participating or will participate in, and, along with other…more

Construction Contracts, Construction Industry, Construction Project, General Contractors, Miller Act

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Clare Cavaliero Pincoski

FEMA and New York City are Redrawing the City’s Flood Maps

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and New York City have announced that they will be working together to update the City’s flood flood-300x200maps. The need for updating FEMA’s flood maps has become more than…more

FEMA, Flood Insurance, Flood Zones, Flooding, Property Owners

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Anthony Cavender

Environmental Justice Update: The Justice40 Initiative

Soon after taking office, President Biden issued Executive Order 14008, entitled, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” This is an unusually long and complex executive order and includes many provisions relating to…more

Air Pollution, Biden Administration, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Environmental Policies

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James Chudy

Build Back Better Includes Historic Expansion of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program

On November 19, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376), a bill that represents a large portion of the Biden-Harris Administration’s agenda. Among other spending and tax measures, the…more

Infrastructure, Low Income Housing, Tax Credits

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Noa Clark

Women’s Professional Sports Continues to Grow by Courts (and Rinks) and Bounds

Earlier this year, we wrote about the surging popularity of women’s soccer in the United States, and how the sport’s growth promised to open exciting new investment opportunities in markets around the country. The Women’s World…more

Arenas and Stadiums, Basketball, Hockey, Investors, Soccer

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Shellka Arora-Cox

Critical Materials for the Energy Transition: Of “Rare Earths” and Even Rarer Minerals

As the world pursues ambitious net-zero carbon emission goals, demand is soaring for the critical materials required for the technologies leading the energy transition. Lithium may be the most well-known of these inputs due to…more

Carbon Emissions, Energy Sector, Environmental Social & Governance (ESG), Minerals, Supply Chain

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Craig de Ridder

Data Center Investment Opportunities

Due to the rapidly increasing amount of data generated and consumed on the internet, an opportunity exists for commercial real estate investors, lenders, developers, green energy providers and others to develop data center…more

Artificial Intelligence, Clean Energy, Commercial Property Owners, Commercial Real Estate Market, Construction Industry

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Elizabeth Dye

Eco Oro v. Colombia and the Police Powers Exception: What Companies Should Know When Investing Outside of Their Country

In a mixed decision for international investors, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) recently published a tribunal’s award finding that the Republic of Colombia breached its obligations under…more

Arbitration, Environmental Social & Governance (ESG), ICSID

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Shelby Dyl

Los Angeles Continues Its Push to Find Carbon-Neutral Ground

Carbon-reduction initiatives have begun to increasingly target the construction industry, particularly in light of data showing that buildings generate up to 40% of global annual greenhouse gas emissions…more

Carbon Emissions, Environmental Policies, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Mark Elliott

In a First-Ever Move, EPA Asks Industry and Public What Agency Regulations to Repeal, Replace or Modify

On April 13, 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency published a notice in the Federal Register seeking public comments on any “regulations that may be appropriate for repeal, replacement, or modification.” This notice…more

Corporate Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Orders, Public Comment, Regulatory Reform

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Brian Finch

Balancing Cybersecurity Threats in Smart Cities: Is the Potential Convenience of “Smart” Intersections Worth the Risk?

The term “smart cities” has become popular parlance for municipalities’ attempts to enhance delivery of urban services and infrastructure through information and communications technology. While they may conjure images of…more

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Automation Systems, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA)

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Nancy Fischer

Terra FIRRMA: How Upcoming CFIUS Reform Will Impact the Real Estate Sector

The Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS) is an inter-agency committee designed to review foreign investments that raise national security concerns. While you may have seen CFIUS play a role in prior…more

CFIUS, FIRRMA, Foreign Acquisitions, Foreign Investment, National Security

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Patrick Fitzmaurice

Acquisition of Distressed Loans: Bankruptcy Considerations and the 363 Sale

There are no shortage of bankruptcy considerations that must be understood by an incoming lender who acquires a distressed commercial real estate loan and whose borrower shortly thereafter files for bankruptcy protection. For…more

