Jan 11, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
Andrew McRoberts reported on Thursday that the Virginia Association of Counties released its Model Transfer of Development Rights Ordinance for Virginia Localities. Andrew was part of a working group that worked with a number of stakeholders to develop this model...
Jan 8, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
Energy production, sources, costs and impact are a constant fundamental part of the economy and the construction industry. Nevertheless, there is a diverse flood of fuel related topics and commentary over the last week or two in Engineering News Record that is...
Jan 5, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
Tax reform means “Don’t tax you, don’t tax me, tax that fellow behind the tree.” – Russell Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1948-1987. Despite the budget crisis facing the Commonwealth and local jurisdictions all around Virginia, the General Assembly is considering...
Jan 4, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
As we kick off 2010, it is a good time to make some predictions on the future of green building. While these predictions anticipate a longer time horizon than just the coming year, my bet is we will see some of these trends manifest during 2010. We can also expect...
Dec 30, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
With the General Assembly set to convene and prefiling ending on January 13th, I thought it would be worth while to take a look at the legislative proposals submitted thus far to see if anything jumped out at me this year from the land use side of things. Suprisingly,...
Dec 24, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
We are a bit over three months into our blog and also approaching the end of the year. This always makes me take stock and wax a bit philosophical. Questions of why I do what I do, why I enjoy doing it, and how that compares or contrasts to the rest of the legal...
