Insurance issues are like casualty and condemnation: When they come up in lease negotiations, they are often left to the lawyers to handle. But insurance issues can be complicated, and many lawyersrely on their clients' insurance advisers to be...
Midway through the year, many retail businesses give themselves an in-house assessment of their progress and potential. Strip center owners and managers would be wise to do the same, and consider upgrading various design elements to maximize...
If you're mesmerized by the blockbuster growth in the commercial mortgage-backed securities market and want to jump into the conduit bandwagon - the fastest growing market segment - you may want to rethink your decision. Competition among conduit...
With the construction of "big boxes" proliferating at an ever-increasing pace, it seems appropriate to address a number of the issues that landlords and tenants face with respect to development of such big boxes...
Mall managers across the country each have their own opinions on the methodology behind mall maintenance. Some prefer to outsource most maintenance activities while others prefer to use in-house maintenance staff. Some perform routine maintenance...
Simply drawing a breath could be torture for 73-year-old Beverly S., a resident of an assisted living facility in North Carolina. A lifelong smoker, she was, although ambulatory, totally dependent on bottled oxygen. When the concentrator she had...
Size does matter. Just ask John K. Delaney, chief executive officer and chairman of Chevy Chase, Md.-based HealthCare Financial Partners Inc. and HealthCare Financial Partners REIT. As the former owner of a home health care service, Delaney knows...
The right to audit stirs up a sea of controversy between landlords and tenants - as much or more than any of the findings that the audit might uncover. Whether the dispute concerns the right to audit in the first place or how the audit is...
Deciding which property management software package is the right one to manage your multifamily property or portfolio is no easy task. There are more than 100 different packages on the market, each with its own features tailored to the needs of a...
In the world at large, landlords - especially large commercial property owners - loom as fairly powerful entities, and with good reason. In most respects, those with property have more clout than those with none, and the more property they have...