Bankruptcy Code, Commercial Real Estate Market, Debtors, Distressed Debt, Foreclosure

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William Fork

Microwave Transmission of Space-Based Solar Power: The Focus of New Attention

Scientists have long proposed that solar electricity generation in space could be an integral component of the world’s carbon-free future. In the 1970s, a U.S. Navy experiment showed that it might be possible to capture solar…more

Carbon Emissions, Electricity, Energy Sector, Popular, Renewable Energy

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Sidney Fowler

Big Data Meets Big Green: Data Centers and Carbon Removal Compete for Zero-Emission Energy

Artificial intelligence, data centers, carbon removal and zero-emission power may sound like a winning line (plus the Free Space) on a 2024 Buzzword Bingo card. But the concepts have come into dramatic real-world tension as…more

Artificial Intelligence, Carbon Emissions, Data Centers, Electricity, Energy Sector

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Laura Freid-Studlo

Supreme Court Allows Construction to Proceed on Southern Border

On July 26, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can access $2.5 billion in Defense Department funds to replace and enhance sections of barrier along the southern border in Arizona, California and New…more

Border Security, Department of Defense (DOD), Trump Administration, US-Mexico Border Wall

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Aimee Ghosh

Build Back Better Includes Historic Expansion of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program

On November 19, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376), a bill that represents a large portion of the Biden-Harris Administration’s agenda. Among other spending and tax measures, the…more

Infrastructure, Low Income Housing, Tax Credits

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Benjamin Gibbs

Preserving Cash and Incentivizing Employees During a Pandemic

As COVID-19 reverberates through the real estate and construction industries, impacted companies should revisit their employee compensation programs to preserve cash and drive performance while maintaining legal compliance…more

Compensation, Coronavirus/COVID-19, Employee Retention, Furloughs, Layoffs

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Brittany Griffith

Bill Proposes First-Ever Federal Workforce Housing Tax Credit for Middle-Class Housing

Legislation was recently introduced to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives proposing the creation of the first-ever Workforce Housing Tax Credit (WHTC) for middle-income housing developments…more

Affordable Housing, Construction Project, Housing Developers, Low Income Housing, Real Estate Development

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James Grosser

Build Back Better Includes Historic Expansion of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program

On November 19, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376), a bill that represents a large portion of the Biden-Harris Administration’s agenda. Among other spending and tax measures, the…more

Infrastructure, Low Income Housing, Tax Credits

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William Hale P.E.

Update Your California Release Provisions to Include Amended Section 1542 Language

Most companies have been involved in a situation where they want to end their relationship with another company, or with an employee, and to permanently terminate their mutual obligations (e.g., a settlement agreement resolving…more

Amended Legislation, Civil Code, Creditors, Debtors, Release Agreements

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Amanda Halter

Carbon Sequestration Can Combat Global Warming, Sometimes in Unexpected Ways

Whether by land, by sea or through human innovation, carbon sequestration is likely coming to (or already happening in) a destination near you. As our planet, overdosed on greenhouse gases, battles climate disasters, a logical…more

Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Global Warming

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Steven Hamilton

The Real Estate Market – Warehouses, Ports and Addition by Subdivision

In episode #26 of Industry Insights podcast, Steve Hamilton joins host Joel Simon to discuss certain segments of the real estate market and related financing that remained robust in the midst of the pandemic…more

Apartments, Borrowers, Distribution Centers, Housing Market, Lenders

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Caroline Harcourt

Acquisition of Distressed Loans: Bankruptcy Considerations and the 363 Sale

There are no shortage of bankruptcy considerations that must be understood by an incoming lender who acquires a distressed commercial real estate loan and whose borrower shortly thereafter files for bankruptcy protection. For…more

Bankruptcy Code, Commercial Real Estate Market, Debtors, Distressed Debt, Foreclosure

