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Your ENERGY STAR Score is About to Fall Precipitously

Green Building Law Update

Building owners that utilize ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager will see a dramatic change in the 1 to 100 ENERGY STAR scores after August 26, 2018. commercial building space is benchmarked in Portfolio Manager (versus less than 1% of U.S. commercial building is LEED certified). You have 75 days to act. sort of) by the U.S.

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Phase l Assessments for Tenants are the Hottest Environmental Issue in 2020

Green Building Law Update

Buried in the more than 800 page Consolidated Appropriations Act signed on March 23, 2018 was Division N, the ‘‘Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018’’ (the BUILD Act). In 2020, prospective tenants in commercial and industrial properties are now ordering a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment.

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I Just Read my 1000th Phase I Environmental Site Assessment this Year

Green Building Law Update

The majority of our work in reviewing Phase I Environmental Site Assessments is for lenders across the country, much of that undertaken by a non law subsidiary of this law firm, but the fastest growing segment in this space, by far, is Phase Is for commercial tenants. 9601 et seq.,

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July / August 2019 Issue (Volume 52, Number 4)

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The Tourist Game Is Growing | With more than 450 commercial casinos across 24 states, the $261 billion U.S. A Sunny Outlook In Florida | Commercial real estate projects brought $20 billion into Florida’s economy in 2018 and similar to the state’s population, the growth will continue. Special Reports. casino industry supports 1.8

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Stephen Tucker, a helping hand

The Korte Company

Army National Guard soldiers have been standing in for food bank volunteers ordered to shelter in place. By 2018, as graduation approached, a new opportunity opened up. Supporting food bank operations at home in Houston. The food bank was in dire need of help. The new normal at the food bank was bleak.

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Does a Lien Affect Your Credit Score?

Levelset

In contrast, a mortgage is a voluntary lien , because you sign papers giving the bank a lien on your property until you pay off the balance and interest. For example, Dun & Bradstreet provides three business scores: a Paydex score, commercials credit score, and financial stress score. How to remove a lien.

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FEATURE STORY: Accelerating In Alabama

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-based production facility—which will build A320 Family jetliners at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile, Alabama, beginning in 2015—will produce between 40 and 50 aircraft annually by 2018. Regions Bank Unveils $1B Development Fund. I hope this will encourage a number of the other large banks to do the same thing,” the governor added.

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