Allocating Operating Expenses in Commercial Real Estate Leases: Negotiating Strategies for Landlords and Tenants

Highlights from the most recent survey: - NCREIF Property Index (NPI) Returns were up for the Quarter - Industrial still the top performing asset class - Retail demonstrated an uptick - Cap Rates hit another all-time low - Occupancy off slightly but remain near record levels

This webinar looks at what the Q2 2018 CCI report reveals about contractors’ overall confidence in the market and their biggest concerns and challenges. In addition to looking at their responses about revenues, backlog of work and workforce shortages, the webinar explores their expectations about the impact of the new steel and aluminum tariffs on their businesses and their level of engagement with green building.

Property has long been one of the most favourable options for investors. As an asset class, it has performed well over the long-term. As an investment proposition, its premise remains relatively straightforward to understand. Historically popular and increasingly versatile, property affords investors with the ability to tailor investments to their specific financial ambitions - and that’s particularly the case today, especially with the various technology platforms available.

A ground lease can be an attractive method to develop commercial property. However, the tenant/developer's ability to obtain financing is crucial to a development's success using a ground lease. Counsel must consider the potential lender's interests in the negotiation of a ground lease between the landlord and tenant. Counsel's primary task is to balance all the competing interests concerning each key provision, such as subordination, right to cure, and consent. A lender's lien on a financeable ground lease is secured by a leasehold mortgage drafted to address the lender's and borrower/tenant's interests during the term of the lease and in the event of foreclosure. Listen as our authoritative panel of real estate attorneys discusses how to balance the competing interests of the owner, lessee, and lender to create a financeable ground lease.