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New Maryland Real Estate Laws from the 2020 Legislative Session

Green Building Law Update

Ground Leases. The General Assembly passed several bills relating to ground leases during the 2020 legislative session. The redemption or extinguishment of the ground rent is effective to conclusively vest a fee simple title in the ground lease tenant when the ground lease tenant records the certificate in the county land records.

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Phases of Commercial Real Estate Development

Construction Marketing

Commercial real estate development involves the process of acquiring, designing, constructing, and leasing or selling commercial properties such as office buildings, retail centers, and industrial parks. This can be done through a purchase or lease agreement. Construction is a critical component of the development process.

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Skanska and Simmons University partner to finalize ground lease that enables transformational development

Construction Today

Skanska USA Commercial Development shared that it received official zoning approval of its Planned Development Area (PDA) from the Boston Zoning Commission on 14th April 2023. Longwood Place project, a proposed 1.7 The company entered into.

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Power Transmission Line Gets New Lease on Life

ENR Construction

The developer of the Grain Belt Express—a 780-mile, $2-billion high-voltage direct-current transmission line to deliver renewable energy from Kansas to Indiana—has applied to the Missouri Public Service Commission for approval to cross the state.

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Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization

BD+C

Office Buildings Engineers M/E/P Systems Reconstruction & Renovation Resiliency Sustainable Design and Construction The trend toward building electrification in commercial properties with a view toward decarbonization is increasingly at the forefront of the effort to mitigate climate change.

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LEED Commercial Interiors can Save the Planet

Green Building Law Update

New construction of green buildings cannot save the planet in the short or mid term. Less than 170,000 new commercial buildings were constructed in the U.S. Be aware that building envelope commissioning is now included in this credit. pounds of construction waste per square foot. million existing buildings, being over 87.4

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How to Get Paid on New Jersey Public Projects

Levelset

The federal government is allocating over a trillion dollars in funding for public infrastructure construction projects over the course of the next decade. Even though payment challenges can be similar — slow payment is a plague across the whole construction world — payment protection is very different between private and public work.