By Ron Holmes Brian has been with the Firm since March 2000, which grants him the Longevity Award at Holmes Firm PC (other than yours truly). Brian practices in the real estate arena, and his practice includes horizontal and vertical development, sales and acquisitions, investing, leasing, condominium associations, etc. This spotlight is on Brian’s leasing …
By Ron Holmes “Merger” provisions Many a sophisticated client, and sophisticated lawyer, have drafted contracts that contain provisions which attempt to bar the buyer from bringing a claim against the seller for representations made by the seller or his representatives prior to the entering into of the contract. Typically, such provisions may provide: “Buyer hereby …
By Ron Holmes Your Partnership or LLC may need amending Many limited partnership agreements and limited liability company agreements may need to be amended to come into compliance with significant changes made to partnership IRS audit procedures that were included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The new changes apply to partnership 2018 tax …
By Ron Holmes In the words of Sonny & Cher: “And the beat goes on.” Okay, I just dated myself, but, in any event, that old song title is certainly true in this real estate market. You study the statistics, so I don’t need to repeat them here. Yes, there was a little slow down …
by Ron Holmes Now that I have your attention, let’s talk about the legal issues surrounding the sale of CBD in Texas. This is a topic primarily for shopping center owners, managers and leasing companies, but is also applicable to owners and leasing agents of office/warehouses. There are two basic forms of marijuana plants, one …
By Ron Holmes Is the Construction Boom over? Reports have overall construction this year in the DFW area down by 33% and non-residential construction by 70% in May from the level a year ago. Is that due to lack of demand or the higher cost of materials and the labor shortage? With continued in-migration at …
By Ron Holmes Houston Court decision may change what we assume about pre-PSA emails Everyone in the commercial real estate world understands that the Statute of Frauds requires a contract for the purchase and sale of real estate be in writing. Everyone in the commercial real estate world also operates on the belief that there …
By Ron Holmes Where to begin? DFW just claimed the #1 spot in the country for net office leasing. More than NYC. More than anywhere. DFW is one of the fastest growing data centers in the nation. North Texas has added 750,000 jobs since 2010, and more are created every day. The industrial sector absorbed …
Ron Holmes presented “Navigating the Construction Loan Agreement: A Practical Guide” Ron Holmes took the lectern at the 11th Annual Advanced Real Estate Strategies Conference sponsored by the State Bar of Texas at Horseshoe Bay on December 7-8, 2017. Ron presented a paper on Navigating the Construction Loan Agreement: A Practical Guide. Know the whole …
by Ron Holmes I don’t know what inning the real estate cycle is in, but I do believe it may set a record for extra innings. The depth of capital and tightness of lending requirements have resulted in solid acquisition and development transactions. The continued national recognition of DFW as the place to be and …