What’s In Your Warehouse? Chemical Reporting Due March 1
With 2023 underway, many businesses are gearing up to complete and submit their annual Tier II chemical inventory reports under the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (“EPCRA”)....
View ArticleVertical Farming on the (Vertical) Horizon?
Commonwealth and local officials recently announced that a new farm will soon begin operating in Northeastern Pennsylvania. A farming operation may not seem like front page news given Pennsylvania’s...
View ArticleTop 5 Ways to Encourage Controlled and Collaborative Development: Providing...
With football season behind us, March arrives with bracket talk and the discussion of college basketball teams you have never heard of. Some of us spend hours researching or contacting that old college...
View ArticleTo Assess or Not to Assess? Temporary Tax Exemption for New Residential...
Over the course of 2022, rising interest rates and inflation slowed the housing market frenzy. As a result, for the first time since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, residential homebuilders...
View ArticleBetter Housing and Building to Improve Lives
This is a guest post by Andrew Notarfrancesco, Vice President of JEM Group For most people, a primary residence is the largest investment they will make over their lifetime. Therefore, it’s no surprise...
View ArticleEPA PROPOSES NEW LIMITATIONS ON CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRIC...
On May 11, 2023, USEPA announced proposed rules to further limit the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) from power plants and other electric generating units (EGUs). Industry trade associations assert...
View ArticleElectric Vehicles Prompt Municipalities to Revisit their Zoning Ordinances
Electric vehicles (EV) have an increasingly important role in Pennsylvania’s transportation network. In 2022, there were over 42,000 EVs registered in the Commonwealth, almost double the roughly 23,000...
View ArticleMunicipalities Help to Breathe New Life into Vacant or Underutilized Shopping...
In recent months, several media outlets have reported on potential redevelopment concepts and initiatives for the Colonial Park Mall site in Lower Paxton Township and the Harrisburg Mall site in...
View ArticleChallenging Market Conditions Require Commercial Real Estate Owners to Find...
Tighter credit, lower asset valuations and changes in consumer demand will force property owners to reimagine how real estate assets are currently used and to deploy new tools to ensure real estate...
View ArticleZoning Variances: How a “Hardship” May Evolve Over Time
Often times, property owners wish to develop their property in a manner that differs from what is allowed by their local zoning ordinance. When this happens, the property owner must seek and obtain a...
View ArticleRevolutionizing Real Estate Sales and Development One Block at a Time (Part I...
As of late December 2023, Bitcoin was up more than 60% in the prior four months while another well-known cryptocurrency, Solana, was up over 240%. The cryptocurrencies were on their annual Fall bull...
View ArticleSimplifying the Sale of Property with Blockchain Technology (II of IV)
For Part I of this series, please click here. Chasing down documents, recovering escrow funds, and worrying about fraud are examples of things in the real estate world that create stress. Wouldn’t it...
View ArticleStreamlining the Development Process with Blockchain Technology (III of IV)
For Parts I and II, click here and here. Our prior two posts on blockchain technology and real estate looked at blockchain basics and how it can be used to make real estate transactions and the...
View ArticleThe Future of Real Estate Sales and Development in Pennsylvania with...
For Parts I, II, and III, click here, here, and here. As explained in the prior three posts on this topic, blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize the way we buy, sell, and develop...
View ArticleWays to Encourage Controlled and Collaborative Development: Streamline the...
We would not blame you if you said that dealing with attorneys is not your favorite part of being a municipal official. However, in our defense, people use attorneys because they need help with...
View ArticleConstruction Stormwater Update: Draft PAG-02 Permit Open for Comment
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (“PADEP”) recently announced the availability of its draft 2024 version of the PAG-02 NPDES general permit for stormwater discharges associated...
View ArticleWaivers and Modifications for Parking Relief: What Do You Mean We Don’t Need...
“Your parking requirements stink! What do you mean we have to provide 25 times the number of parking spaces than what the ITE says, or we have to get a variance? What is our hardship other than your...
View ArticleRepublicans and Democrats in Harrisburg Are Taking Aim at Pennsylvania’s...
In the years following the Covid-19 Pandemic, the affordability and availability of homes has become a glaring issue in Pennsylvania and beyond, primarily due to rising interest rates, inflation, labor...
View ArticleUSEPA Promulgates PFAS Drinking Water Standards and Designates Two PFAS...
In April, the Environmental Protection Agency (“USEPA”) took two actions regarding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), or so-called “forever chemicals,” that could have far-ranging...
View ArticleHomes for Vets in Harrisburg: Highlighting Two Projects in the Capital Region
We do not often highlight specific projects on this blog, but with the anniversary of 9/11 approaching, it seemed fitting to recognize two development projects in the area that will support our...
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