Bankruptcy in a Coronavirus World
CRE Radio & TV Podcast
With so many businesses shuttered and federal financial relief delayed, employees, tenants, landlords and lenders are trying to work things out and survive until business gets back to usual. But for some, federal relief may come too late and negotiations may not work out as well as we all hope.
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Business Liability in a Coronavirus World
CRE Radio & TV Podcast
As businesses begin the process of reopening they are faced with a myriad of legal and operational issues that they have not previously encountered. Taking a cavalier approach to protecting your employees and the public from contracting the Coronavirus is not only morally wrong, it can lead to significant civil or criminal liability.
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California Coronavirus Eviction Moratorium Review on May 1, 2020
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Some California cities and counties have imposed eviction moratoriums
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Retail Lease Issues in a Coronavirus World
CRE Radio & TV Podcast
This is the recording of a live webinar produced in cooperation between the Retail Brokers Network and Howard F. Kline, Esq. regarding how the Coronavirus has effected retail leasing.
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RENT RELIEF LEASE CLAUSES IN A CORONAVIRUS WORLD
CRE Radio & TV Podcast
This is the recording of our April 2, 2020 webinar in which my panelists and I take a deep dive into commercial lease clauses and legal theories that may provide some tenant rent relief or otherwise obligate the landlord to make certain accommodations for the tenant.
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Negotiating Rent Relief in a Cornavirus World
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In this ever changing world of the Coronavirus, one thing is certain, tenants are going to be seeking rent relief, whether they are legally entitled to it or not.
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Creating and Maintaining a Winning Culture in Business
CRE Radio & TV Podcast
I've dipped into the archives for my 2018 interview with Adam Ifshin at the ICSC 2018 RECON Convention. This was really a personal interview between two men who already like and respect each other. We mix the personal with business, including how to incorporate family into business, creating a culture from the top down. For that, I want you to think of the book from Good to Great, what retail real estate will look like in 2038 and what the current trends are between now and 2038.
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The secret sauce for Successful Affordable Housing in Opportunity Zones
CRE Radio & TV Podcast
Daryl Carter, CEO of Avanath Capital Management, with 2-billion dollars of investment capital under management, discusses the value proposition of affordable housing that he has been pursuing for the last 20-years and its new focus on Opportunity Zones.
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What's Happening in the Las Vegas Opportunity Zones
CRE Radio & TV Podcast
Bill Arent is the Director of the city of Las Vegas Department of Economic and Urban Development. In this podcast, Bill and I discuss how the city went from, pre opportunity zone redevelopment plans and incorporated the new tax incentives offered by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 into their new plans to revitalize under capitalized portions of the city. We also discussed some of the projects that are in the works and other issues relating to opportunity zones.
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The Five Perils of Opportunity Zones
CRE Radio & TV Podcast
This is our first in our weekly series of live-streaming shows, focused on Opportunity Zones. Neal Bawa was our special guest. Neal talked about his, "The Five Perils of Opportunity Zones". It originally aired at 2:45, PM on August 27, 2019.
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[00:06:52] How will the pandemic affect the short term future of retail negotiations?
[00:13:09] New Covid language and increased due diligence,
[00:14:14] Do you think that brick and mortar will continue to shrink?
[00:16:42] Will National tenants be closing their weaker stores?
[00:17:50] What will be the long term effects?
[00:18:32] Is this a good time to push through existing lease negotiations?
[00:19:57] Are lease negotiations going to be more complicated with everyone now adding lease language to mitigate a pandemic risk?
[00:20:41] Are the relevant lease provisions clear and unambiguous?
[00:21:54] Is this a good time to be a retail leasing broker?
[00:22:33] What are some of the specific lease clauses that we'll be changing because of this?
[00:26:05] Will Insurance companies provide pandemic coverage in the future?
[00:26:52] Does Force Majeure apply in most leases?
[00:28:45] Should brokers add forced major language to their LOIs or leave this to the attorneys to duke it out?
[00:33:28] Are the Eminent Domain or Condemnation Clause applicable?
[00:36:56] Co-tenancy provisions may be negotiated differently in the future.
[00:38:08] Do landlords want to get rid of good tenants?
[00:40:08] How does the panel see the effects on the crowded bar business model, given social distancing and potentially less seating capacity?
[00:41:49] Aren't some restaurant volumes up?
[00:46:53] Will grocery anchored shopping centers recover faster?
[00:47:17] How long do you think it will be before commercial real estate gets back to where it was in January 202?
[00:49:04] Will there be new categories of retailers as a result of this pandemic?
[00:49:34] How will the Coronavirus effect investment sales overall?
[00:55:52] How are tenants handling the Coronavirus?
[00:57:00] How important is creativity for tenants? What are the tenants doing to help themselves?
[01:01:37] Landlords want as much information as possible in order to make a risk profile. Tenant's should anticipate what information landlords will want.
[01:03:16] There are a lot of ways tenants can help themselves out.
[01:06:40] How can landlords protect themselves from over aggressive lenders?
[01:11:00] Specific Examples of Retail Landlord Reactions.
[01:13:48] Examples of Tenant Reactions.