Environmental Liabilities in Real Estate Transactions

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Know how to handle real estate transactions involving contaminated or potentially-contaminated properties. Many real estate transactions involve properties that have known or potentially unknown environmental contamination. Because of the strict liability imposed by environmental statutes it is important that real estate transactions be proceeded by appropriate due diligence and that the existence of any environmental contamination and associated liability be allocated in the Purchase and Sale Agreement or other applicable transaction documents (i.e., lease or financing documents).
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