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Lawrence Moss and Scott Schonfeld recently published a client alert on the City of Chicago’s new Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance. Chapter 18-14.

Chicago now joins several other major municipalities which have adopted similar legislation, including New York City, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Boston, and San Francisco. Subject to limited exceptions, and staggered reporting obligations, the Ordinance broadly requires…
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By Adam W. Walsh

An article, “Green Issues to Consider in Drafting and Negotiating Office Building Leases,” by Seyfarth Real Estate partner Adam Walsh was published in the March 6 issue of Bloomberg BNA’s Real Estate Law & Industry Report. In the article, Adam discusses the finer points involved in drafting contracts for office buildings with Leadership…

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