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Dealing With Distress in Commercial Real Estate

Jack O’Connor
The commercial real estate industry is no stranger to distress cycles. Commercial real estate deals are often highly leveraged, subjecting properties, their owners, and lenders to potential distress when the cost of capital increases, boosting the...
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As Global Crisis Unfolds, TMA Membership Is a Necessity
My Take

Actionable Optionality—A New Norm for TMA

Scott Y. Stuart, Esq.
I often talk about actionable optionality and the things that keep us fresh and vibrant as an association. And in that, I speak to vision, creativity, and how our leaders and members are creating new experiences that support the power of member...
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Leader Board: Jeffrey C. Hampton
Leader Board

Building Connectivity From Local to Global

One of TMA’s core values is that it is chapter-centric and dedicated to ensuring an active, vibrant, and consistent experience for TMA members at the local chapter level. I have had the great honor of serving as TMA Global Vice President of Chapter...
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 Coping with  Rising Interest Rates & Declining  Property Values
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 Coping with  Rising Interest Rates & Declining  Property Values

Harold Bordwin
David Levy
As the commercial real estate (CRE) industry grapples with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is seeing property values decrease while facing significant challenges that include rising interest rates and $1.5 trillion in debt maturities over...
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It’s Complicated: Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
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It’s Complicated: Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

Debra Morgan
Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) issuance peaked in 2007, at $230 billion, and was a source of high-proceeds, competitive-rate financing for commercial real estate and multifamily. Following the Great Recession, the Dodd-Frank Act of...
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When a Lease Is Being Assigned, Landlords Must Act
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When a Lease Is Being Assigned, Landlords Must Act

Harold D. Israel
Sean Williams
Ivan M. Gold
As any commercial landlord who has been through a tenant’s bankruptcy is aware, the tenant must accomplish three things to assume and assign a real property lease under Bankruptcy Code Section 365: Cure all monetary and nonmonetary defaults capable...
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Generating Liquidity Through Real Estate in an Economic Downturn
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Generating Liquidity Through Real Estate in an Economic Downturn

Jamie Coté
During times of financial tightening and uncertainty, real estate owners and occupiers often need to broaden their traditional sources of financing to create liquidity and stay afloat. Over the course of the past year, there has been persistent talk...
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Hearts Are Still in San Francisco—The Bay Area’s Case for a Comeback
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Hearts Are Still in San Francisco—The Bay Area’s Case for a Comeback

Veronica Rocha
Jeannie Kim
Headlines decrying San Francisco’s recovery as among the worst in the nation aren’t hard to find. Retail and hotels being abandoned. A landmark office building sold at 74% of its early 2020 valuation. CRE defaults and impending maturity dates...
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Snapshots

Making the Most of It

Q: How did you gravitate into turnaround/restructuring work? Boydston: I was at SMU (Southern Methodist University) Law, and after my first year, I went to every single law firm’s “meet our lawyers” event held during the summer for law students. At...
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Newcomers
Happenings

Newcomers: September 2023

Arizona Scott Blaeser, SLR Business Credit Laura Newbrough, LNHR Consulting Khaled Tarazi Buchalter Daniel Ungheanu, Development Specialists Inc. Vlad Altmark, Focus Management Group Eric Gleaton, Gleaton's Auction Company James McGlynn,...
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Feb
6

2024 TMA Distressed Investing Conference

Las Vegas, NV United States
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