Every year, I devour the Emerging Trends in Real Estate report from PwC and ULI. The 2026 report was no exception. It highlights several structural shifts in capital markets, property sectors, demographics, and macroeconomic forces…

You might ask, and rightfully so, what football has to do with commercial leasing? Well, the recent Super Bowl LX reminded me of how a single lease clause triggered the development of a +$3B state-of-the-art football stadium and the relocation of two NFL teams. Here’s the story of how…

2026 is unfolding in a business environment defined by volatility, uncertainty, and rapid change. Across retail, office, and industrial sectors, tenants and landlords are facing the same underlying challenge: how to structure leases that remain resilient when the world refuses to stay still…

As we continue to move through 2025, it is apparent that this year will be chock-full of volatility, uncertainty, opportunity, and challenges. Daunting and threatening, exciting and surprising. In order to consistently achieve high-performance leasing results that drive value and profitability despite this rocky terrain, staying ahead of global and national trends…

In late March, I joined ICSC and retail real estate colleagues from across the country to lobby on Capitol Hill for tax policies that will support our industry. On day one, we gathered in Washington D.C. for a day of internal ICSC meetings that began with a meeting of the Legal Advisory Council (of which I am…

As we move through 2025 — a year likely to be characterized by volatility — to improve the odds that you can maintain high-performance leasing results notwithstanding the likelihood of unexpected curve balls, it will be essential that your legal leasing process is as adaptable as possible. To supercharge that adaptability, Watch Item #10 on our 2025 Watch List: Give Up the Ghosts, provides…

Happy New Year! We are excited to share some of the things we see for 2025 (and beyond) and look forward to working with you over the coming year to maximize the value of your real estate portfolio. First is artificial intelligence: AI is a constant refrain and getting up to speed on how it can improve your bottom line should be on every real estate professional’s…

I recently had the good fortune to tour Baltimore Peninsula with members of its development team. A 235-acre redevelopment project, Baltimore Peninsula is transforming a former industrial area that was known as Port Covington, into a vibrant, live-work-play community and destination. In addition to creating a once-in-a-lifetime…

This spring, I attended the ULI Spring Meeting in my hometown, New York City, and ICSC’s annual Las Vegas convention. At both events, there was a general sense of relief, perhaps even optimism, reflecting the real estate industry’s slow but steady return to normalcy, albeit a new normal, after the seemingly never-ending…

At the recent ULI Fall Meeting in Los Angeles, I had the good fortune to tour SoFi Stadium, the state-of-the-art, relatively new home turf for the LA Rams and LA Chargers football teams. SoFi is also the $3.2B anchor of a 298-acre mixed-use development that’s been in the works for over a decade. The following is the story of how SoFi was launched.

The VUCA environment. We get it. See our posts Volatility is the Name of the Game: Part 1 and Part 2. It’s hard to prepare for, feels chaotic and confusing, and the root of the problem is unclear. In other words, it’s often hard to discern what’s really going on.

As we move through the first quarter of 2023, the commercial real estate industry continues to be buffeted by the headwinds of a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment. In this post, we will share our strategies…

At both global real estate conferences I recently attended it was clear that Volatility is the Name of the Game across all sectors of the real estate industry. Thousands of professionals from North America, Europe, and Asia joined me at the…

Earlier this fall, I virtually sat down with Margarita Foster at LoopNet to discuss how Covid is continuing to impact the retail real estate market. The resulting article summarizes The Sinreich Group’s experience during and after…

As we continue to get our collective bearings in this post-Covid new normal, my overall impression of where the retail, office, and industrial leasing markets stand can be summed up in one word: volatility.

Given the challenges of Covid, effectively managing the legal leasing process is more important now than ever. Enjoy this re-posting and stay tuned for our follow-up strategies for Covid-proofing the Black Box.

As we move through 2021, the office leasing market continues on its fitful journey from the 2020 Covid-induced standstill toward the equilibrium of a still-blurry new normal. The timing of the recovery…

To ensure that post-Covid retail, office, and industrial leases are successfully completed, notwithstanding constantly evolving challenges in each of these market sectors, we’ve devised strategies for…

Ellen Sinreich brought together a group of retail real estate professionals for an ICSC Legal Forum webinar addressing the likely ramifications of Covid on brick-and-mortar retail in 2021 and beyond.

As we look ahead to 2021 from our vantage point as commercial leasing attorneys, it’s clear the rules of the game are changing. Landlords and tenants nimble enough to adapt will enjoy significant advantage…