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Slight Decrease In Commercial Foreclosures Hints at Market Stabilization Image

Slight Decrease In Commercial Foreclosures Hints at Market Stabilization

Jose A. Herrera-Paez

While the commercial real estate market faced significant headwinds in 2024, recent data suggests that the tide may be turning. The combination of lower interest rates, a decline in foreclosures, and improving market conditions offers a glimmer of hope for property owners and investors alike.

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A Tutorial On Contract Liability for Real Estate Purchasers: 'Huguenot LLC v. Megalith Capital Group Fund I, L.P.' Image

A Tutorial On Contract Liability for Real Estate Purchasers: 'Huguenot LLC v. Megalith Capital Group Fund I, L.P.'

William J. Geller & Robert J. Braverman

In ultimately rejecting the plaintiff's claim that the apartment buyers could be responsible for the condominium developer's breach of a contract recorded as part of the condominium's declaration, the court illustrated some important points about how contracts can run with the land, or otherwise impose liability on real estate buyers.

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Yachts, Jets, Horses & Hooch: Specialized Commercial Leasing Models Image

Yachts, Jets, Horses & Hooch: Specialized Commercial Leasing Models

Lydia Pilch

Defining commercial real estate asset class is essentially a property explaining how it identifies — not necessarily what its original intention was or what others think it ought to be. This article discusses, from a general issue-spot and contextual analysis perspective, how lawyers ought to think about specialized leasing formats and the regulatory backdrops that may inform what the documentation needs to contain for compliance purposes.

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NY Appellate Court Provides Practical Guide to Commercial Landlord's Bankruptcy Damage Claims Image

NY Appellate Court Provides Practical Guide to Commercial Landlord's Bankruptcy Damage Claims

Michael L. Cook

The Southern District of New York affirmed a bankruptcy court's holding that the statutory cap on a landlord's damage claim "applies to [its] claim against a [Chapter 11] debtor-guarantor."

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Sui Generis: Collaborate Like You Mean It

Lydia Pilch

Part Three of a Series This article offers up some thoughts about how lawyers ought to access and manage resources in order to provide a multi-faceted, full-service approach to addressing their clients' needs.

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Sui Generis: Negotiate Like You Mean It

Lydia Pilch

As further follow-up regarding tracking of the lifecycle of a commercial lease, Part Two of this series addresses various negotiation events, strategies, desired outcomes and potentially low key disasters.

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Sui Generis: Draft Like You Mean It

Lydia Pilch

The automatic acceptance of various boilerplate clauses in commercial leases in the face of jurisprudential modernity and evolving legal approaches is dangerous. The evolutionary exploits of a commercial lease aren't done yet, nor should they be.

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Leveraging Generative Artificial Intelligence In CRE and Law Firm Practice Image

Leveraging Generative Artificial Intelligence In CRE and Law Firm Practice

Joy Holley

In addition to boosting efficiency and productivity, GenAI's new technological capabilities hold the promise of empowering lawyers to offer more precise and insightful guidance to their clients.

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Law Firms Embracing 'Hoteling' to Save On Office Lease Costs Image

Law Firms Embracing 'Hoteling' to Save On Office Lease Costs

Anthony Davies

While new to law firms, hoteling strategies are line with the practices of companies in other verticals where hoteling and 100% work flexibility have been successfully in place for some time.

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Second Circuit Likely to Deliver Big Win for Commercial Shopping Center Lessor Image

Second Circuit Likely to Deliver Big Win for Commercial Shopping Center Lessor

Michael L. Cook

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, on remand from the Supreme Court, further remanded to the district court the key issue of whether the Chapter 11 debtor gave "adequate assurance of future performance of" a commercial real property shopping center lease "as required by the Bankruptcy Code after the debtor's assignment of its lease.

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