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Seyfarth has released the results of its fourth annual Real Estate Market Sentiment Survey, which polled commercial real estate executives around the country from all sectors. Of interest to our readers, this year's survey revealed that 69% of respondents are concerned about a cyberattack hitting their business in 2019, a significant increase compared to last year (46%). View the full survey results Cybersecurity isn't just for technology companies anymore. More and more, we are seeing [...]

As the country prepares to endure more political and financial volatility, commercial real estate executives cite rising interest rates and the end of the current growth cycle as their lead concerns for the industry this year, according to Seyfarth Shaw's 4th annual Real Estate Market Sentiment Survey. This focus on real estate fundamentals is best understood in the context of legislative gridlock and serious business threats, on the one hand, and new investment opportunities in opportunity [...]

Prior to beginning my career as a land use attorney, I mistakenly believed securing rezoning approval for the development of real estate ought to be fairly simple. However, after practicing land use law for 25 years in many counties across the Commonwealth, I have learned that obtaining rezoning approval for real estate development is anything but a simple task. In every other area of the law, the same rules or governing law applies in every [...]