02 Oct, 2024 Proposed Action Plan for Article 80 Modernization By Matthew Kiefer After an 18-month study process, the Boston Planning Department has released an Action Plan proposing strategies to modernize Boston’s...
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...
20 Sep, 2024 Reminder To Draft Purchase And Sale Agreements With Care By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan John White III +1 more... Show less Somerville Off. Assocs. Ltd. P'ship v. Cresset Dev., LLC, 104 Mass. App. Ct. 1108 (2024). In Somerville Office Associates Limited...
20 Sep, 2024 A High Price To Pay For Judgments In Litigation By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan John White III +1 more... Show less H1 Lincoln, Inc. v. South Washington Street, LLC, et al., 104 Mass. App. Ct. 256 (2024) The decision arises from a “bitter and...
20 Sep, 2024 Landlords Beware: Construction Projects And Potential Liabilities By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan John White III +1 more... Show less Classic Restaurant Concepts, LLC v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 104 Mass. App. Ct. 323 (2024) Classic Restaurant Concepts,...
20 Sep, 2024 Let’s Clear The Air: Industrial Facilities Must Comply With Board Of Health Regulations By Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan John White III +1 more... Show less P.J. Keating Co. v. Town of Acushnet, 104 Mass. App. Ct. 65, 233 N.E.3d 1097 (2024), review denied, 2024 WL 3346086 (Mass. June 27,...
16 Sep, 2024 Navigating Lender Liability Complexities & Minimizing Risk By Zev Gewurz Jaclyn Grodin Charles Jacob III Douglas Rosner Adam Safer Eric Seltzer +3 more... Show less As lenders and borrowers try to get creative in working through ongoing distress in the real estate market, especially in certain asset...
15 Aug, 2024 City of Boston Office to Residential Conversion Program Extension By David Ingraham Matthew Kiefer David Linhart In June, Mayor Wu announced the extension of the City of Boston's Office to Residential Conversion Program with $15 million in additional...
24 Jul, 2024 Is It Me? When CRE Loans Get Personal By Douglas Rosner Timothy John Carter Jonathan Hayden Paige Marshall Elijah McDonnaugh +2 more... Show less Savvy commercial real estate (CRE) borrowers and lenders seeking to minimize downside exposure pay close attention to the triggers for...
23 Jul, 2024 D.C. FY25 Budget Expands CRE Revitalization Initiatives By Lawrence Ferris Jeff Utz The end of June saw the D.C. Council pass the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act of 2024 and the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of...
27 Jun, 2024 Owners Beware: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Underscores Strict Adherence to Prompt Payment Act By Peter Bilowz Rhian Cull Molly Quinn On Monday, June 17, 2024, the Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) issued its decision in Business Interiors Floor Covering Business Trust v....
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...
12 Jun, 2024 Commercial Real Estate Note Purchases: Lender’s Loss, Investor’s Gain By Timothy John Carter Frank Ditta Zev Gewurz Jonathan Stein Jennifer Bisgaier +2 more... Show less In this ongoing article series with Citybiz, members of the Goulston & Storrs Commercial Real Estate Workouts Group keep you up to date...
11 Jun, 2024 Radio Boston - "Idea City": Top Boston thinkers on city's present and future By Matthew Kiefer Attorney Matthew Kiefer appeared on WBUR's Radio Boston program to discuss how to re-think zoning, a concept from Idea City: How to Make...
07 Jun, 2024 Lions and Turtles and Bearded Dragons, Oh My! By Joel Antwi Mariana Korsunsky Kevin O'Flaherty Gary Ronan +1 more... Show less Fleming v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Oxford, 103 Mass. App. Ct. 1128 (2024) In Fleming, the Massachusetts Appeals Court grappled with some...