Below you will find insight and guidance on the forces driving property risk assessments, the strategic and tactical issues that environmental professionals and commercial real estate lenders face and the evolving risk management by lenders.

STRATEGIC/TECHNICAL BRIEFS & TIP SHEETS

 Technical Brief for Lenders: Environmental Liability Risk in Real Estate Lending: Debunking Common Myths (May 4, 2012)

 Technical Brief for EPs: Environmental Liability Risk and Your Clients: Debunking Common Myths (May 4, 2012)

 Strategic Brief for EPs: Comeback Cities, Construction Starts, and Phase I ESA Growth (April 17, 2012)

 Tip Sheet for Lenders: How Well Do You Communicate the Value of Environmental Due Diligence Within Your Institution? (April 13, 2012)

 Technical Brief for EPs: Clarification on Agency File Reviews Being Added to E 1527-05: Are You Prepared? (April 5, 2012)

 Technical Brief for CRE Lenders: Top Ten Things to Think About When Writing or Updating Your Environmental Policy (April 4, 2012)

 Strategic Brief for EPs: Five Reasons Relationship, Value, & Consistency Matter More In This Economy (March 28, 2012)

 Strategic Brief for EPs:  Follow the Money: Why REITs Should Be Part of Your 2012 Strategy (March 13, 2012)

 Tip Sheet for Lenders: Why It Is Risky to Ignore Vapor Migration/Intrusion in Lending Practices (February 20, 2012)

 Tip Sheet for Environmental Professionals: Talking to Your Clients About Vapor Intrusion (February 17, 2012)

 Research Note: What Does The Lending Sector Have in Store for 2012? (February 10, 2012) 

 Research Note: Wave of Distress and Maturities Brings Environmental Issues to Surface(February 7, 2012)

 
Research Note: How Well Are You Protecting Yourself from Phase I ESA Liability? (February 2, 2012)

 Research Note: For Transactional Due Diligence: Location, Location, Location (January 10, 2012) 

 Research Note: Green Building Opportunities Heat Up in Top Phase I ESA Markets (October 28, 2011)

 Research Note: New SBA Environmental Policy in Effect Today (October 3, 2011) 

 Research Note: Chasing the Right Markets (June 16, 2011) 

MARKET INTELL REPORTS 

 Commercial Property Market Intelligence Report: 1Q12 Status and Business Opportunities (April 5, 2012)

 Market Intell Report for Environmental Professionals: Your Customers Have Changed - Have You?: Critical Steps for Business Success (February 29, 2012)

 4Q11 Commercial Property Market Intelligence Report: Status and Business Opportunities (January 11, 2012)

 Commercial Property Market Intelligence Report: Capsule Summary for Environmental Professionals  (December 13, 2011)

 Commercial Property Market Intelligence Report: Status and Business Opportunities  (October 11, 2011)


SURVEY RESULTS

 Quarterly Lender Survey: 4Q11 Benchmarking Survey of Financial Institutions (March 6, 2012)

 
Quarterly EP Survey: 4Q11 State of the Property Assessment Market Survey Results (February 28, 2012)

 Quarterly EP Survey: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back (June 1, 2011)



WEBINARS & EVENTS

 State of Commercial Real Estate Industry, Capital Markets and Due Diligence Trends (presented at the May 1, 2012 RTM Meeting in Cambridge, MA)

 Top 10 Trends and Emerging Issues in Commercial Real Estate, Banking and Environmental Due Diligence (presented at the January 23, 2012 Environmental Bankers Association Meeting in Santa Fe, NM)

  State of the Property Assessment Market and A Look to 2012 (presented at EDR's Due Diligence at Dawn workshop in Newark, NJ, December 15, 2011)

  Inside Word from the Lending Sector: The Top Environmental Challenges Lenders Face (presented at EDR Webinar, May 31, 2011)

  Goodbye 2010, Hello 2011: Latest Developments in the Commercial  Real Estate and Property Due Diligence Markets (presented to Environmental Bankers Association, January 18, 2011)


Commercial Property Market Intell Report:

1Q12 Status & Business Opportunities

(April 5, 2012)

EDR Insight in the News
  

February 13, 2012 - Westlaw Journal: Bank & Lender Liability
"Creating and updating an environmental risk-management policy"

January 18, 2012 - Colliers International
"Weekly Market Recap

January 12, 2012 - Environmental Business Journal
"EDR's Crocker sees dramatic changes in risk awareness for property due diligence"

December 15, 2011 - Globe St.  
"View from the field - Who was lending in 2011?

December 15, 2011 - Houston Business Journal
"Texas ranks high for commercial environmental assessments"

November 16, 2011 – Globe St.
“Less Risk Tolerated for Environmental Due Diligence”