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Letters of Intent to Lease: Valuable for Landlords and Tenants
November 01, 2005
Landlords and tenants occasionally ask whether they should bother to negotiate and execute a letter of intent to lease. Many wonder whether it might be more efficient to launch right into negotiating the lease itself. The investment in negotiating a letter of intent to lease will almost always pay quick dividends for landlords and tenants. The dividends may be in the form of an early discovery of a lack of agreement on an important issue that will allow the parties either to resolve it quickly or decide to terminate further negotiations and part ways. The more details sorted out during the letter of intent phase, the greater the likelihood of a smoother and successful consummation of the lease. Finding the proper balance of detail to include at the letter of intent phase is often a function of the nature and size of the transaction and the sophistication and leverage of the parties involved. This article is intended to help landlords and tenants consider what they may want to include in their letters of intent to lease.
Retail Property Values and Land Use Regulation: Judicial Approaches to Measuring Diminution of Value and Strategies to Redress Loss of Property Value
November 01, 2005
Part One of this article discussed the <i>Penn Central</i> multifactor takings test. The conclusion addresses the "whole parcel" rule announced in <i>Penn Central</i> as well as the two-part takings test established by <i>Agins v. City of Tiburon</i>, 447 U.S. 255 (1980) and suggests strategies to redress loss of property values due to regulations.
Cooperatives & Condominiums
November 01, 2005
In-depth analysis of a recent key case.
Real Property Law
November 01, 2005
Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.
Development
November 01, 2005
A look at pivotal cases.
Landlord & Tenant
November 01, 2005
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice, with key analysis.
Title Insurance for the Mezzanine Lender
November 01, 2005
Present-day real estate financing is significantly more complex than traditional financing. Sobered by borrower bankruptcies and compelled by rating agency requirements in the modern day era of mortgage securitizations, lenders are now looking to "mezzanine loans" to bridge the gap between senior debt and borrower equity. A mezzanine loan will often cover 50% to 90% of the equity required to acquire a property. In order to secure the repayment of a mezzanine loan, a lender customarily requires a pledge of the partnership or membership interests of the property owning entity.
Index
November 01, 2005
Everything in this issue, in an easy-to-follow format.
Around the States
October 31, 2005
National rulings of interest to you and your practice.
PA Co-Parent Wins Primary Custody Against Biological Mother
October 31, 2005
The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed a lower court ruling that gave primary custody of two children to the lesbian former partner of the children's biological mother. Of notable significance, neither court ruled that the biological mother was an unfit parent, but rather than the "best interests of the children" dictated that the non-biological mother would provide a better household. The three-judge panel's ruling was unanimous.

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