Orlando Real Estate Law Blog
Real estate investors now favoring medium-sized cities
Commercial real estate analysts are viewing a recent Florida deal as evidence of investors' shift away from large metropolises. Acre Valley Real Estate Capital and ABS Partners Real Estate recently paid $150 million to become co-owners of the Datran Center, an office...
Hard money loans for commercial real estate financing
Florida commercial real estate developers may have heard of hard money loans as an available option for securing project financing. They may not be aware of what these loans are or how they differ from more traditional types of financing for commercial real estate....
Changes ahead for equity REITs
With equity real estate investment trusts moving from the financials sector to the real estate sector, Florida investors may see improved performance in their REITs. It is expected that many equity REITs will become even more profitable when separated from the...
The biggest international real estate investor
Many properties in Florida are being sold to Chinese investors, as these investors go on what has been referred to as a U.S. buying spree. In 2015, Chinese investors purchased a slew of homes in large cities like Miami, New York and Los Angeles at an average sale...
Banks have high percentages of real estate loans on their books
As compared to the 1950s, banking in Florida and around the country has a substantially different focus today. In the 1950s, commercial banks had more commercial and industrial loans in their portfolios than real estate loans. Today, the balance has reversed with...
Restaurants replacing department stores as anchor tenants
Florida residents may be surprised to find out that Americans spend more money in restaurants than they do in supermarkets, and this love affair with eating out is throwing a lifeline to commercial real estate's struggling retail sector. The increasing popularity of...
Florida Developer disputes pipeline path
Few of the eminent domain suits filed on behalf of the proposed Sabal Trail pipeline are as egregious in their scope as that filed against one Florida property developer. One portion of the pipeline’s path seeks to cut directly through a proposed development of...
The causes of slower restaurant spending growth
Traditional brick and mortar retail stores in Florida and around the country are finding it increasingly difficult to lure customers away from their computers and the conveniences of shopping online. The rise of e-commerce has led many once prominent retailers to...
Sabal Trail pipeline faces civilian and military roadblocks
The Sabal Trail pipeline project has been a source of great contention for residents and property owners throughout Florida. As of the last couple of months, the project has filed over 160 eminent domain suits against Florida property owners, but they are not the only...
Environmentalist concerns over Sabal Trail pipeline
For the last several months, Florida residents have been voicing concerns about unfair property seizures sought by the Sabal Trail pipeline. Unfair property seizures are not the only public frustration brought to the forefront by the proposed project, however. Noted...
