March 2019
Trends to Watch in Boston’s Commercial Real Estate Market in 2019
- Hinckley Allen Real Estate
- March 12, 2019
The commercial real estate landscape is showing signs of continuous change, particularly with some potentially major shifts in the ongoing trends we saw in 2018. The first quarter of 2019 has shown us that nothing is certain in this industry, and real esta…
Qualified Opportunity Zones: An Update
- Hinckley Allen Real Estate
- March 12, 2019
Hinckley Allen's A Practical Guide to the Qualified Opportunity Zone Program and Qualified Opportunity Zones: Insights from the Government's New Guidance detail a promising new program contained in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that provides significant …
Seven Essential Lease Provisions in Mixed-use Developments
- Hinckley Allen Real Estate
- March 12, 2019
Developers who gain control of a property (whether through an option agreement, purchase and sale agreement, or ground lease) and who intend to develop or significantly re-develop the property are often subject to a time-limited permitting period and/or du…
How Blockchain Technology Could Transform Commercial Real Estate: Acquisitions
- Hinckley Allen Real Estate
- March 12, 2019
Have you ever wondered if there was a faster way to accomplish due diligence? Has your deal fallen apart because of disintegrating trust between buyer and seller? Blockchain technology could automate aspects of real estate acquisitions, thereby relieving s…
Connecticut Supreme Court Clarifies Distinction between Subdivision and Lot Line Revision
- Hinckley Allen Real Estate
- March 12, 2019
Recently, the Connecticut Supreme Court issued a land use decision in Cady v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Burlington. In this case, the Supreme Court restated the definition of a subdivision as distinct from a lot line adjustment. The last time …
January 2019
2019 Real Estate Tax Abatement Process
- Hinckley Allen Real Estate
- January 8, 2019
Tax abatement season is here, with some fast approaching filing deadlines in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. If you have not already done so, now is the time for property owners to review their real estate tax assessments to de…