Competitive Advantage through Property Tax Mitigation

October 24, 2024

Ginger Meurer

As developers reduce every possible expense in a tight market, what are overlooked ways to improve their competitive position? Tax attorney Ben Blair, a partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, said that while you may not be able to move the building to a better location or put an intensive capital investment into improvements, you can work to lower your tax bill.

Reconciliation Redux and Carried Interest

August 3, 2022

Aquiles Suarez

redux: Latin, (from the verb reducere, meaning “to lead back”) can mean “brought back” or “bringing back.” A few weeks ago, Democratic hopes for a big bill that would enact President Joe Biden’s climate change agenda, among other things, seemed all but dead. West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) had publicly announced that recent inflation figures would […]

The Role of State and Local Governments in Spurring Economic Development

December 15, 2021

Toby Burke

Real estate developers and owners provide the commercial and residential space for individuals to live, work and play. State and local governments can play an important role in supporting this through incentives and other measures that ensure development projects financially “pencil” and are economically sustainable over the long term. Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts are […]

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