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Selling a House with Solar Panels is Fraught with Peril

Green Building Law Update

Today, the contracts for the sale and purchase of a house are often provided through a multiple listing service usually by a local board of realtors and most of the forms in common use do not adequately address the admittedly new and only now evolving issues arising from a sale with rooftop solar panels.

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Lease-accounting legislation could hurt construction industry

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Regulatory bodies have proposed changes in how leased equipment is treated on a corporate balance sheet. Regulations Codes and Standards'

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Release the Lease

Construction Law Monitor

A topic that is tangential to the construction industry is property law. Just recently here at Wolfe Law Group , I had a client come to me with some ownership issues involving leases. Typically after a construction project is complete, especially in the commercial realm, there will be a lease of some type.

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

Green Building Law Update

The potential applicability of the BFPP protection to a tenant who leases contaminated or formerly contaminated real estate has been the subject of debate for the decades since the CERCLA’s enactment. economy, when in any given year the vast majority of real estate transactions are leases and not contracts of sale.

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

Green Building Law Update

For those concerned about the state of the environmental industrial complex during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, I can report that last Friday I reviewed my 1,000th Phase I Environmental Site Assessment this year. economy, when in any given year the vast majority of real estate transactions are leases and not contracts of sale.

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Tenant’s New Defense to Hazardous Substance Liability

Green Building Law Update

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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Tenants Order Phase l to Avoid Hazardous Substance Liability

Green Building Law Update

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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