Impact of Buildings on Global Warming
This paper explains the concepts of embodied carbon and operational carbon in detail and provides a couple of case studies to illustrate what is possible with both new and existing buildings.
Probate & Property | Jul/Aug 2023
Volume 37, Issue 4
Features
Designing Long-Term Trusts to Hold Art and Collectibles
This paper article will highlight key administrative provisions that might be appropriate to include when designing irrevocable trusts to hold and manage art and collectibles over multiple generation…
All Right, All Right, All REIT: Complexities and Considerations of Real Estate Investment Trusts
This article aims to provide a broad overview of the wonderful world of REITs, including organizational requirements, distribution requirements, taxation, and certain nuanced complexities facing REIT…
Using Development Agreements to Further Environmental Ends A Case Study
This second install of the two-part article will cover the parties’ and their lawyers’ practical considerations in the common office lease work letter in which the tenant constructs its own leasehold…
If You’re a Good Legal Writer, You Don’t Write Good: Better Contract Writing for Transactional Lawyers
It can be tough and demanding to rethink how to write contracts clearly and succinctly and then produce a result that accomplishes these goals. That hard task, however, pays off when the contract has…
Lease Work Letters, Part Two: When the Tenant Performs the Work
The article uses actual experiences of cities in Minnesota as examples of effective ways to promote and protect environmental concerns by using the common tool of development agreements.
Airbnb, VRBO, Short-Term Rentals Recent Developments, Enforcement Hurdles, and Mitigating Risks
This article examines the legal questions short-term rentals (STRs) pose for homeowners, tenants, property managers, homeowners associations, and local lawmakers attempting to regulate the disruptive…
Departments
Young Lawyers Network: Resources for Those New to Commercial Leasing
If you are a young lawyer or in-house counsel new to commercial leasing, this article is for you. Below, Young Lawyers Network describes actions you can take to improve your knowledge, understanding,…
Uniform Laws Update: Creating a Uniform Process for the Removal of Discriminatory Restrictions in Deeds
Uniform Laws Update provides information on uniform and model state laws in development as they apply to property, trust, and estate matters. The editors of Probate & Property welcome information and…
Keeping Current—Property
Keeping Current—Property offers a look at selected recent cases, literature, and legislation. The editors of Probate & Property welcome suggestions and contributions from readers.
Keeping Current—Probate
Keeping Current—Probate offers a look at selected recent cases, tax rulings and regulations, literature, and legislation. The editors of Probate & Property welcome suggestions and contributions from…
Technology—Probate: Prompt and Circumstance
Technology—Probate provides information on current technology and microcomputer software of interest in the probate area. The editors of Probate & Property welcome information and suggestions from re…
Land Use Update: Zoning for Manufactured Housing
Manufactured housing is affordable because it has a major cost advantage. Cost is reduced by smaller size, faster building times, minimal waste problems, and protection from weather delays during con…
Career Development & Wellness: The Connection Between Individual Well-Being and Business Well-Being
A lot of attention is being given to the concept of well-being generally. Specific attention is being given to well-being in the workplace.
The Last Word—Disegno vs. Colorito
In school, I was taught that a proper exposition has five paragraphs: an introduction with a thesis, two supporting paragraphs, one refutation paragraph anticipating the main point against the thesis…