Stroock Presents: GOAT Town, Episode 4: Office-to-Residential Conversions in NYC – Magic Bullet or Merely One Piece of the Puzzle?
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California CRE to Expand in 2022
How To Be A Project Advocate By Diffusing Adjacent Neighbor Tensions
Homebuilder Series Webinar: Joint Ventures Solutions, Steve Lear
Aging Baby Boomers are bringing higher-than-ever demand to the seniors housing market, and prudent developers are looking to build additional facilities now. This significant and immediate need for additional seniors housing...more
As wildfires increase in frequency and severity, the construction industry is turning to advanced fire-resistant building techniques and materials to create “fire-hardened” homes that can withstand extreme heat, direct...more
Key takeaways The Building Safety Levy will come into effect in Autumn 2026. The Building Safety Act 2022 gave the government the power to impose a building safety levy on new residential buildings requiring certain building...more
The High Court has imposed the first Building Liability Order under the Building Safety Act, passing liability for building safety defects from an SPV to its wealthier parent company....more
Join Goldberg Segalla partner Laura Colca for an insightful webinar that delves into the complexities of how Trump’s tariffs have reshaped the construction industry. Learn the financial and logistical impacts of tariffs on...more
On March 4th, President Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on goods imported from Mexico and Canada, the United States’ two largest trading partners. Two days later, those tariffs were largely lifted as President Trump signed...more
The Canadian residential development industry is facing an unprecedented wave of financial distress. Debtor-initiated real property (including rental and leasing) insolvencies spiked in 2024, rising by 42.5 percent...more
A Bill first introduced by the New Jersey Assembly Housing Committee in October, and recently approved by the Committee to be considered by the full Assembly for a vote, could potentially permit single exit stairwells in...more
The Spanish government has proposed the creation of a state-owned enterprise dedicated to the promotion, development, and management of housing. This entity will oversee the entire residential real estate cycle, including...more
Vacancy rates across the state are showing improvement, particularly in San Francisco, which reflects California’s housing shortage. Demand also remains strong, and supply is growing, suggesting confidence in the sector...more
As we look ahead to 2025, several key areas within the real estate sector are poised to see an uptick in disputes. This report outlines ten pressing issues that property owners, occupiers, developers and investors should be...more
On August 6, 2024, Governor Maura Healey signed into law, the Affordable Homes Act, (H.4977) authorizing nearly $5.16 billion in spending over the next five years with approximately 49 policy initiatives to counter rising...more
The Victorian State Government (the Government) has announced a temporary expansion of the off-the-plan duty concession for purchasers of residential apartments and certain townhouses. The measure is a part of the...more
In our latest roundup, construction output decreased, office utilization unchanged, September apartment starts fell 15% from a year ago as developers pulled permits, and more!...more
Local and state elected officials, community stakeholders, private developers, and employers are grappling with Ohio’s recognized lack of high-quality, workforce-attainable housing options. While Ohio has been successful in...more
1. SUPREME COURT PUTS COLLATERAL WARRANTIES IN THEIR THEIR PLACE - Can a collateral warranty be a "construction contract" under the Construction Act, an agreement for the carrying out of construction operations?...more
California law requires cities and counties to regularly plan for new housing development and to prepare and adopt housing elements that formalize these plans. For those cities and counties that fail to adopt housing elements...more
On August 6, 2024, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed the Affordable Homes Act (the Act) into law. The Act aims to counter the rising cost of housing in the commonwealth by implementing new policies and providing...more
Session: Incentivizing Housing Development in Northwest Ohio: Finding Opportunities and Overcoming Barriers - Overview of Statewide market conditions for housing development & how to build successful public-private...more
As detailed in our previous Legal Alert, six conservation groups filed a petition with the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) on March 5, 2024 to request the implementation of legal protections for five...more
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed H.B. 623 into law on April 15, 2024, creating a new section 553.837, Florida Statutes, which will require builders to provide a one-year warranty for all newly constructed homes. ...more
In our latest roundup, Airbnb advocates for new short-term rental rules, the U.S. Supreme Court rules on hefty development fees, loan losses becomes greater issue for banks, and more!...more
National and local news has been replete with stories discussing the challenges and benefits of converting underutilized commercial properties such as office buildings into needed housing. A recently introduced bill pending...more
In the case of Bellway Homes Limited v Surgo Construction [2024] EWHC 10 TCC, the court addressed whether it is possible to start a smash & grab adjudication but also a claim based on true value adjudication as a secondary...more