Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog

During a recent webinar, “Dispute Resolution Considerations in Construction Contracts”, I was joined by my colleagues Chris Kolosov and Emily Anderson to discuss the dispute resolution alte...

https://www.realestatelanduseandenvironmentallaw.com/dispute-resolution-considerations-in-construction-contracts.html

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, Directive (EU) 2022/2464 (CSRD) is part of the European Union’s efforts to enhance the scope and quality of sustainability reporting among com...

https://www.realestatelanduseandenvironmentallaw.com/sustainability-reporting-obligations-for-eu-and-non-eu-companies-the-corporate-sustainability-reporting-directive.html

In its decision in Upland Community First v. City of Upland, the Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for the development of a warehouse and parcel deliv...

https://www.realestatelanduseandenvironmentallaw.com/a-new-hope-for-the-future-of-mitigated-negative-declarations-the-logistics-of-warehouse-storage-greenhouse-gas-analysis.html

Earlier this year, our article in the Spring 2024 issue of NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Magazine touched on some of the challenges of and tools for adapting underutilized commercial ...

https://www.realestatelanduseandenvironmentallaw.com/state-of-conversion-update-on-adaptive-reuse-and-conversion-legislation.html

Despite strenuous opposition from both the state’s real estate and business communities,1 near the end of the 2024 Legislative cycle, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly ...

https://www.realestatelanduseandenvironmentallaw.com/a-deep-dive-into-ab-98s-restrictions-on-the-logistics-industry-what-the-bill-does-and-does-not-do.html

In Westside Los Angeles Neighbors Network v. City of Los Angeles, the Second District Court of Appeals considered and upheld the City of Los Angeles’s (“City”) actions associated with the...

https://www.realestatelanduseandenvironmentallaw.com/westside-mobility-plan-clears-the-road-of-ceqa-challenges.html

Louise Dyble’s article “Realizing the Potential of Brownfields” was recently featured in the in the Fall 2024 issue of NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development magazine. The article explor...

https://www.realestatelanduseandenvironmentallaw.com/incentives-hope-to-spur-reuse-of-underutilized-and-abandoned-properties.html

This article was first published by Law360 on August 28, 2024. California-born presidential candidate Kamala Harris has made housing affordability a central talking point in her campaign. Long ...

https://www.realestatelanduseandenvironmentallaw.com/assessing-the-practicality-of-harris-affordable-housing-plan.html

As we stand on the cusp of transformation in the commercial real estate industry, one cannot help but recall the sage words: “With great power comes great responsibility.” In an era marked ...

https://www.realestatelanduseandenvironmentallaw.com/ai-is-changing-the-real-estate-industry-how-will-it-impact-your-business.html

As the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) continues to expand its jurisdictional reach, investors, property owners, and landlords should be aware of a growing focus on ...

https://www.realestatelanduseandenvironmentallaw.com/soil-and-security-the-broadening-scope-of-cfius-in-real-estate-transactions.html