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Thinking Outside of the Big-Box: Understanding License Agreements
Kelly D. Stohs
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David P. Vallas
One critical component to the successful evolution of a shopping center is creating a stronger connection with community through attractions, events and promotions that bring a fresh vibrancy to the centers. These specialty relationships and other short-term relationships are generally memorialized in a license agreement rather than a traditional lease.
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The Comprehensive Plan Requirement
Stewart E. Sterk
Does a local law requiring site plan review satisfy the statutory requirement when a town (or village) has enacted neither a formal comprehensive plan for a zoning ordinance?
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — How It Affects Real Estate
Peter M. Fass
<b><i>Part One of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>The Tax Act is the most sweeping change to the U.S. federal income tax laws since 1986. This and future articles discuss the individual tax and business tax provisions that affect real estate investment and investors in real estate.
Columns & Departments
Development
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Developer Had No Vested Right to Subdivision<br>TDR Provision Not Adequately Referred to County Planning Board
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Landlord & Tenant
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Vacancy Increase Counts in Determining Rent Deregulation Threshold<br>LINC Program Violates Urstadt Law<br>Fraud Justifies Rent Overcharge Award<br>Fair Housing Act Claim Not Barred By Statute of Limitations
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Trump Administration Bars SBA Loans to Cannabis Industry Support Businesses
Steven Schain
The U.S. Small Business Administration updated its standard operating procedures to prohibit providing loans to both marijuana- and hemp-related businesses and businesses deriving any gross revenue from sales to marijuana-related businesses (MRBs) including those providing lighting, hydroponic equipment or testing services.
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Real Property Law
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Contract Satisfies Statute of Frauds<br>Contract Vendee Failed to Perform<br>Questions of Fact Preclude Dismissal of Constructive Trust Claim<br>Questions of Fact About Scope of Mortgage
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Case Notes
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Bifurcation Is Not the Answer<br>Zoning Board's Variance Not Extinguished Despite Lack of Standing<br>Delay Tactics Cost Tenant $24 Million
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The Tax-Exempt Entity's Property and a Lessee's Private Purpose
Janice G. Inman
When a tax-exempt property's use by a lessee involves an element of private profit. Is the tax-exempt status lost?
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Considering Lease Assignment Provisions in the Light of an Enterprise's Broader Business Plan
Terrence M. Dunn
When entering into or acquiring leases for locations, a retail or restaurant business must consider broader business concerns in negotiating the leases' assignment provisions. Those provisions can inadvertently create major obstacles in the ultimate conveyance or financing of the business.
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