by Steve Eldridge | Sep 1, 2021 | Commercial Real Estate
For many commercial real estate developers, the cost of acquiring land and then building out a project can be prohibitively expensive—particularly in high-priced urban markets and at a time when corporate tenants may be scaling back on space in the wake of COVID-19. ...
by Steve Eldridge | Feb 18, 2021 | Commercial Real Estate
The next several months may be turbulent ones for landlords whose real estate financing hinges on commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS). COVID-19’s economic impact is continuing to play out across real estate sectors. According to data from Trepp, which tracks...
by Zach Grabill | Aug 18, 2020 | Commercial Real Estate
In response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”), which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, announced in March that it would give borrowers the opportunity to pause or reduce payments on multifamily loans financed by...
by Kathy Lawrence | Jun 24, 2020 | Commercial Real Estate
The COVID-19 outbreak is prompting proposed changes to Opportunity Zones, which allow investors to defer and lower capital gains taxes through 2026 by investing their profits in areas coping with unemployment, lower wages and community blight. In recent weeks, the IRS...
by KVCF | May 5, 2020 | Commercial Real Estate
For property owners and developers, the most important first step on any construction project may be hammering out a contract with their builders or contractors. Even for owners and developers who engage an owner’s representative on a project, it remains imperative...
by KVCF | Sep 4, 2019 | Commercial Real Estate
As lawyers who counsel buyers and sellers of multi-family buildings from Hawaii to Massachusetts, we are very sensitive to whatever captures our clients’ attention most urgently. While there’s a lot of talk in the market right now about interest rates, we are seeing...
