Category: Transactional Real Estate and Leasing

NJ Assembly Passes “Time of Application” Bill

On March 15, 2010, the New Jersey Assembly passed A-437, the “Time of Application” bill, by a vote of 52-15. The bill, which takes effect one year following enactment, provides that those development regulations which are in effect on the date of submission of an application for development shall govern the review of that application for development, and any decision made with regard to that application for development. A-437 now heads to the Governor’s desk.

Acquiring Distressed Debt: Anatomy of a Mortgage Acquisition Transaction

By all accounts, banks and other lenders are holding enormous amounts — several trillion dollars — of commercial mortgages that are nonperforming, under-performing or approaching maturity with dim prospects for refinancing. Although lenders have not yet flooded the market with sales of distressed debt, there are many reasons to believe that the gates will open wider in the not-distant future. This article provides an overview of a distressed commercial mortgage loan acquisition transaction.