Property owners that don’t want to renew leases as rents increase will find unique ways to get out of contracts. Landlords are finding ways to oust long-term tenants and replace them with new businesses willing to pay premium asking rents, two attorneys told the Business Journal. Jordan Isrow, a partner in the Fort Lauderdale-based Government Law […]
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“I think there’s going to be sympathy for businesses but at the same time, the law is really designed in a way to capitalistic benefit,” said Jordan Isrow of Government Law Group in Fort Lauderdale. As commercial rental rates rise in South Florida, some landlords who are locked into leases are hoping to capitalize on […]
Law360 (June 28, 2022, 1:27 PM EDT) — When the married co-owners of Precision Building & Renovating LLC decided to build Florida’s first 3D-printed home just outside Tallahassee city limits in 2019, the pair found themselves embroiled in a painful process that they eventually walked away from altogether. Leon County slow-walked James and Kyndra Light’s […]
Get to know some of the most accomplished and promising attorneys in Florida, aged 40 or younger. Title, Firm: Partner at Government Law Group What drew you to a career in law? As a kid I was the unfortunate victim of an accident that required serious surgery and extensive rehabilitation. That was the first time I had […]
“Next time you hear someone disparage our profession, it is worth remembering some of the exceptional work done here.” Less than a year after the June 24, 2021, collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building killed 98 people in Surfside, a proposed $997 million class action settlement has been reached—to the amazement of many in […]
It’s a lawsuit that raises questions about how insurance contracts should be interpreted, as this commercial general liability policy defines “property damage” as “physical injury to tangible property.” The big question in a lawsuit that pits insurance underwriters against a Florida condo association is: does the disruption of a noisy gym constitute property damage? It’s […]
Last year, prices were up 6 percent, the most in nearly a decade. The pursuit of land and its price is rising, putting a strain on developers in nearly every market and industry segment. In 2021, the land market had its best year in nearly a decade as sales rose 6% and outperformed the pace […]
Development site deal volume in Greater Downtown Miami rose 155% between 2019 and 2021 Developer Chaim Cahane bought a development site in Miami’s Wynwood for $6.4 million in December. Three weeks later, a broker called him with an unsolicited all-cash offer: Flip it for 75 percent more. Then, in March, Cahane’s Forte Capital partnered with investor Jon […]
Arguably one of the biggest changes has been the unprecedented manner in which millions of Americans have quit their jobs in search of new career opportunities that offer greater flexibility, improved work-life balance, higher pay and increased opportunity for advancement. The times they are a-changin’—and it’s beginning to look like things may never go back […]
