In her new Ear to the Ground video, the second of a two-part series on lease work letters, attorney Kimberlee Stafford, Chair of our Real Estate & Land Use Practice Group, discusses key work letter issues and situations when...more
In her new Ear to the Ground video, the first of a two-part series on lease work letters, attorney Kimberlee Stafford, Chair of our Real Estate & Land Use Practice Group, discusses key work letter issues and situations when...more
As predicted, the Oregon Legislature took action this past session to crack down on landowners who lease their land to illegal cannabis growers. Governor Kotek signed SB 326 into law last month, and its emergency clause makes...more
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Last April, I wrote about office to residential conversions, and the various challenges in making such projects work. On October 11, 2022 the Oregon NAIOP Chapter hosted a panel to discuss how we might make such conversions...more
Is downtown Portland ready for office to residential conversions? Attorney Kimberlee Stafford gives a progress update on this movement to address the housing shortage and reduce high office vacancy rates....more
Real estate attorney Kimberlee Stafford reviews how Oregon’s Climate-Friendly and Equitable Communities project will affect parking and development....more
On May 19, 2022, the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission adopted, on a temporary basis, rules known as the Climate-Friendly and Equitable Communities project....more
Tonkon Torp real estate attorney Kimberlee Stafford discusses title insurance, an important part of every real estate purchase and sale transaction, loan transaction, and some long-term lease...more
Attorney Kimberlee Stafford studies office-to-apartment conversions as a possible response to the housing crisis.
Apartments, Commercial Buildings, Conversion, Office Closures, Residential Leases, Single-Family Housing,...more
I recently read a fascinating article on a recently completed multi-family development in Alexandria, Virginia called Park+Ford. It describes the conversion of a 1980s era office park into 435 units of housing. What makes...more
Attorney Danica Foster, Co-Chair of our Cannabis Industry Group, sits down with real estate attorney Kimberlee Stafford for a discussion on how property owners and property managers can reduce liability when leasing to...more
I’ve been thinking a lot about a recent article from the Portland Business Journal describing TriMet’s new lease for its administrative offices in downtown Portland’s One Main Place building....more
This past summer, the Oregon Legislature passed two bills, which make it easier to build affordable housing in urban areas.
Under SB 8, local governments are now required to allow affordable housing on non-residentially...more
On June 1, 2021, Governor Brown signed HB 2009 into law, extending the residential foreclosure moratorium, most recently extended by HB 4204 during the 2020 Special Legislative Session...more
Back in 2019, I wrote a blog post discussing how allowing so-called “middle housing” – duplexes, triplexes, and quadruplexes – could help alleviate Portland’s affordable housing crisis. The more units you have on a piece of...more
During the special session held between June 24 and June 26, the Oregon legislature passed, and Governor Brown signed into law, HB 4204, which prohibits foreclosures in Oregon from March 8, 2020 until September 30, 2020. It...more
On Wednesday evening the Senate passed a $2 trillion stimulus package. Below are some highlights relevant to commercial real estate:
•$350 billion in federally guaranteed loans for small businesses that pledge not to lay...more
The field is wide open as far as what kind of entity can invest in and hold real estate in Oregon. And even though any legal entity may be used, most commercial real estate in Oregon is owned by a single-purpose entity, an...more
As we continue our look at the legal environment for Oregon Real Estate we’re going to get a little messy and explore the due diligence recommended for buying property that may have environmental contamination. In the Sale...more
As discussed in my previous blog post, we need to find ways to build more housing if we are to make a dent in our affordable housing crisis. One solution being explored this legislative session, and by Portland City Council,...more
The January 24, 2019 meeting of the Oregon Chapter of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, featured a panel of affordable housing experts who described the root causes of Portland's affordable housing...more
The arrival of market disrupters, Uber and Lyft has spawned many think pieces on the future of transportation. While we may think technology will solve our transportation problems, instead of focusing on new technology, state...more