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Chicago law firm Ginsberg Jacobs names partner, chair of real estate practice

Chicago-based law firm Ginsberg Jacobs today announced it has named Tim Franzen partner and chair of the firm’s growing hospitality real estate practice. Franzen brings nearly 30…

IllinoisLegal

Chicago’s Ginsberg Jacobs makes addition to partnership

Ginsberg Jacobs LLC, a Chicago law firm representing clients nationally in commercial real estate matters, has promoted Michael Muthleb, Jr. to the firm’s partnership. Muthleb…

Forecasting three corners of commercial real estate for 2019

All throughout 2018, the real estate market was once again buoyed by a virile U.S. economy. There may new challenges in 2019 in the forms…

MidwestRetail

Nimbler retailers turning to small-format stores for a boost

The reactions when former retail king Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month were predictable, with pundits pointing to the filing as more…

Can the Kinzie Industrial Corridor repeat Fulton Market’s success?

In May, Chicago's Department of Planning and Development (DPD) initiated a process to review and enhance the Kinzie Planned Manufacturing District as part of Mayor Emanuel's initiative…

Opportunity zones will benefit impoverished areas and CRE investors

A new federal program implemented last year is starting to take shape, and it has win-win implications both for the country's poorest residents as well…

Ginsberg Jacobs adds four attorneys to its real estate law group

Chicago-based Ginsberg Jacobs LLC has hired William Choslovsky and Jeffrey M. Friedman as partners, with Choslovsky specializing in litigation and restructuring, and Friedman in corporate…

Federal tax overhaul creates barriers to investment in low income housing

When Congress passed a sweeping rewrite of the federal tax code last December, they left in place the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC). However, lowering…

Tax overall could mean big changes for developers working affordable housing, historic properties

For those concerned with recent proposals to overhaul the nation's tax code, it can feel like they're dealing with a giant pile of what-if and…

Ginsberg Jacobs hires four attorneys for telecommunications practice

Chicago lawfirm, Ginsberg Jacobs, hired four attorneys — Kimberly Elliot, Bonnie Merkt, Hannah Needham and Zenia Salles — to expand the firm's growing telecommunications practice.