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Sheila McCafferty Harvey

Natural Hydrogen May Seem New in Town, but It’s Been Here All Along

When it comes to renewable energy, hydrogen is hailed as a pivotal resource in the zero-carbon game plan. Hydrogen energy is accessible, produces lower greenhouse gas emissions and can use existing gas infrastructure to power…more

Carbon Emissions, Clean Energy, Energy Projects, Energy Sector, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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John Heisse

Prime Contractors Take Note of New California Law Imposing Liability for Subcontractors’ Employees’ Unpaid Wages

California is imposing greater responsibilities on prime contractors for nonpayment of wages and benefits by their subcontractors. On October 14, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 1701 (Thurmond), adding Section…more

Construction Contracts, Construction Industry, Contractors, Popular, Prime Contractor

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Robert Herr

The “Builder’s Remedy” Looms Over Bay Area Cities

Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area are frantically working to finalize their state-mandated “housing elements” in their General Plans by the January 31, 2023, deadline imposed by the California Department of Housing and…more

Affordable Housing, California, Community Development, Real Estate Development, Urban Planning & Development

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Cait Horner

1 De Haro: A Case Study on Successful Cross-Laminated Timber Design and Construction in San Francisco

At the intersection of San Francisco’s SOMA, Potrero Hill and Showplace Square districts, a first-of-its-kind building offers an example of the potential widespread success of mass timber construction in the United States. 1 De…more

Construction Industry, Construction Project, Lumber Industry, Sustainability, Timber

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Robert Howard

Data Center Investment Opportunities

Due to the rapidly increasing amount of data generated and consumed on the internet, an opportunity exists for commercial real estate investors, lenders, developers, green energy providers and others to develop data center…more

Artificial Intelligence, Clean Energy, Commercial Property Owners, Commercial Real Estate Market, Construction Industry

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Emily Huang

Do Municipal Gas Bans Slow the Clean Hydrogen Transition in Real Estate?

Clean hydrogen has the potential to play a significant role in the energy transition by serving as a carbon-free form of energy storage and heat production. In real estate, hydrogen could provide heating, replace or supplement…more

Commercial Buildings, Green Infrastructure, Housing Developers, Hydrogen Power, Natural Gas

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Robert James

Big Data Meets Big Green: Data Centers and Carbon Removal Compete for Zero-Emission Energy

Artificial intelligence, data centers, carbon removal and zero-emission power may sound like a winning line (plus the Free Space) on a 2024 Buzzword Bingo card. But the concepts have come into dramatic real-world tension as…more

Artificial Intelligence, Carbon Emissions, Data Centers, Electricity, Energy Sector

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Megan Jones

NFT Use Cases in Real Estate

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are changing how we think about asset ownership in the real world and in the digital world. NFTs—unique digital tokens stored on a blockchain ledger that represent ownership of an asset, either real or…more

Blockchain, Digital Assets, Metaverse, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Popular

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Victoria Judd

Hydrogen Powers Its Way from Proof of Concept to Reality in Real Estate

Hydrogen is the new buzzword in every industry, and real estate is no exception. Hydrogen does not emit carbon dioxide when burnt and could therefore help reduce the climate impact of buildings, which in aggregate represent one…more

Energy Consumption, Energy Market, Energy Sector, Green Energy, Hydrogen Power

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S. Michelle Ki

Smart Building and Smarter Protocols: Mitigating IoT Cybersecurity Risks in Commercial Real Estate

From our homes to our workplaces, the deployment of smart technology is becoming increasingly prevalent. The Wall Street Journal notes that smart-building-related companies raised $2.88 billion in venture capital in 2021. In…more

Connected Items, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Data Security, Internet of Things

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Michael Kosnitzky

Last Minute Tax Change Benefits Commercial Real Estate

In general, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act bill allows pass-through owners making less than $157,500 ($315,000 for married couples) to take a flat 20 percent deduction on certain business income, before computing the ordinary income…more

Business Taxes, Commercial Real Estate Market, Income Taxes, Pass-Through Entities, Tax Reform

