Good things often come in small packages, and one of those may be a simple solution to New Jersey’s well-documented shortage of affordable housing: tiny homes. A tiny home is a single family home with a floor area of 400
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The Revenge of the Parking Lot
It’s true: COVID-19 has breathed new life into parking lots. As Neal Freyman of Morning Brew has observed:
- Churches, synagogues, and other places of worship have been holding radio broadcasted services in their parking lots.
- DJs in Germany have been
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The Revenge of the Parking Lot
- Churches, synagogues, and other places of worship have been holding radio broadcasted services in their parking lots.
- DJs in Germany have been
…
Landlords Brace for Fallout, Search for Solutions With Retailers Battered by COVID-19 Shutdown
I salute property owner, client and friend George Jacobs for his candor about the mess in which shopping center owners, managers, retailers and lenders find themselves. My thoughts about the shopping center landlord-tenant relationship in the midst of this pandemic…
JC Penney Goes to Court to Try to Stop Sephora from Pulling Out of the Troubled Chain’s Stores
As malls and shopping centers re-open, a second default scenario looms behind the tenant’s failure to pay rent: its failure to “continuously operate” as required in many store leases. Just as JC Penney is fighting to keep Sephora’s store-in-store concept…
Governor Murphy Issues Extensions of NJDEP Timeframes and Deadlines
On Saturday May 2, 2020, New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy issued Executive Order (EO) 136 providing for sweeping extensions of many statutory deadlines required under environmental laws and regulations administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP…
Re-Imagining the Shopping Center Post-COVID: Zoning Changes Needed to Accommodate Store Features No Longer Deemed Convenience Amenities
Curbside pick-up lanes and “to-go” parking spaces—already trending in shopping centers before the pandemic—have become essential features of retail stores in the wake of COVID-19 and are likely to become permanent fixtures in shopping centers. Likewise, drive-throughs and walk-up or…
Re-Imagining the Shopping Center Post-COVID: Zoning Changes Needed to Accommodate Store Features No Longer Deemed Convenience Amenities
Curbside pick-up lanes and “to-go” parking spaces—already trending in shopping centers before the pandemic—have become essential features of retail stores in the wake of COVID-19 and are likely to become permanent fixtures in shopping centers. Likewise, drive-throughs and walk-up or…
Rent Obligations on Retail Space in the Midst of a Pandemic: A Path Forward for Landlords and Tenants
NJDEP Clarifies Exemptions for Site Remediation Projects, Announces Temporary Emergency Site Remediation Waiver to Extend Deadlines and Timeframes by Ninety Days During State of Emergency
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP or Department) issued two major announcements concerning site remediation arising out of Governor Murphy’s March 9, 2020 State of Emergency and Public Health Emergency declarations. The Department clarified that construction related to…