Treasury Proposes Expanding CFIUS Jurisdiction Over Real Estate Transactions Near Military Sites

On July 8, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review purchases, leases, and other real estate transactions involving foreign persons. As detailed below, the NPRM would give CFIUS authority to review certain transactions involving real estate located near an additional 59 military installations and would extend the range of CFIUS’s jurisdiction […]

By | July 9th, 2024 ||

Major Changes To Open Public Records Act: What Real Estate Professionals Need To Know

As a result of recent changes concerning requirements that public bodies must adhere to in responding to Open Public Records Act (OPRA) requests, parties seeking to access information regarding matters pertaining to real property will see changes in the manner in which requests for information are processed. They will need to adjust their expectations with respect to the accessing of vital property information.

Practitioners in the real estate transaction, land use, and environmental law areas […]

By | July 6th, 2024 ||

3 Top Considerations For Adaptive Reuse Projects For Industrial Properties

As the world has become more and more technologically advanced, so too has the demand for updated industrial buildings and properties. Rather than upgrade existing facilities, some businesses have opted to move operations to a new location in order to develop entirely new facilities, resulting in an unfortunate plethora of vacant industrial properties and buildings in cities across the country.

Fortunately, as construction costs continue to escalate and real estate developers look to revitalize historic […]

By | July 4th, 2024 ||