Negotiating with Your Landlord After Commercial Eviction Moratoriums Expire

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During the pandemic, a spirit of we’re all in this together took some of the edge off the normally tense relationship between landlords and commercial renters. Government relief and emergency regulations helped. But now as commercial eviction moratorium protections run out, the relationship will return to normal, albeit a normal flooded with complexities, scattered in …Read more

Owning a Data Center – an Increasingly Popular Real Estate Asset Class

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Data centers have migrated from being something of an “alternative” real estate asset class to a mainstream asset class in recent years. With the advent of 5G networks, data intensive technologies, and the continued digitization of our professional and personal lives, strong demand for data centers is expected to continue well into the future despite …Read more

The Importance of Real Estate Due Diligence in M&A Transactions

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Real estate typically plays some part – whether ancillary or integral – in nearly every asset purchase, stock purchase, or merger transaction. Therefore, it’s important to understand what due diligence might be required for the real estate assets involved in the transactions you may be considering, and the potential risks of not performing that due …Read more

Strategies to Extract Capital from Commercial Real Estate to Withstand Covid-19

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Commercial real estate owners across the United States continue to struggle with the adverse financial impacts Covid-19 has caused to earnings and liquidity. While the return to something resembling a normal real estate market appears to be months, if not years, away, there are some strategies you can pursue now to extract capital from owned …Read more

How to Manage Your Commercial Lease During the Coronavirus Crisis

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The Coronavirus pandemic is sweeping across the United States and, despite recent signs it may be abating in certain communities, most of the country is under some form of shelter-in-place order that in all likelihood will not be lifted for at least several weeks. The swift and persistent spread of the virus in California is …Read more

New Commercial Real Estate Loan Requirements for Delaware LLC’s

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Commercial real estate borrowers and mortgagors formed as Delaware limited liability companies (“LLCs”) should be aware of new loan requirements after recent amendments to Delaware’s LLC Act. The LLC Act amendment, which became effective in August 2018, allows Delaware LLCs to be divided into one or more newly formed Delaware LLCs and allocate assets and …Read more

What Would You Do if Your Family Business’ Property Were Contaminated

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Does your family business own a piece of property that may be contaminated? We often hear clients say they do not want to know the answer to that question because they will be forced to do something about it. We disagree with that approach because you can’t make a good business decision about your potentially-contaminated …Read more

Negotiating Commercial Lease Surrender Provisions

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Most tenants who have just signed a lease are looking to the future. They understand their obligation to pay rent and expenses and expect that during the term of the lease they will have continued access to the premises for the period of time covered by the lease. Often, they will be improving the premises …Read more