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 Brian Pearson | 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 Brian Pearson | 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...
by Robert R. Kaplan, Jr. | Jun 4, 2019 | Commercial Real Estate
Commercial real estate can be a smart play for many interested in creating a sophisticated and diversified investment portfolio. For individuals and institutional real estate investors alike, identifying an optimal market in which to invest can make the difference in...
by Brian Pearson | Nov 28, 2018 | Commercial Real Estate
Rarely does a day pass when you don’t hear of a new commercial development or creative retail endeavor. Given this continued wave of corporate growth and expansion, it is a perfect time to discuss a few common clauses in commercial leases that regularly cause...
