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Now that we have endured more than one year of living in a pandemic, the question arises: how has it affected the manner in which commercial real estate transactions should be negotiated and documented? The negative impact on the already distressed retail and office markets is self-evident. There is little need to maintain a storefront if customers either cannot or will not shop there. The need for facetime in an office environment has proven to be over-stated. If a tenant’s business is no longer viable for reasons beyond its control, how should that circumstance be addressed in a lease?
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Hoteling Here to Stay As Law Firms Return to the Office
By Anthony Davies
For the Big 4 consultancies, hoteling has been a positive operational construct for over a decade, or in some cases longer. The success of the decentralized law firm depends in some part on how well firms can shift “hoteling” from the negative connotation of “losing my desk” to the positive connotation of “having a hotel-like experience.”
Fear of Unknown In Force Majeure Litigation Prompting Settlements
By Charles Toutant
Since the pandemic began, lawyers have been using the coronavirus to justify nonpayment of rent, construction delays and even termination of labor contracts. But the prospect of litigating a contract cancellation based on force majeure is still so fraught with peril that many breach-of-contract disputes end in an amicable resolution.
Frustration-of-Purpose Use In Commercial Leases During the Pandemic
By Joshua Wurtzel
The use of the frustration-of-purpose doctrine to absolve commercial tenants of their obligation to pay rent could signal headwinds for the commercial real estate market — and the economy more generally.
Will Delta Variant of COVID-19 Impact Commercial Real Estate Recovery?
By Erik Sherman
The new Delta variant of COVID-19 is speeding across the country, raising the question of whether the assumptions earlier this year of an economic rebound — some even predicted a super bounce — were premature.
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