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Development
Board of Appeals Made Inadequate Efforts to Accommodate Religious Use
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Commercial Real Estate Investors Looking for Next Value Play
The rush to such sectors as industrial and multifamily has compressed cap rates, leaving many to reconsider how they measure value and leaning more toward internal rate of return.
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Appellate Division Upholds West Side Tower
In a dispute over West Side development, the First Department handed a victory to developers seeking to build a 39-story building on the block between West 65th and West 66th Street, and Columbus Avenue and Central Park West.
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Selective Reassessment of Only Commercial Properties Violates the Uniformity Clause
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania recently analyzed whether the City of Philadelphia's selective reassessment in tax year 2018 of only commercial properties at current market value violated the Uniformity Clause and the Assessment Law's requirement that the City assess all properties annually at actual market value.
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Real Property Law
Restrictive Covenant Enforceable Despite Permission By Successor Landowner Insufficient Evidence of Street Dedication Inadequate Notice to Mortgagee Voids Tax Sale Court Reinstates Malpractice Claim Against Lawyer Alleged to Have Solicited Transfer of Title of Residence In Foreclosure Notice of Pendency Provides Constructive Notice Servient Owner Not Entitled to Alter Easement Location Adverse Possession Defeats Co-Tenants' Partition Action
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NY Appellate Courts Defer to Board of Standards In Zoning Cases
A recent case in New York's First Department highlights the extreme deference appellate courts accord Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) determinations interpreting the extraordinarily complex zoning scheme.
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Development
Planning Board Took Requisite Hard Look Under SEQRA Denial of Special Use Permit Upheld
Features
COVID-19 and Lease Negotiations: Casualty Provisions
First in series of articles that will examine specific aspects of the COVID shift in which commercial lease negotiations are seeking protection against unlikely events. Part 1 focuses on casualty provisions.
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Eminent Domain
Condemnation Invalid for Failure to Establish Public Purpose
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Landlord & Tenant Law
Yellowstone Injunction Denied for Failure to Move on Time
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