Ellen Sinreich and ICSC presented an interactive workshop: Lease Boilerplate: Beware of What’s Hidden Within at the 2023 Law Conference. So-called boilerplate lease provisions are often overlooked by one or both parties to negotiations at great potential risk. In this workshop, we delved into six…

Houston-based Shipley Do-Nuts, founded in 1936, is taking advantage of an infusion of capital and a receptive national market to expand beyond the Lone Star State. Prior to selling their family-owned business to private equity investor Peak Rock Capital in early 2021, Shipley had 300 franchise locations…

Ellen Sinreich and ICSC presented a webinar about how retail landlords and tenants can thrive despite the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous economic environment that continues to challenge our industry. Our speakers discussed strategies for maximizing…

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.

Maximizing the value of your real estate portfolios demands constant vigilance and adaptability, given the once-in-a-generation transformation of the places where we live, work, shop and play, coupled with the headwinds of inflation, increasing interest rates…

Ellen Sinreich and ICSC + Legal Forum presented a webinar about the future of urban retail. Urban retail corridors across the U.S. are regaining their vibrancy post-Covid at different rates as foot traffic, made up of returning office workers, tourists, and residents, varies…

Ellen Sinreich and Pipeline NYC hosted their first 2023 in-person event “If Not Retail, Then What?” featuring Larisa Ortiz, Managing Director, Public Non-Profit Solutions, at Streetsense. In mixed-use urban environments, the pandemic-induced flight to…

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…

The former corporate headquarters for Allstate Insurance in north suburban Chicago will, in the not-too-distant future, be transformed into a 10-building, 3.2M sq. ft. logistics park. What was inconceivable pre-COVID…

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…

Ellen Sinreich and ICSC + Legal Forum hosted a webinar about how retail landlords and tenants are handling the escalating costs of owning and operating retail properties. Our panel of leaders discussed…

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.

Ellen Sinreich co-presented an advanced workshop at ICSC’s 2022 Law Conference where she explored current trends in retail leases regarding opening and operating covenants, and go-dark and recapture clauses.

Ellen Sinreich led a lively NY Real Estate Roundtable discussion about the impact of COVID on the commercial leasing process and the lessons we learned, or should learn, as a result.

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.

This panel kicked off Brooklyn Law School’s “Introduction to Sustainability and Future Cities Boot Camp,” and explored how landlords and tenants can partner to maximize sustainability.

Ellen Sinreich and ICSC + Legal Forum hosted a timely discussion about the challenges and opportunities of densifying shopping centers with medical, industrial, residential, and other non-retail uses.

While the recent UN Climate Conference (COP26) outcomes were disappointing in many respects, there were important breakthroughs that are likely to have a significant impact on the real estate industry.

Ellen Sinreich and ICSC’s Legal Forum hosted a webinar about how the ICSC’s Shopping Center Study Lease has been updated to meet post-Covid industry needs and concerns, including internet sales, kick-outs…