What You Need to Know
2021: What’s In Store for Retail
Ellen Sinreich brought together a group of retail real estate professionals for an ICSC Legal Forum webinar addressing the likely ramifications of Covid on brick-and-mortar retail in 2021 and beyond.
A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste
As we look ahead to 2021 from our vantage point as commercial leasing attorneys, it’s clear the rules of the game are changing. Landlords and tenants nimble enough to adapt will enjoy significant advantage…
Net-Zero Hotel Project Challenges Hospitality Norms
The conversion of a long-vacant office building in New Haven, Connecticut into a net-zero boutique hotel could be a harbinger of greater sustainability for the hospitality industry. The energy-efficient systems…
Ellen Sinreich in the News
A recently published article in Shopping Centers Today features Legal Forum, a peer group within ICSC’s Virtual Community that was created to provide a virtual place and space for retail real estate professionals to come together in this…
Retail Bankruptcy
Ellen Sinreich convened a group of bankruptcy experts for this ICSC Legal Forum webinar who discussed cash conservation strategies for retailer/debtors and landlord strategies for protecting their shopping centers during and after bankruptcy proceedings.
Leasing in the Time of Covid: Meeting the Challenges
In the face of the sobering realities we’re confronting — a pandemic, shutdowns, governmental mandates, social distancing, and shifting consumer behavior — will your legal leasing process meet the challenges of a post-Covid world?
Restaurants in the Time of Covid
Ellen Sinreich hosted a group of shopping center owners, restaurateurs, and a lender for this ICSC Legal Forum webinar about how these parties can work together to help restaurants stay in business notwithstanding Covid.
Modernizing the Retail Lease
An esteemed panel of speakers gathered for this inaugural ICSC Legal Forum webinar, which focused on updating retail leases to provide a more accurate road map for handling current brick-and-mortar retail issues.
NYC’s Residential Sales Market in the Time of Covid
Ellen Sinreich and ULI NY hosted a webinar focused on the state of the New York City residential sales market in the time of Covid and what to expect during the Covid recovery period.
Construction: Will Covid Lead to Innovation?
Ellen Sinreich and ULI NY presented a unique webinar exploring the construction industry’s response to COVID, including the biggest challenges, new efficiencies, and creative innovations that are being contemplated.
Assessing the Economic Impact of Covid
ULI NY hosted a timely update on the economy from Mark Zandi, Chief Economist of Moody’s Analytics, including the local, national and international impact thus far and what to expect through the end of 2020.
The Future of NYC’s Airports: JFK, LaGuardia & Newark
Ellen Sinreich and ULI NY presented an in-depth understanding of the modernization of NYC’s three major airports, including the history of each project and its likely impact on real estate.
New York Real Estate Outlook 2020
Attendees joined Ellen Sinreich and ULI NY for the 2020 Real Estate Outlook and presentation of Emerging Trends in Real Estate, one of the industry’s most highly regarded and widely read trends reports.
Economic Forecast with Sam Chandan
Ellen Sinreich and ULI NY presented the 2020 Economic Forecast with Sam Chandan, who shared a comprehensive assessment of, and projected forecast for, the U.S. and global economy, including the...
Exit Strategies & Use Restrictions
Ellen Sinreich co-presented an advanced workshop at ICSC’s 2019 Law Conference that explored the undeniable marriage between retail use restrictions and exit strategies for under-performing stores.
Real Estate & Politics: A Conversation with Richard Florida
Ellen Sinreich, ULI NY and NYU Schack hosted ULI NY’s Inaugural Speaker Series event featuring author, thought leader, and researcher Richard Florida, with a provocative conversation about real estate and politics.
The “Hotelification” of Real Estate
Ellen Sinreich and panelists actively disrupting the retail, office, and housing markets discussed how they are reinventing tenant and customer experience by drawing from long held practices in the hospitality industry.
Population Trends & How They Impact the Way We Live
Ellen Sinreich and ULI NY presented a lively program on population trends and how they will impact where we live and the way we live, including the factors that contribute to the demand and attraction of living in cities.
Amazon: The End of NYC’s Pro-Growth Climate?
Ellen Sinreich and ULI NY presented a provocative debate about how NYC should wage its battle for relevancy on the world stage to attract talent and economic development while innovating so it can adapt to the way people live and work.
Hudson Yards: Future or Folly?
Fans refer to it as one of the greatest transformations of a grossly underutilized part of NYC and critics deride it as a sanitized playground pandering to the rich. According to a recent analysis by The New School, public…