The hospitality industry is facing a critical moment. As interest rates fluctuate, many hospitality groups find themselves squeezed by increasing debt service expenses, a consequence of the Federal ...

In recent years, ground leases have gained popularity as an alternative for developers, offering more flexibility and leaner launch costs than traditional fee ownership of vacant land, pad sites, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about commercial real estate negotiations, deals and legal issues. When a property owner enters into a long-term ground ...

Liquidity in short supply, more than $2T in commercial real estate debt maturing and an office sector struggling to find its foothold in a new world of hybrid work. It would be difficult to recall a ...

Ground lease structures have become a common feature of conduit financings in the municipal bond market. They provide tax advantages to projects and can be structured several different ways depending ...

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What is a ground lease? The ground lease is more commonly used than one might think. It leverages the value of your land — typically the least revenue-generating segment of your assets — by separating ...

Over the Top: The Broad museum was built on land leased from the county. A growing number of Los Angeles businesses are putting down roots on someone else’s land. In order to build or redevelop ...

Ground leases have been a part of U.S. real estate for centuries, but the profile of the typical user is changing. Owners that held pieces of property for generations often wanted to preserve their ...

New York is in the midst of one of the most severe housing crises in history. More than 130,000 residents are experiencing homelessness in our city alone, and thousands more find themselves ...