What Exactly Is a Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment?
What Exactly Is a Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment? A Phase I ESA identifies recognized environmental conditions (RECs) that could impact the value of a [...]
ALTA Land Survey Process and Overview
Due diligence is a term commonly used in the commercial real estate industry to denote the process of research, discovery and disclosures relating to purchasing [...]
Does a Buyer or Seller Pay For a Land Survey?
Conducting a land survey is essential for anybody intending to buy a property or develop a piece of land. It provides you with the information [...]
What is Planned Unit Development (PUD)? Everything You Need To Know
Are you considering a Planned Unit Development (PUD) for your next commercial or residential real estate project? PUDs can offer a wide range of benefits, [...]
What You Need To Know About Commercial Due Diligence
In a fast-moving, rapidly evolving commercial real estate marketplace, investors are always looking for new ways to optimize opportunities. Successfully acquiring commercial real estate requires [...]
Property Rezoning: What You Need To Know
Zoning laws are the necessary rules that dictate how we can and can't use our property. They help minimize conflict between landowners and users by [...]
When Is an Environmental Site Assessment Needed?
When purchasing or developing land, an Environmental Site Assessment or ESA is often a necessary process that acts as an insurance policy to prospective buyers. [...]
Can You Build a House on Agricultural Land?
What is Agricultural Land? Agricultural land typically allows for raising livestock and growing and harvesting crops. In many cases, agricultural land allows for typical residential [...]
Zoning Issues: Can Zoning Improve The Housing Affordability?
Zoning describes the use of municipal authority to decided what land can be used for, and it defines allowable uses for residential, commercial, and industrial [...]
How Zoning Laws Can Help Reduce Pollution
There are many ways zoning laws can help reduce pollution, improve the public’s overall quality of life, and prevent a negative environmental impact. Zoning laws [...]