Insights on Real Estate

“In residential real estate sales, all parties involved, including sellers, developers, title companies, attorneys, and closing agents, need to be aware of reporting requirements. Consider a situation where a commercial developer builds a residential condominium building or build-to-sale single family community and subsequently sells-off residential units to individual buyers: if a condo unit or single-family home is bought in cash, such sale could trigger a filing requirement with FinCEN.”

Finding a suitable location for a cannabis retail store is not easy, especially in New York City, where quality retail locations are scarce and expensive, and regulations are more robust than most other municipalities.

After seemingly bouncing back from the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and related labor, supply chain, and governmental mandate issues, the hospitality industry experienced a year of volatility in 2023.

Megan Daily presented “What’s in a Contract and Why,” at the DC Pro Bono Center’s How the Law Impacts Your Small Business seminar series on February 6, 2024.

The fashion and retail industry experienced another year of considerable change in 2023.

As 2023 came to an end, it offered a prime opportunity to examine significant legal developments in intellectual property case law and implications for the real estate industry in the year to come.

On October 27, the Biden-Harris Administration announced new initiatives across various governmental agencies to support and encourage the conversion of high-vacancy commercial buildings in downtown urban environments to residential use.

ArentFox Schiff has been awarded 62 top rankings in the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms® which recognizes firms for professional excellence based on consistently positive ratings from clients and peers.

Partner Michael Rubin was quoted by The Boston Globe discussing the growth and visibility of corporate signage on Boston’s skyline.

Prior to 2022, multifamily operators acquired properties throughout the United States at record low interest rates, creating a unique buying opportunity for owners and investors.

Back in March, we wrote about the then-current news of some of the nation’s largest real estate owners defaulting on loans secured by office buildings.

ArentFox Schiff LLP is pleased to announce that San Francisco Managing Partner, lead West Coast Real Estate Partner and Sports Industry Group leader Richard Brand has been named among Daily Journal’s “Top 100 Lawyers”

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce the addition of partner Jena Watson to its Real Estate and Municipal Bond practices in the firm’s San Francisco office.

ArentFox Schiff Partners Amal Dave, Kristen Hosack Pace, and Ankit Shrivastava collaborate with UBS Private Wealth Management to present a panel on succession and generational transfer at AAHOA Washington, DC Regional Conference & Trade Show.

The Federal Reserve’s most recent Financial Stability Report addressed what many industry watchers had been convinced of for some time: the commercial real estate sector is in a precarious state.

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that 130 attorneys have been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America 2024, with an additional four attorneys highlighted as “Lawyers of the Year” and 69 attorneys listed as “Ones to Watch.”

It appears real estate brokers in the District will be able to breathe a sigh of relief after the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit vacated and remanded a district court’s finding that a brokerage firm failed to properly disclose that it was representing both the landlord and the tenant.

Nearly 14 years ago, guidance was provided by federal regulators to facilitate commercial real estate loan work-outs.

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that 93 attorneys and 21 practices have been ranked by The Legal 500 United States 2023 guide, a nationwide analysis of law firms that provide cutting-edge and innovative advice.

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce that 70 attorneys were recognized as leaders in their field and 24 practices spanning the firm’s litigation, regulatory, and transactional capabilities were ranked in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA.

Megan Daily will present “What’s in a Contract and Why” at the DC Pro Bono Center’s Understanding the Fundamentals of Nonprofit Organizations seminar series on April 27, 2023.

ArentFox Schiff LLP has launched the Hospital Municipal Bonds Initiative, comprising a multidisciplinary group of lawyers with extensive experience in tax-exempt hospital financings, restructurings, workouts, and health care counseling.

With some of the nation’s largest real estate owners defaulting on, and looking to restructure, loans backed by commercial office buildings, what may have seemed like an impossibility a few short years ago, is now very much a reality.

While many had hoped that the senior housing rollercoaster would begin to level off in 2023, inflation and rising interest rates continue to create uncertainty for the year ahead. Nonetheless, industry members share one common belief: innovation will be key.

At the beginning of the millennium, food halls occupied a very small niche of the United States restaurant industry.