Features Real Estate

In 1973, JCPenney was operating more than 2,000 locations throughout the U.S. Its catalogs—often novel-length and featuring thousands of products from furniture to formalwear—were a fixture on many a living-room coffee table. Since its founding in 1902, the department store giant had become a bona fide icon of American commerce. But in 1974, a massive […]

Paula Beck believes everyone deserves a safe, warm place to live. Better yet if it’s affordable. As senior vice president and general counsel for Minnesota-based Sherman Associates, she leads acquisition and financing for housing projects. The real estate development company has developed over 11,700 multifamily units throughout the Midwest and Colorado and owns and manages […]

When the general counsel of CoreSite suggested the company publish an environmental, social and governance report in 2018, most of the team had never worked on one before. According to Todd Blair, an assistant general counsel, the general counsel had heard from law firms that the reports would soon be commonplace. So, working with leaders […]

Until a few years ago, staff at Interior Logic Group used a centralized email to communicate with the legal department. There were two email addresses—one for asking questions about litigation and another for questions about contracts. No one had personal contact with anyone in the department and it usually took 11 business days to get […]

Soon that mothballed refinery in Newfoundland will be fully back in business. Only it’ll be a different and much greener business for the rebranded Braya Renewable Fuels facility on the southeast corner of Maritime Canada’s fabled “The Rock.”  The newly reorganized terminal will again accept deliveries from ocean-going tankers and distribute the refined product to […]

A first generation American with Korean parents, Sara Vogt-Lowell and her mother moved apartments often as they sought better school districts and neighborhoods. But they never had the chance to move into a house, so a backyard and pets weren’t possible. Now, as chief legal officer for American Homes 4 Rent, Vogt-Lowell is helping working families […]

An exercise in futility? It might have initially felt that way for Sean P. Murphy during the spring of 2020. As the new general counsel of a comprehensive sports, wellness and entertainment business in Springfield, Virginia, he submitted two applications to the federal government for Paycheck Protection Program relief. COVID-19 having forced The St. James […]

Before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in early 2020, coworking spaces were among the hottest trends in commercial real estate. According to coworkingresources.org, the number of shared workspaces had increased from 16,600 in 2018 to more than 19,400 in 2020. They were projected to reach almost 42,000 in 2024, with 5 million people expected to fill […]

By September 2020, Verve Senior Living had undergone a transformation. It went from being a management company for senior living centers to one that could purchase a piece of property and develop a new residence for seniors. Now, VSL owns and operates 32 senior-care communities across four Canadian provinces. Buoyed by that growth, the company […]

To be a successful multifamily development, construction and property management company, Kyle McClammer says you need more than just a well-trained and experienced group of employees. “As a legal department, you have to make sure you’re staffed appropriately and have the right relationships with outside counsel,” says McClammer, general counsel for the Garrett Companies. “As […]