Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 30, 2020

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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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 2, 2018

The potential applicability of the BFPP protection for a tenant who leases contaminated or formerly contaminated real estate and improvements has been the subject of debate for the decades since the CERCLA’s enactment. Phase l ESAs will now become much more common in commercial and industrial leasing.

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HardHatChat

JUNE 21, 2012

Observations and Conversations about Commercial Construction, Development and Management. I get asked a lot about commercial construction trends. I get asked a lot about commercial construction trends. Each municipality brings its own costs, and different market cycles bring different lease rates.

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Retail Commercial Chicago Leases 216

Green Building Law Update

APRIL 26, 2015

The bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require the Department of Energy to “study” the feasibility of improving energy efficiency in commercial buildings through the design and construction of spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures. Such is close enough for government work.

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

rcassidy Mon, 06/05/2023 - 12:44 Andrew Lehrer and Tyler Jensen, Environmental Systems Design A significant climate impact can be achieved with hybrid electrification that balances capital expenditure and operating expenses. The green power market, a subset of the larger electricity market in the U.S.,

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 31, 2019

The potential applicability of the BFPP protection to a tenant who leases contaminated or formerly contaminated real estate and improvements has been the subject of debate for the decades since the CERCLA’s enactment. Phase l ESAs are now becoming much more common in commercial and industrial leasing.

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Liability Leases Defense Commercial 120

Green Building Law Update

JUNE 10, 2018

The change is significant for buildings pursuing LEED or Green Globes certification, for buildings with GSA or other government space leases tied to an ENERGY STAR score of 75, for buildings in cities with mandatory benchmarking, and for the more than 450,000 commercial properties that have an ENERGY STAR score.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

LEED Commercial Interiors projects present the best single opportunity for greening buildings. million existing commercial buildings in the United States today. million existing commercial buildings. greater than 80% exist in rented space within those existing commercial buildings. The proof is in the numbers.

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Business Facilities

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

million to the University of Maryland to create a green energy research center. The goal of the Green Energy Institute—a collaboration between the University of Maryland Energy Research Center (UMERC) at the A. The new green energy research facility is the centerpiece of Gov. T he Maryland state legislature has allocated $7.5

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 11, 2015

Maryland residents may be eligible for a one time excise tax credit, up to $3,000.00, when they purchase or lease a qualifying plug-in electric vehicle through June 30, 2017. The rebate is 50% of the purchase and installation price capped for residential at $900, commercial at $5,000, and for retail service stations at $7,500.

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Electrical Maryland Retail Leases 120

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Green buildings generate large quantities of data. In an age when many have opinions about Edward Snowden’s disclosures, foreign state sponsored hacking, and Uber’s massive customer data hack, most people have not considered matters of data protection from their real estate, green building or otherwise. Others collect building data.

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Business Facilities

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

L ast year, Chicago celebrated the highly anticipated grand opening of the new UI Labs Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) on Goose Island. SOM’s design for the interior and architectural renovation emphasizes flexibility, fluidity, and information sharing. By the BF Staff. Evergreen Avenue.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2012

This positive Gigaom posting puts the venture capital and “green building” initiative aspects into focus: Honest Buildings , a startup that aggregates information about buildings’ energy use and green characteristics, raised its first round of venture funding led by RockPort Capital and Mohr Davidow Ventures.

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Construction Lawyer

MAY 13, 2009

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. Risks in LEED design. There is an interesting discussion of some issues and risks to design professionals involving LEED projects at [link]. Categories.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 12, 2015

This law firm is increasingly called upon to give legal opinions that a green building is LEED certified, certifiable or otherwise ‘really’ a green building. One might ask why the need for an opinion from a lawyer that a building is green? The opinion we are most often asked to render is required by a lender.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 12, 2015

This law firm is increasingly called upon to give legal opinions that a green building is LEED certified, certifiable or otherwise ‘really’ a green building. One might ask why the need for an opinion from a lawyer that a building is green? The opinion we are most often asked to render is required by a lender.

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Business Facilities

JULY 12, 2016

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has made $36 million available through two new initiatives that aim to increase the energy efficiency of New York’s commercial buildings — including office towers, universities, hospitals and retail stores — which are some of the state’s biggest energy users.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The plant supplies cable harnesses to US commercial vehicle manufacturers. Green site acquisition and developments. Built-to-suit facilities for Lease or Sale. Lease Buy Back Options. Design & Architecture. Site selection evaluation. Complete service package. Engineering. Mechanical.

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Green Building Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

As I mentioned in a previous post, I led a study this summer analyzing the legal policy and process factors impacting commercial building energy efficiency in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Processes included legal-related factors impacting EE transactions, such as contracts, leases, public bidding requirements, and accounting standards.

