23 Nov, 2024 Democratizing development without losing sight of the social impact of economic growth By David Linhart As addressed in our prior advisory, Boston is reforming the impact review process in Article 80 of its zoning code. This process is...
15 Oct, 2024 Political Speech in the Workplace: Legal Considerations for Employers By Carla Reeves As the 2024 U.S. presidential election approaches, many employers are bracing themselves for a wave of political discussions—and...
15 Oct, 2024 Legal Industry Adaption in the Face of Disruption - SOLID East 2024 Takeaways By Nordo Nissi The recent SOLID (Summit on Legal Innovation and Disruption) East 2024 Event brought together legal innovators and thought leaders to...
25 Sep, 2024 Different Sectors, Same Page By George Evans I recently attended the IMN Distressed CRE Forum in New York, alongside my colleagues Brian Cohen, Zev Gewurz and Doug Rosner. It was...
14 Jun, 2024 "You are a New Yorker the first time you say, '"That used to be…'" By Hara Perkins According to one of my favorite novelists, Colson Whitehead, “No matter how long you have been here, you are a New Yorker the first time...
13 Jun, 2024 Michigan Supreme Court Dodges Thorny Drone Law Issues By Jonathan Hayden In Long Lake Township v. Maxon, the Michigan Supreme Court had the opportunity to critically consider the extent to which property owners...
02 Apr, 2024 This Michigan Supreme Court Case Has the Potential to Guide Drone and Air Rights Law for the Nation By Jonathan Hayden While at first glance the Michigan Supreme Court case of Long Lake Township v. Maxon, appears to be a simple zoning dispute with a Fourth...
28 Mar, 2024 Unlocking the Future of Build-To-Rent Housing at the Annual Build-to-Rent Forum (East) By Yuanshu Deng Jamie Einbinder Goulston & Storrs participated in the 9th Annual Build-to-Rent Forum (East) that took place on March 20-21 in Nashville, Tennessee. This...
08 Mar, 2024 Relationships Rule at ICSC + OAC By Melissa Rivers “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?” Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday asked this question in their popular 1947 song of the...
05 Mar, 2024 Will apartments solve housing scarcity? By David Linhart Governor Maura Healey has called out housing as Massachusetts’ biggest challenge—both increasing the pace of production and lowering the...
08 Jan, 2024 Renting in the wake of homeownership By David Linhart After the Great Depression, federal policy pushed single-family homeownership as the gold standard of housing through Federal Housing...
28 Nov, 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...
21 Nov, 2023 Women Hold Up Half the Sky By Goulston & Storrs 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...
18 Oct, 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...
10 Oct, 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...
06 Oct, 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,...