Dec 07, 2023 Ready for the Corporate Transparency Act? Five Key Considerations Before Year-End By David Coombs Michael Hickey Ling Kong Linh Lingenfelter Jesse Scott +2 more... Show less The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), designed to prevent money laundering and promote a Know Your Customer policy, goes into effect on...
Nov 28, 2023 Claim Your Space: Identifying and Leveraging Your Highest and Best Use By Jaclyn Grodin “Highest and best use” (HBU) is commonly understood in the real estate industry as the reasonably probable and legal use of land that is...
Nov 21, 2023 Women Hold Up Half the Sky By Ling Kong I recently had the privilege of delivering opening remarks to Project 2.8 at Columbia University, my alma mater. Project 2.8 is a startup...
Nov 20, 2023 CRE Short Sales Are Here for the Long Haul By Patrick Gallagher John Ratino James Shipe Jonathan Stein Lee Templin +2 more... Show less In cities across the country, “for lease” signs dot the downtown landscape. The pandemic aftermath – with employers maintaining hybrid or...
Nov 17, 2023 2023 Top Women of Law: Kristen Ferris By Kristen Ferris Kristen Ferris, a director in the G&S Corporate Group, has been named to the 2023 “Top Women of Law” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for...
Nov 14, 2023 ICSC Law 2023 - Positive Trends in Retail Infuse the Conference By Melissa Rivers Approximately 1,200 people attended the 53rd ICSC Law Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. With attendance approaching pre-Covid numbers, it...
Oct 23, 2023 Commercial condominium conversions offer flexibility in a challenged NYC office market By George Evans Kristen Liang Hara Perkins With the current state of the real estate market, building owners and developers should consider utilizing the flexibility of the...
Oct 23, 2023 To deed, or not to deed: The pros and cons of a deed in lieu By Alexander Berger Trevor Hoffmann Rajinder Saini Amid soaring interest rates and the recent swell in commercial real estate loan workouts, borrowers and lenders alike are increasingly...
Oct 19, 2023 Going Paperless in the Land of Commercial Real Estate By Derek Domian Molly Quinn Since the 17th century, the “statute of frauds” has required contracts or agreements for the sale or transfer of land to be in writing,...
Oct 18, 2023 Hits to CMBS and CLOs Are Bad News for Commercial Real Estate Financing By Brian Cohen Read more from attorney Brian Cohen in this Commercial Observer article.
Oct 18, 2023 The “City of Yes” Plan: Seven Proposed Changes to Alleviate NYC’s Housing Crisis By George Evans Andrew Shaw New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced seven key features of his administration’s “City of Yes” plan in September. Designed to update...
Oct 10, 2023 Justice Kahn Reminds Litigants Of the Risk of Legal Fee Awards By Charles Jacob III Justice Francis A. Kahn III, who presides over Part 32, the Mortgage Foreclosure and Mortgage Auction Part in Supreme Court, New York...
Oct 06, 2023 What happens when lenders cannot schedule a foreclosure sale within the 90-day statutory time period? By Jonathan Hayden Charles Jacob III The uptick in commercial foreclosures, combined with the still-lingering pandemic-induced delays, has created an environment,...
Sep 05, 2023 A Retail Renaissance By Jaclyn Grodin Jennifer Jones Karen O'Malley When you hear the phrase “commercial real estate” these days, you can’t help but think of the slumping state of the office real estate...
Aug 21, 2023 A Guide to the Corporate Transparency Act for Individuals with Closely-Held Businesses and State-Monitored Entities Created for their Estate Planning By Leaura Levine This content has also been posted to the Boston Business Journal and New York Business Journal. In an effort to curb money laundering,...
Jul 28, 2023 SABA North America Annual Conference – That's a Wrap! By Rajinder Saini A group of Goulston & Storrs attorneys – Mitali Biswas, Vaishali Goyal, Muryum Khalid, Kiman Kaur, and Rajinder Saini – had the wonderful...