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CivilJungle

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Green Stone AAC Block. Green Stone AAC Block. Green Stone AAC Block. Our competencies include expertise in construction materials , development of modern living spaces , and leasing state-of-the-art commercial real estate. 10 – 25 Crore. Cell O Con AAC Bolck. 10 – 25 Crore. Mepcrete AAC Block.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Green buildings are the geoengineering solution to many of the environmental issues of the day.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

AUGUST 5, 2013

Louisiana will provide $14 million in funding over 10 years for expanded higher-education programs designed primarily to increase the number of annual computer science graduates. During construction of the new riverfront complex, IBM will be temporarily lease space at the Essen Centre office complex in Baton Rouge. Morris Lessmore.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 24, 2016

Property assessed clean energy (PACE) programs, where payments for energy efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy improvements to commercial real estate are made through a building owner’s property tax bill are beginning to hit their stride. There were not similar concerns expressed about commercial loans.

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Building Information Management

JULY 26, 2012

If GSA, as the “landlord of the federal government,” were to require or use something else, it would add cost to the building and leasing process across the building industry. 2 B Green Profitably. 2M Design Consultants, Inc. Airco Commercial Services, inc. Alabama Green Building Solutions & SLS Construction.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MAY 15, 2013

Every year, tens of thousands of people descend on the city for South by Southwest (SXSW), a nine-day stretch of festivals and conferences designed to highlight the hottest new entrants in the world of music, film and technology. serves the world’s most innovative electronics companies with analog and digital semiconductor design.

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Austin Texas Innovation Industrial 73

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 16, 2018

In another high profile application, Walmart just announced it is requiring suppliers of leafy green vegetables upload growing and shipping data to blockchain by September 2019. Cryptocurrency is only one (. although a high profile one) of an untold number of applications of blockchain. There is no requirement for a cryptocurrency (.

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 17, 2016

An airport of entry (AOE), usually designated with the word “international”, provides customs and immigration services for incoming flights. That’s why the airport recently unveiled BNA Vision, a comprehensive airport expansion and renovation plan designed to meet the region’s booming population growth and travel demands.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

OCTOBER 23, 2012

We have about 90 CROs that employ about 9,000 people and derive over a billion in sales every year,” said Tom Krol, director of commercialization for the KBA. Ceva will be the ninth company in the KBA facility, which is 80 percent leased. Apple is in line to receive $21 million as part of the state’s business incentives program.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

AUGUST 22, 2013

Key Incentives: Commercial Patent Incentives Tax Credit, Linked Deposit Loan, Film Industry Investment Act, “Five-For-Ten” Program. The School of Medicine’s new space is in an area of the annex designated for research and biotechnology startup companies when the facility was built. At cost” building construction and lease back.

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West Virginia Virginia Leases Office 56

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JUNE 5, 2014

From the gateway in the UK, we travel across Europe and give you a progress report on the countries and locations that are doubling down on their investment in biotech growth, which our friends across the pond like to quantify in three distinct segments: Red (pharma, medical), White (industrial) and Green (nutrition technology).

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Georgia Pennsylvania Innovation Industrial 68

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JULY 11, 2014

Taxable RIIFC Bonds: RIIFC offers taxable bonds for businesses that want to branch out into a commercial enterprise, including building tourist-travel facilities. The bond can cover up to 100% of the cost for a manufacturing project. The limit per project is usually established by the bond purchaser or credit enhancer.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 30, 2017

The Granite Ridge Development District: The creation of the Granite Ridge Development District, a 913-acre commercial and entertainment zone, involved policy changes as well as active investment attraction. The city rezoned the acreage for maximum density and favorable construction conditions beneficial to commercial developers.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 15, 2014

The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company. Alabama Economic Development Loan Program: The state has more than 2,300 commercial lending sources with assets of over $61.3 Three of the nation’s 40 Renewal Community areas are in Alabama.

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Income Finance Zoning Employment 108

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 21, 2014

ENTERPRISE ZONE CREDIT: To stimulate growth in depressed areas of the state, Alabama offers certain tax credit incentives to business that locate or expand within a designated enterprise zone. The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company.

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Income Finance Zoning Equipment 75

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 28, 2014

We also felt it was time to single out a statewide achievement in alternative energy that goes beyond the simple calculus of adding up wind turbines or solar panel arrays and honors a game-changing investment in the future of green power transmission. Qualified companies must be Kentucky-based and have 150 or fewer employees.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 18, 2013

Highlights include the largest industrial spec development lease in the last five years in Broward County. The city contracted with the Buxton Company to develop a comprehensive retail assessment and analysis to support the commercial districts and the attraction of private developers and retailers. Brick City Development Corp.

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El Paso Indianapolis Zoning New Jersey 106

Business Facilities

OCTOBER 23, 2017

OneWeb will design, build and launch an extensive network of small, low earth orbit satellites that will enable the delivery of Internet services to every corner of the Earth at a low cost. In April, Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products, in Bowling Green, announced a 129-job, $51-million project, its seventh Kentucky expansion.

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