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RPPT | E-Dirt Issue 2005.2 Table of Contents

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E-DIRT
Issue 2005.2 (August 23, 2005)
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Financing Hotel Mixed-Use Development Projects

Bankruptcy Reform Act

The Commercial Office Lease: A Tenant Overview

Need CLE? Reserve Your Spot Today!

Golden Gate BridgeRPPT will present its third annual Fall CLE Meeting on Friday, September 16 and Saturday, September 17, 2005, in San Francisco. The Fall CLE Meeting, which is held jointly with the ABA Section of Taxation, will feature the cutting-edge real estate development, lease and finance programming for which RPPT is renowned. Selected subjects include

  • Construction: Project Methods, Risk Management and Loan Issues
  • Leasing: Resolving Common Area Maintenance Disputes
  • Finance: Demystifying Defeasance – Prepayment and Substitution of Collateral
  • Hospitality/Common Interest: Development and Finance of Hotel Condominiums
  • Environmental: Risk Management for Vapor Intrusion

For more details, visit the meeting website or peruse the on-line brochure for the RPPT programming. You can also review the larger brochure which includes details of the Tax Section programming. And you can register by clicking here. We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco, one of our favorite meeting venues with great restaurants and activities which we are sure will interest everyone!

Hot News!

Update on Uniform Environmental Covenants

Roger Schwenke (of Carlton Fields in Tampa, Florida) has been working for several years as the official American Bar Association Advisor (and RPPT's representative) to the Drafting Committee of NCCUSL (the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws) regarding the negotiation and creation of uniform environmental covenants. Those concepts and provisions are now found in the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act (UECA) As Roger reports, the UECA has now been adopted by ten (10) states and is currently being considered by several others. This is an issue which affects almost all real estate practitioners and their clients.

Anyone who wants to find out more or perhaps get involved in this area should contact Roger Schwenke at RSchwenke@CarltonFields.com. He will be happy to connect you with additional information and knowledgeable people involved in this process.

Techno-Tales:  Technology Tools for Dirt Lawyers

In an effort to provide new and helpful information to our members, E-Dirt is inaugurating a new column:  "Techno-Tales:  Technology Tools for Dirt Lawyers".  The editors of this column are Gerald Hoenig and Nancy Grekin.  The goal of the column is to provide you from time to time (not necessarily in every issue) with information on technology tools which you can use to make your practice more effective, efficient and profitable.  They will also answer your technology questions ("what program(s) should I use for this?  "Is there a tool I can get which will let me do that?"  "Is there an easier way for me to do this task?").

The first article in this new column is by Jerry and describes his search for a new cell phone (surely a tool almost everyone uses today).  Jerry talks about why he picked the model he ended up with, compares it with other alternative models and discusses several issues you should consider when looking for a new multi-purpose PDA/phone.  

Note: the information in this and subsequent articles is not intended to be a recommendation to buy one model over another, nor is it intended to be a promotion of any specific product.  And the views expressed in this article are only those of the author and not the editors of E-Dirt, the Section or the ABA.

We hope you like this article and this new column and find this information helpful to your practice. We intend for this column to provide practical and useful technology information to the Real Estate practitioner.  Accordingly, if there are any technology issues, strategies or products you would like to see discussed in a future E-Dirt issue or if you have technology questions you would like answered, please let Jerry and Nancy know.

 

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