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    There is No Sunset in the Land of OZ – Opportunity Zones Renewed by One Big Beautiful Bill Act

    July 7, 2025 | Blogs

    On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed H.R. 1—referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”...

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    Reverse Build-to-Suit: Sale Leaseback Transaction with a Twist

    May 27, 2025 | Publications

    This is the second installment in our series on sale-leaseback transactions, which have been instrum...

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    How Lenders Should Prepare for Crypto as Collateral

    April 17, 2025 | Presidential Administration Impacts

    Considering this administration’s desire to position the U.S. as a digital banking capital and...

    Storage of digital assets and data in the cloud. Network Server, Server Rack. Data Migration, Data Estate Modernization. Data Lake
    AI Ethics and Commercial Real Estate Transactions

    February 4, 2025 | Blogs

    Commercial real estate professionals are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to en...

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    Crafting a Winning Bid Under California’s Surplus Land Act

    January 30, 2025 | Blogs

    Are you qualified to build affordable housing? If so, every city, county, school district and other ...

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    The Pointy End of Title Insurance

    January 22, 2025 | Publications

    In the movie The Mask of Zorro, Antonio Banderas, playing the masked vigilante, is asked if he knows...

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    Cities and States Take Lead in Subsidizing Office Conversions

    December 16, 2024 | Blogs

    As the historic housing shortage worsens, and office building vacancies continue to plague cities, c...

    Renewable Energy - Solar Subsidy & Incentives
    Maximizing Renewable Energy Financing with Taxable Municipal Bonds and IRA Credits

    December 5, 2024 | Publications

    The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) incentivizes investment in clean energy projects by offeri...

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    Oklahoma Law Creates Additional Burden to Purchasing Property in the State

    December 12, 2023 | Blogs

    In response to concerns surrounding foreign ownership of property following the legalization of medi...

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    Rapidly Rising Rates Complicate Existing Floating Rate Loans

    November 21, 2023 | Blogs

    *This article was originally published in Reuters Legal News on November 20, 2023. The rapid rise in...

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    Considerations for Commercial Borrowers: Mitigating Uncertainty and Risk with Interest Rate Swaps

    November 10, 2023 | Blogs

    Commercial borrowers often use interest rate swaps to manage interest rate risk in loan transactions...

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    Florida Places Restrictions on Real Estate Acquisitions by Certain Foreign Entities

    August 4, 2023 | Publications

    Florida Senate Bill 264 (the “Bill”) was signed into law on May 8, 2023, by Florida Governor Ron...

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    Interest Rate Woes: A Snapshot of the Lending Landscape in Commercial Real Estate

    August 4, 2023 | Blogs

    This was originally published in Reuters Legal News (August 3, 2023). Over the past year, rising in...

    Banking System and Electronic Transfer for Business
    The Corporate Transparency Act’s Impact on the Real Estate Industry: What You Need to Know to Comply

    June 28, 2023 | Corporate Transparency Act

    Many U.S. businesses will soon be required to disclose information on their “beneficial owners” ...

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    U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Pre-RFP Phase Interactions with Owners

    May 31, 2023 | Publications

    The U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned the federal wire fraud convictions of a contractor for hi...

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    C-PACE to Help Developments Make a Change for the Better. . .

    May 30, 2023 | Publications

    A version of this article was published in Law360’s Expert Analysis. The Origins of PACE The p...

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    Crucial Underwriting Considerations for LIHTC Investors in the Wake of Bank Failures

    March 17, 2023 | Blogs

    The recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank (the “Bank Failures”) created much...

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    Why Isn’t There a Big Doughnut on Your Roof?

    March 15, 2023 | Publications

    What’s in your business’ facilities lease is important. What’s NOT in the lease could bankrupt...

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    Use It or Lose It: ARPA Funds Spending Update

    August 3, 2022 | Blogs

    The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), signed into law on March 11, 2021, provided $350 billio...

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    Commercial Leasing: Reexamining Force Majeure in the Post-COVID Landscape

    May 26, 2022 | Blogs

    The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on commercial leasing was immediate and severe. Landlords and te...

