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One of the hottest new trends in the hospitality industry is the food hall. The number of food halls in the United States has increased exponentially and has tripled since 2018. Unlike the traditional shopping center food court, the food hall is typically an entertainment complex combining fine dining, bar atmospheres, and live entertainment forums in one location. Food halls bring unique legal challenges, including artful drafting of leases, supporting documents, and operational rules that differ for each food hall facility. Similarly, entertainment uses present additional and varied legal considerations relative to typical retail tenants. Theaters today are often accompanied by the sale of prepared food and alcohol. Other entertainment uses have entered the scene, including indoor skydiving, golfing, escape experiences, and even ax-throwing. The unique situation created by COVID-19 and the potential threats of future highly transmissible diseases has recentered the needs and legal liabilities of these industries. Entertainment uses present unique challenges to the landlord and the tenant to achieve the balance between allowing the tenant to operate its business while offering protection to the landlord to ensure the entertainment use does not interfere with the project's operations. Parking, exclusive uses, prohibited uses, signage, visibility, access, noise, and security are just some of many items that play a role in lease negotiations between a landlord and prospective entertainment tenant. Listen as our panel of experts in real property transactions provides practical guidance on how to best address the issues and balance the interests of each party involved.

Comprehensive plans along with zoning and development regulations form the bases for land use decisions. Before there can be thoughtful land use decisions there has to be a plan. The implementation of the plan has a direct bearing on the development regulations and the land use decisions in a community. This information will cover the different levels of comprehensive planning, the topics covered in comprehensive plans and most important their implementation and impact on land use decisions. Gain an appreciation for the importance of comprehensive plans as both guides and directives to land use, the relationships among master plans, zoning and development, and why a successful land use practice needs to begin with an understanding of the relevant comprehensive plan or plans.

You’ve heard this before: “I’m not old enough to go into senior living Or, I’ll go into senior living when I can’t.” Operators and marketers face a unique challenge of convincing seniors they don’t have to give up their quality of life to live in a seniors community. At 2:00 pm Eastern on August 24, Seniors Housing Business will host a webinar featuring a panel of sales and marketing experts sharing strategies that engage and motivate reluctant seniors. What you’ll learn: How seniors view the move to senior living and why they put it off. Digital marketing strategies that promote community living as a positive solution. Where to invest your marketing budget for different types of buyers through the purchase journey. How operators can leverage attribution and insights to make smarter marketing decisions. Speakers include Jeff Gronemeyer, VP, New Business Development, Conversion Logix; Christy Van Der Westhuizen, VP of Sales & Marketing, MBK Senior Living; and Julie Podewitz, Founder & CEO, Grow Your Occupancy. The webinar is complimentary thanks to sponsor Conversion Logix, a marketing and technology company dedicated to generating leads, appointments, and sales for senior living and multifamily housing operators.

Luke Dixon and Claire Talbot share their insights on residential vs commercial real estate, the difference between the two, when is the best time to invest in each and how investors can access commercial real estate.