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Environmental Due Diligence

Environmental Bankers Association San Francisco 2013 Recap

Posted on by Nicole TK Moore

This year’s bi-annual summer Environmental Bankers Association (EBA) meeting was held in San Francisco earlier this week. As expected, we covered many interesting topics of particular concern to the environmental professional and lending communities. Lawyer-Speak The kick off panel for the EBA San Francisco conference consisted of four lawyers covering trends in banking, business and…

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Engineering Due Diligence

CHECK UP – PCAs CAN PROTECT AGAINST DEAL-KILLERS

Posted on by Jay Grenfell

Property Condition Assessment Reports (PCAs) provide a return on investment (ROI) that many equity investors might overlook.  PCAs yield ROI in three ways: protect buyers from bad purchases; provide buyers with information for price negotiations with sellers; and find opportunities to improve building value post-purchase. As noted in the article; “Not all PCAs are the…

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Building Experts | Commercial Real Estate Education | Commercial Real Estate Finance | Engineering Due Diligence

Seismic Risk Assessment and Seismic Probable Maximum Loss Reports

Posted on by Kelly Javier

Seismic Risk Assessments are an assessment that can be “forgotten” when the lender/buyer is not themselves in a seismic risk zone. Property that is in a high risk seismic zone should be evaluated for loss during “the big one.” Seismic Probable Maximum Loss Reports are engineering reports that evaluate the expected amount of loss that…

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Commercial Real Estate Education | Commercial Real Estate Finance | Conferences and Industry Events | Engineering Due Diligence | Environmental Due Diligence | Fannie Mae | Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae | HUD | Real Estate

Essential of Seismic Risk Assessments Webinar

Posted on by Kelly Javier

Partner’s Technical Director – Structural Engineering, Joshua Marrow, PE and Principal, Jenny Redlin, REA presented an informative webinar today regarding the Essentials of Seismic Risk Assessments. This hour long presentation covered many important topics such as; Why do we perform Seismic Risk Assessments? Who are Seismic Risk Assessment Users? Why a Seismic Risk Assessment is…

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Building Experts | Commercial Real Estate Education | Commercial Real Estate Finance | Construction | Energy | Engineering Due Diligence | Environmental Due Diligence | Fannie Mae | Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae | HUD | Multi-Family | Real Estate | SBA Real Estate Finance | Site Surveys (ALTA)

Partner Spring Webinars

Posted on by Kelly Javier

Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. is pleased to launch our spring webinar series. This series offers new and updated webinars that discuss commercial real estate trends, standards updates and changes as they affect the commercial real estate industry. Registration for all webinars is at no cost to industry professionals. Webinar Topics Include: The Essentials of Seismic Risk…

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Building Experts | Commercial Real Estate Education | Commercial Real Estate Finance | Energy | Engineering Due Diligence | Environmental Due Diligence | Multi-Family | Real Estate

Heeding Green Advice

Posted on by Jay Grenfell

The benefits of green building and energy efficiency are real and increasingly want to be realized by commercial real estate investors and tenants alike.  Partner Engineering and Science, Inc.’s green retrofit of their new company headquarters in Los Angeles provided Partner with firsthand experience in realizing those benefits.  By undertaking this project Partner is now…

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Appraisal | Construction | Engineering Due Diligence | Fannie Mae | Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae | Multi-Family | Real Estate | SBA Real Estate Finance

Property Condition Assessments and Reports

Posted on by Kelly Javier

Engineering due diligence is an important part of the property transaction process. Like environmental due diligence, there are a variety of engineering due diligence products to assist in evaluating an asset. Engineering due diligence can provide a wealth of knowledge about the physical condition of a property. During a Property Condition Assessment, the building systems…

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Commercial Real Estate Education

Commercial Real Estate Due Diligence

Posted on by Kelly Javier

Commercial Real Estate Due Diligence Underwriters, analysts, and loan officers who want to deepen their knowledge of Commercial Real Estate Due Diligence are well served to learn a little about each type of third party report that is needed to underwrite a commercial real estate transaction.    Five of the most commonly required commercial real estate…

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Building Experts | Commercial Real Estate Education | Environmental Due Diligence | Real Estate

Radon Affects Real Estate Deals

Posted on by Jay Grenfell

Being that Colorado is an area with a high radon propensity, it is important to know how radon can impact a real estate transaction.  Sellers, lenders, and developers need to be aware of the risks of radon and how it can impact their commercial real estate deal.   Radon testing can be completed to assess whether…

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Commercial Real Estate Education | Commercial Real Estate Finance | Conferences and Industry Events | Engineering Due Diligence | Environmental Due Diligence | Multi-Family | Real Estate

Cliff Notes from CMBA State of the State

Posted on by Jay Grenfell

It’s been a full month since this year’s MBA CREF conference and time to look back at the conference happenings. During the 2013 MBA CREF conference that took place from February 2 through February 6, the California Mortgage Bankers Association (CMBA) presented their State of the State breakfast.  This year, Mary K. Ludgin, Ph.D., Managing…

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