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    New Private Activity Bonds, Expiring TEFRA Relief, and Other IRS Updates

    March 11, 2022 | Publications

    The 2021 calendar year wrapped up with the biggest expansion of exempt facility bonds in a decade in...

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    Affordable Housing and the Build Back Better Act

    November 14, 2021 | Blogs

    This article was originally published on November 12, 2021 in Westlaw Today, an imprint of Thomson R...

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    Continued Support for Low-Income Housing Tax Credits in Congress

    October 8, 2021 | Blogs

    In the multifamily industry, 4% low-income housing tax credits (“4% LIHTCs”) have long served as...

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    Zoning Rules Create Affordability and Economic Benefits

    August 28, 2021 | Blogs

    This article was originally published on August 27, 2021 in Westlaw Today, an imprint of Thomson Re...

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    Certainty and Simplification: Updates on LIBOR’s Cessation

    May 25, 2021 | Blogs

    On March 5, 2021, the United Kingdom’s financial market regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority...

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    The American Jobs Plan: A Multifamily Perspective

    April 27, 2021 | Blogs

    Recent federal legislative efforts have the potential to produce a major boon for the multifamily in...

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    Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits Update

    April 14, 2021 | Blogs

    With the help of legislators at the state and federal levels, the historic rehabilitation tax credit...

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    New Information Regarding the Eviction Prevention COVID-19 Relief Fund for Louisville Metro Tenants & Landlords

    August 11, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team

    The Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government (“Louisville Metro”) has recently provided a po...

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    HOPE Act Aims to Provide Assistance to Commercial Real Estate Market

    August 4, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team

    On July 29, 2020, Texas Congressman Van Taylor introduced the Helping Open Properties Endeavor Act o...

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    Preferred Equity Facility Would Provide Much Needed Relief to Commercial Real Estate Market

    July 14, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team

    The commercial real estate finance industry continues to be significantly impacted by the ongoing CO...

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    The Current State of Hotel Owner Requests for Relief from Existing Lenders: Commercial Real Estate Finance COVID-19 Impact Series

    May 1, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team

    This is part of our Commercial Real Estate Finance COVID-19 Impact Series, which is aimed at providi...

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    Hotels and COVID-19

    April 15, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team

    The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected all areas of the economy, and the hospitality industry wa...

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    Issues Facing the Commercial Leasing Industry during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    April 14, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team

    The COVID-19 global pandemic has infected over 1.7 million people as of April 14, 2020, according to...

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    Avoiding Landmines Under Non-Recourse Loan Carveouts in a Down Economy: Don’t Let Covid-19 Make a Bad Situation Much, Much Worse

    March 27, 2020 | Coronavirus Response Team

    Many larger commercial real estate loans, including those financing logistics, distribution, manufac...

    A tablet displaying a mortgage application form is placed on a desk cluttered with documents, a pen, eyeglasses, and a black notebook.
    Contract Fairness Requirements and Lender-Placed Insurance

    January 30, 2020 | Blogs

    Many states have a requirement that contracting parties treat each other with a minimum amount of fa...

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    Can a Lien Exist Without A Debt For It to Secure?

    January 24, 2020 | Blogs

    The question of does a lien exist without a debt for it to secure is a complicated issue that unfort...

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    Frost Brown Todd’s Dallas Office Welcomes Three New Partners and Two Associates

    August 22, 2018 | Press Releases

    Frost Brown Todd (FBT) has expanded its Dallas team by adding five new attorneys: Members Lucas T. E...

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    PACE Program Coming to Pennsylvania

    June 18, 2018 | Publications

    On June 12, 2018, Governor Tom Wolf signed Senate Bill 234, as Act 30 of 2018 (the “PACE Act”) w...

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    Promoting Construction and Development on Main Street

    June 1, 2018 | Publications

    The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (the “Regulatory Relief Act”)...

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    Replacing HVCRE with HVADC

    October 10, 2017 | Publications

    On September 27, 2017, federal regulators proposed regulations that would replace the high volatilit...

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