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E-Commerce, Logistics Signed Largest Warehouse Leases In 2018

Business Facilities

CBRE study found that last year, 61 of the largest 100 industrial leases in the U.S. Read: E-Commerce, Logistics Signed Largest Warehouse Leases In 2018 at BusinessFacilities.com. were completed by e-commerce companies and logistics firms.

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Finance Confidence Hits 3-year High

Construction Equipment

and the highest level since April 2018. MCI-EFI is published by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation and serves as an assessment of both the… The March 2021 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) is 67.7, an increase from the February index of 64.4,

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4 Commercial Construction Industry Trends and Predictions for 2019

HardHatChat

Retail news got pretty negative in 2018, with major brands such as Sears and Toys R Us shuttering and leaving behind vacant stores across the country. But before we officially close the books on 2018, we’ll take one more look back on the past 12 months. Developers Think Outside the Big Box to Fill Retail Vacancies.

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Tenant’s New Defense to Hazardous Substance Liability

Green Building Law Update

The Consolidated Appropriations Act signed on March 23, 2018 included in Division N, the ‘‘Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018’’ (the BUILD Act). The cases interpreting CERCLA make clear that the mere execution of a lease does not necessarily make a tenant liable as an owner or operator under the law.

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Phase l Assessments for Tenants are the Hottest Environmental Issue in 2020

Green Building Law Update

Buried in the more than 800 page Consolidated Appropriations Act signed on March 23, 2018 was Division N, the ‘‘Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018’’ (the BUILD Act). economy, when in any given year the vast majority of real estate transactions are leases and not contracts of sale. 9601 et seq.,

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Report: US construction industry has a bright future

Construction Dive

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation predicted industry growth of 5% from 2017 to 2018.

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I Just Read my 1000th Phase I Environmental Site Assessment this Year

Green Building Law Update

Buried in the more than 800 page Consolidated Appropriations Act signed on March 23, 2018 were the very few words of Division N, the ‘‘Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018’’ (the BUILD Act). 9601 et seq., 9601 et seq., So while instructive, it provided little, if any, comfort to tenants.

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