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Lawyers' Opinions in Green Building Transactions

Green Building Law Update

While legal opinions are given in a variety of commercial contexts, they are increasingly being required as part of the due diligence by lenders when making loans secured by (i.e., Traditionally, legal opinions in the context of loan transactions provide assurances that the loan documents are valid, binding and enforceable.

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Expanding the exterior footprint

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In fact, officials of New York City are beginning to re-examine its zoning to ensure green spaces and parks are accessible and equitably distributed throughout the urban landscape. It also creates a new building zone called the ‘mid-doors,’ a term coined recently by Transsolar’s Erik Olsen, in his series “What is Indoors?”

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Oregon Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Oregon Express Bond Program: The Oregon Express Bond program uses much less paperwork and highly standardized documents to save borrowers time and money during the tax-exempt bond borrowing process. Collateral to secure the loan or personal guarantees of major owners. have rates and terms for repayment determined by the lender. .

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Lawyers' Opinion Matters in Green Building Transactions

Green Building Law Update

The size and nature of a transaction may well affect the scope of the opinion requested and in larger traditional mortgage financing as well as green bond financing, lenders attribute increased value in the security being provided for loans when a building is LEED certified or the like, so they want to know the building is really green.

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Lawyers’ Opinion Matters in Green Building Transactions

Green Building Law Update

The size and nature of a transaction may well affect the scope of the opinion requested and in larger traditional mortgage financing as well as green bond financing, lenders attribute increased value in the security being provided for loans when a building is LEED certified or the like, so they want to know the building is really green.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – State Rankings

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As we detailed in our March/April issue [The Story of Storage], data centers are crucial to operations across countless sectors, from retail to information technology, government to biotech, logistics to engineering. Many consumers, however, have little awareness or understanding of just how massive and expensive these facilities are.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. The program provides state and local tax incentives and non-tax incentives to businesses and industries located within Alabama’s Enterprise Zones. May not have closed or reduced employment elsewhere in Alabama in order to expand into an enterprise zone.

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