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Commercial Real Estate Lending:  What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You! If there is anything commercial real estate lenders have learned during the collapse of the commercial real estate market over the past five or so years, it would be the […]

I was invited recently to speak at the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Annual Real Estate Short Course to discuss what every lawyer should know about commercial real estate development agreements. In preparing for the presentation, a developer client suggested […]

Of Course We Can Sue Them . . . But Can We Hold Them Liable? No one knows everything. It’s a simple fact of life. Often, businesses turn to other businesses and professionals to obtain needed information. The range of commercial information […]

NOTICE TO MUNICIPALITIES:  If you want economic development, ACT LIKE IT! Sometimes, municipalities can be their own worst enemies when it comes to economic development. At best, things they sometimes do, or don’t do, evidence disinterest, if not incompetence. Alternatively, […]

This is the second installment of a three-part series on Section 1031 like-kind exchanges. Part 1 explained WHY you should consider use of a Section 1031 like-kind exchange when selling commercial or investment real property. Part 2 covers the key […]

This is the first installment of a three-part series on Section 1031 like-kind exchanges. Part 1 explains WHY you should consider use of a Section 1031 like-kind exchange when selling commercial or investment real property. Part 2 covers the key […]

 Tips on Selling Commercial Real Estate Sellers are funny people. Not “ha ha” funny, but funny in the sense that they sometimes have an odd way of looking at things when they are selling commercial real estate. This is not […]

MONEE, ILLINOIS IS IN SEARCH OF A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER – AND WILL PROVIDE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES This post is intended to serve two purposes: Let me first say that I am not a real estate broker or real estate […]

ICSC RECon 2014 is in full swing as the largest retail real estate convention in the world. Every year, retail owners, investors, developers, lenders and other commercial real estate professionals converge on Las Vegas, NV to network, discover, promote their […]

  Albert Einstein:           “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”   Commercial Real Estate Due Diligence – the Four Areas of Inquiry I’m a big fan of Albert Einstein. He’s one of my intellectual heroes.  He […]