Legal & Regulatory

The final guidance on the opportunity zone regulations could help investors avoid the substantial improvement requirement.

The new law limiting independent contractors could impact the construction community, but significant pushback could force the government to modify the law.

A city planning board recommended a flat out repeal of the zoning provision that allows developers to build big, dense projects.

The lawsuits involving big-name architectural firms are over work at Surf Club II, a planned 11-story hotel-condo project.

While construction is an exempt industry under the new law, trucking is not, and it could have a major impact on the industry.

Landlords often have clues that a tenant is going to be filing for bankruptcy, rental payments are consistently late several months in a row and the tenant falls more than a month behind on the rent.

"You have rights from the beginning and it's important that independent, competent, and knowledgeable attorneys review all of your paperwork."

However, foreign investment will continue to flow into the United States through alternative visas such as the E-2 (Treaty Investor Visa).