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Elaine Lee

How to Build a Coronavirus Hospital in Ten Days

If the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread in the United States as it has in other countries, drastic expansions of hospital and quarantine facility capacity are likely to be necessary…more

Construction Industry, Coronavirus/COVID-19, Hospitals, Infectious Diseases

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Rebecca Lee

California SB 71 Could Give New Meaning—and New Construction Costs—to the Word “Sunroof”

For builders working in California—already one of the most expensive states for new construction—a new bill winding its way through the legislature could add yet more costs. For this reason, Senate Bill 71 (SB 71) should be on…more

Construction Industry, Real Estate Development, Solar Energy

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Laura Bourgeois LoBue

Construction During a Pandemic – Pillsbury’s 50-State Survey of COVID-19 Impact on Construction Services (UPDATED)

Pillsbury continues to track the impact on construction projects of COVID-19-related orders and guidance in all 50 states and the District of Columbia as well as guidance from CISA and OSHA. We are updating our chart weekly…more

Construction Industry, Construction Project, Coronavirus/COVID-19, Re-Opening Guidelines

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Alana Lyman

Is a By-the-Hour Motel a Single Asset Real Estate for Chapter 11 Purposes?

Single asset real estate (SARE) is a unique classification under the Bankruptcy Code with implications for both debtors and lenders. SARE classification is apparent for a property such as a shopping center, apartment complex or…more

Bankruptcy Code, Chapter 11, Commercial Bankruptcy, Distressed Debt, Single-Asset Debtor

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Cara MacDonald

Data Center Investment Opportunities

Due to the rapidly increasing amount of data generated and consumed on the internet, an opportunity exists for commercial real estate investors, lenders, developers, green energy providers and others to develop data center…more

Artificial Intelligence, Clean Energy, Commercial Property Owners, Commercial Real Estate Market, Construction Industry

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Jillian Marullo

DOI Aims to Modernize its “Inefficient and Inflexible” Type A Natural Resource Damages Assessment Regulations

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) published a proposed rule aimed at modernizing and streamlining the “Type A” Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) regulations under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,…more

Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), Assessment, Department of the Interior, Natural Resources, Proposed Rules

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Michael McDonough

Carbon Sequestration Can Combat Global Warming, Sometimes in Unexpected Ways

Whether by land, by sea or through human innovation, carbon sequestration is likely coming to (or already happening in) a destination near you. As our planet, overdosed on greenhouse gases, battles climate disasters, a logical…more

Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Global Warming

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Michael McNamara

Florida, Sebo and the Concurrent Causation Doctrine

The Florida Supreme Court recently issued a widely reported decision, Sebo v. American Home Assurance Co., which applied the concurrent cause doctrine in ruling that an all-risk homeowner’s insurance policy provides coverage…more

Concurrent Causation, Construction Defects, FL Supreme Court, Florida, Insurance Industry

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David Miller

Understanding SBA Loan Opportunities Under the CARES Act Amidst COVID-19

The CARES Act provides $350 billion for small business Paycheck Protection Loans and an additional $10 billion for the existing Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. Colleagues David Miller and Zachary Bailey describe the new…more

CARES Act, Economic Injury Disaster Loans, Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), SBA Lending Programs, Small Business

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Brian Montgomery

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Calls for CFPB Investigation into Tenant Screening Businesses

Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, has written to newly confirmed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra, asking him to review…more

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Credit Reporting Agencies, Tenants

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Kimberly Moore

Congress Establishes the 4% Floor to Support Affordable Housing

Legislation signed into law on December 27, 2020, fixed the rate for the 30% present value low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC), which had dropped to a historic low of 3.07 in 2020, at 4% (the 4% Floor). Congress hopes that the…more

Affordable Housing, HUD, LIHTC, Low Income Housing, Real Estate Development

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Eric Moorman

White House’s New Draft Guidance Limiting NEPA Review of Greenhouse Gas Impacts Is Not So New or Limiting

On June 21, 2019, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued draft guidance clarifying the treatment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in environmental impact reviews of federal projects under the National…more

