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By the time most businesses decide they need additional space to accommodate their growing operations, it is too late. While there is something gratifying about organic growth emblemized by folding tables in a conference room and triple occupant cubicles, the commercial leasing process is inherently stacked against tenants. This disadvantage is only compounded when the tenants are unprepared.
New Development Projects: The Reports of Demise Were Greatly Exaggerated
By Michael R. Leighton
Numerous shopping center developers use a “layer-cake” of financing, including state and federal tax incentives to reduce the costs of debt and equity financing. The industry correctly saw that the market value of the credits would drop once the Jobs Act become effective. Such tax cut could undoubtedly impact the ability of developers to raise equity, certainly for new projects not yet placed in service.
Opportunity Zones and Commercial Real Estate
By Erika Morphy
One of the many provisions of last year’s tax overhaul was the creation of a little-noticed program called Opportunity Zones, which was designed to give investors tax breaks for investments in designated areas. Now, attention is starting to pick up as the program takes shape.
Summary of Developments Under New York’s Environmental Quality Act
By Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan
The courts issued 41 decisions in 2017 under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act, and changes were made to regulations themselves this year. This article summarizes the most important of these cases and regulation changes, and the patterns they represent.
By ssalkin
Tenant Improvement Does Not Shift Repair Responsibility Away from Landlord
Attorney Fees Not Court-Ordered Cannot Be Recouped by Withholding Rent
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