CEQ, Climate Change, Draft Guidance, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, NEPA

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Ashleigh Myers

Big Data Meets Big Green: Data Centers and Carbon Removal Compete for Zero-Emission Energy

Artificial intelligence, data centers, carbon removal and zero-emission power may sound like a winning line (plus the Free Space) on a 2024 Buzzword Bingo card. But the concepts have come into dramatic real-world tension as…more

Artificial Intelligence, Carbon Emissions, Data Centers, Electricity, Energy Sector

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Shade Oladetimi

California Statutes Authorizing Public-Private Partnership Contracting

Public-private partnerships are often cited as a key pathway to restoring and enhancing the nation’s infrastructure. They can be challenging arrangements to structure. (As a result of the pandemic, they have even suffered the…more

Construction Industry, Construction Project, Infrastructure, Project Finance, Public Private Partnerships (P3s)

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Matt Olhausen

Blockchain-Based Tokenization of Commercial Real Estate

Blockchain technology is a digitized, distributed ledger that immutably records and shares information using software protocols and advanced cryptology. The development of blockchain-based smart contracts—self-executing software…more

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Popular, Token Sales, Tokenization

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David Oliwenstein

Proactive and Realistic: Anticipating ESG-Related SEC Scrutiny

Though ESG has been around for a while, with roots that extend back to the environmental sustainability movement, the script for current ESG litigation and investigations is still being written. ESG efforts have expanded to…more

Climate Change, Corporate Counsel, Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Social & Governance (ESG)

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Matthew Oresman

EU Green Deal: the European Commission Releases a Strategy to Strengthen the EU’s Financial Market Infrastructure

On 19 January, the EC published a strategy setting out wide-ranging ideas for the development of its financial market infrastructure. The strategy includes plans for driving the green transition in line with the European Green…more

Capital Markets, EU, European Commission, Financial Markets, Green Bonds

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Lee Petro

5G Technology and the IoT Introduce New Regulatory and Security Concerns for Developers

Over the last several years, the proptech movement has become entrenched in the lexicon of the real estate industry as developers use the term as a catch-all term for using technology in the construction of new commercial…more

5G Network, Commercial Buildings, Internet of Things, National Security, Popular

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Matthew Rabinowitz

Terra FIRRMA: How Upcoming CFIUS Reform Will Impact the Real Estate Sector

The Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS) is an inter-agency committee designed to review foreign investments that raise national security concerns. While you may have seen CFIUS play a role in prior…more

CFIUS, FIRRMA, Foreign Acquisitions, Foreign Investment, National Security

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James Rishwain Jr.

The Case for Mixed-Use Retail Centers and Their Continued Investment Potential

Early pandemic fears that brick-and-mortar retail would not live to see the next decade look to be largely unfounded. Shopping centers remain a sound investment for private firms and large institutional investors alike, as…more

Commercial Property Owners, Real Estate Investments, Real Estate Market, Retail Investors, Shopping Centers

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Rebecca Carr Rizzo

Management’s Duties and Responsibilities to Disclose COVID-19 Cases to Commercial and Residential Tenants While Also Protecting Privacy

As COVID-19 cases continue to be reported by the hundreds on a daily basis, and as businesses begin the process of returning to the worksite, it is imperative that property managers—both commercial and residential—understand…more

Coronavirus/COVID-19, Disclosure Requirements, Landlords, Property Managers, Risk Management

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Christine Scheuneman

FinCEN Expands Its AML Target Real Estate Deals and Information Collection

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced on August 22, 2017, that it is expanding its earlier Geographic Targeting Orders (GTO) that require U.S. title insurance companies to identify the natural persons who…more

Anti-Money Laundering, FinCEN, Geographic Targeting Order, Real Estate Market, Title Insurance

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Joel Simon

A Year-End Review of the Environmental Regulatory Landscape

Anne Austin recently joined Industry Insights host Joel Simon to discuss the key considerations and drivers of the Biden administration’s major regulatory initiatives. Our guest today is Anne Idsal Austin, a nationally…more

Biden Administration, Environmental Policies, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Environmental Social & Governance (ESG), Public Policy

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Dania Slim

Is a By-the-Hour Motel a Single Asset Real Estate for Chapter 11 Purposes?

Single asset real estate (SARE) is a unique classification under the Bankruptcy Code with implications for both debtors and lenders. SARE classification is apparent for a property such as a shopping center, apartment complex or…more

Bankruptcy Code, Chapter 11, Commercial Bankruptcy, Distressed Debt, Single-Asset Debtor

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Matthew Stockwell

New Jersey Strengthens the Structural Integrity of Its Residential Builds

In response to the June 2021 Champlain Towers collapse in Florida, New Jersey supplemented its State Uniform Construction Code Act by enacting legislation (effective January 8, 2024) to strengthen laws related to the structural…more

Condominiums, Construction Industry, Inspections, New Jersey, Real Estate Development

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Elina Teplinsky

Natural Hydrogen May Seem New in Town, but It’s Been Here All Along

When it comes to renewable energy, hydrogen is hailed as a pivotal resource in the zero-carbon game plan. Hydrogen energy is accessible, produces lower greenhouse gas emissions and can use existing gas infrastructure to power…more

Carbon Emissions, Clean Energy, Energy Projects, Energy Sector, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Benjamin Tievsky

New York High Court Gives the Bronx Cheer to Insurers’ Pro Rata Allocation and Exhaustion Arguments

Over time, New York’s courts have erected multiple barriers to policyholders seeking to recover insurance for long-tail, progressive injury claims—such as environmental or asbestos liabilities—that can implicate multiple…more

Allstate, Asbestos Litigation, Excess Policies, Insurance Contracts, Insurance Industry

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Clarence Tolliver

Lithium for Batteries from Geothermal Brine

If all goes as planned, solar, wind and other clean energy technologies will help us abandon carbon emissions for good. But many green power sources perform their best only when nature cooperates, so an important (and sometimes…more

Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Energy Sector, Lithium Batteries, Minerals

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Allan Van Vliet

Women’s Professional Sports Continues to Grow by Courts (and Rinks) and Bounds

Earlier this year, we wrote about the surging popularity of women’s soccer in the United States, and how the sport’s growth promised to open exciting new investment opportunities in markets around the country. The Women’s World…more

Arenas and Stadiums, Basketball, Hockey, Investors, Soccer

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Adam Weaver

1 De Haro: A Case Study on Successful Cross-Laminated Timber Design and Construction in San Francisco

At the intersection of San Francisco’s SOMA, Potrero Hill and Showplace Square districts, a first-of-its-kind building offers an example of the potential widespread success of mass timber construction in the United States. 1 De…more

Construction Industry, Construction Project, Lumber Industry, Sustainability, Timber

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Andrew Weiner

A Deep Dive into the Corporate Transparency Act

In episode #29 of Industry Insights podcast, Andrew Weiner joins host Joel Simon for the second episode of our two-part examination of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). In this episode, Weiner turns his attention to the…more

Beneficial Owner, Corporate Transparency Act, Disclosure, Distressed Properties, Reporting Requirements

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David Wright

The Real Estate Implications of Formula One Racing

Formula One’s (F1) popularity has surged in recent years. On track, the 2021 season has been the most exciting in recent memory given Red Bull’s successful campaign against the reigning seven-time champions Mercedes. Off track,…more

Car Racing, Excessive Noise, Infrastructure, Popular, Racetracks

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Vincent Zabielski

Point Taken: The UK Supreme Court Finally Confirms the General Law of Liquidated Damages (LDs)

In a long-awaited decision which overturned the Court of Appeal’s ruling in the Triple Point Technology vs PTT Public Company case, the UK Supreme Court confirmed the general law of LDs, which is that—absent clear words to the…more

Construction Contracts, Contract Termination, Contract Terms, Liquidated Damages, Service Contracts

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