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Deck Built, Towers Stalled: $1B Fenway Center Air-Rights Project Hits Turbulence

December 15, 2025 — Bryan Gottlieb - Engineering News-Record
Boston finds itself with a nearly completed, two-acre deck built over the Massachusetts Turnpike without vertical construction rising from it—an uncommon and consequential stall for one of the city’s most complex air-rights undertakings. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Bryan Gottlieb, Engineering News-Record
Mr. Gottlieb may be contacted at gottliebb@enr.com

Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (3/11/25) – An AI Inflection Point for Hotels, Investor Pivot in Build-to-Rent and Looming Legislation for Single-Family Investors

March 24, 2026 — Pillsbury's Construction & Real Estate Law Team - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real Estate Law Blog
In our latest roundup, lodging demand for World Cup brings growth, commercial property management firms use of AI becomes firmer, construction industry shows slow start to the year, and more!

The hotel industry has reached an inflection point, where owners and developers are embracing artificial intelligence more, but are also increasingly in need of greater guidance on how to convert early adoption into long-term returns. (Jenna Graber, Hotel Dive)
While the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup is expected to bring notable RevPAR gains to U.S. host cities, the overall domestic impact will be negligible. (Noor Adatia, Hotel Dive)
Company leaders’ often vague predictions of how AI will be adopted are giving way to more fully formed strategies in the commercial real estate industry. (Joe Burns, Facilities Dive)

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Reprinted courtesy of Pillsbury's Construction & Real Estate Law Team

Fort Lauderdale Associate Secures Summary Judgment in Rare Premises Liability Win

December 22, 2025 — Lewis Brisbois Newsroom
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (October 29, 2025) - Fort Lauderdale Associate Kyle Hollander recently secured a summary judgment victory for his client, Winn-Dixie, in a contested premises liability case. This was a hotly disputed liability case of water on the floor near an ice cooler with surveillance footage of a customer constantly bringing bags of ice to and from the cooler to the register. The plaintiff unknowingly stepped into the area of dripped melted ice and fell. Kyle successfully argued based on the plaintiff’s own deposition testimony and the surveillance footage that Winn-Dixie didn’t have the requisite actual notice. Additionally, Kyle argued that the brief duration the condition remained on the floor was legally insufficient to establish constructive notice under Florida law. The Court agreed, finding that the evidence would not survive a directed verdict and granting summary judgment in favor of the defense. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Lewis Brisbois

Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (3/18/25) – Data Center Frenzy, China’s Expanding REIT Market and Tariff-Affected Construction Costs

March 31, 2026 — Pillsbury's Construction & Real Estate Law Team - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real Estate Law Blog
In our latest roundup, relistings reached highest total in a decade, Florida State Legislature passes bill to increase the state’s housing supply, data center construction adapts to changes and more!

The data center construction frenzy and a new, potentially larger highway bill were top of mind for builders during the latest round of contractor earnings calls and financial reports. (Joe Bousquin, Construction Dive)
Tariffs and associated policy uncertainty have increased construction costs and delayed leasing and investment choices. (J.P. Morgan)
Relistings hit the highest January figure since Redfin began tracking this metric a decade ago. (Diana Olick, CNBC).

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Reprinted courtesy of Pillsbury's Construction & Real Estate Law Team

Fixed Price, Fluid Quantities: The Hidden Risks in Lump Sum Agreements with Variable Units

November 21, 2025 — Virginia Trunkes - Construction Law Zone
Lump sum construction agreements are the most basic of the different design-bid-build options: the contractor agrees to complete the entire scope of work for a fixed price, and assumes most of the quantity and cost risks. If the contractor’s actual costs exceed its estimates, the contractor absorbs the loss. Adding a clause into the construction agreement that allows unit quantities to increase or decrease based on actual job quantities creates a mechanism that can reduce the risk of estimating, but it is a clause that should be carefully drafted and closely guarded. There are times when it makes sense for parties to deviate from their lump sum agreement and allow for greater flexibility: when there are uncertainties in site conditions or scope, and/or to reduce disputes over changed conditions. The parties can introduce elements of unit-price contracts into the lump sum framework, either choosing to shift the risk entirely to one party or the other, or sharing the risk, e.g., by including an equitable adjustment clause that allows for a price adjustment if the variation exceeds a certain threshold. Even with that balance, incorporating opportunities for adjustments can favor more than just the contractor: it creates a disincentive for the contractor to inflate unit prices to hedge against quantity risks. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Virginia Trunkes, Robinson & Cole
Ms. Trunkes may be contacted at vtrunkes@rc.com

Trust, But Verify: Addressing Risk of Non-Payment by Owners

December 08, 2025 — William Underwood - ConsensusDocs
Receiving payment is an important piece of any for-profit business. And construction contractors are no exception. But sometimes payments do not arrive on time (or, worse yet, not at all), even when a contractor has done everything right. Ensuring that owners have the ability to pay invoices when they become due is an important upfront risk mitigation strategy that can help reduce future risks of non-payment. Although it is not possible to entirely remove this risk, there are options to help reduce it. This article will highlight some of the options to help increase payment security, both before and during the Project, to reduce the risk of non-payment for work that is otherwise properly performed. This article does not cover the entire waterfront of available options, including liens (which could be a separate topic for an entire thesis). But this article nonetheless provides some practical options for consideration to reduce payment risks. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of William Underwood, Jones Walker LLP
Mr. Underwood may be contacted at wunderwood@joneswalker.com

White and Williams LLP is Proud to Host the 20th Anniversary Virginia Barton Wallace Award and Reception

May 05, 2026 — White and Williams LLP
White and Williams LLP is proud to host the 20th Anniversary Virginia Barton Wallace (VBW) Award and Reception, which will celebrate this year’s honoree, The Rendell Center for Civics & Civic Engagement. This award was created to celebrate the remarkable career of Virginia “Ginny” Barton Wallace, the first woman to be elected to partnership not only at White and Williams but also at any law firm in Philadelphia. The VBW Award is presented to a woman or organization that embodies the same qualities that Ginny possessed: leadership, drive, exemplary work ethic, overall excellence in her field, or an ability to inspire other women to succeed. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of White and Williams LLP

The Single Source of Truth in Construction Projects: Reality or Myth?

March 24, 2026 — Aarni Heiskanen - AEC Business
The idea of a single source of truth has been a fundamental part of the digital vision in the AEC industry for many years. From centralized CAD storage to BIM collaboration platforms and, more recently, Common Data Environments, the goal stays the same. Project teams want a reliable place where everyone can access the latest information. The phrase “single source of truth” comes from database and information management practices in the IT world, where the goal was to maintain one authoritative record of data and eliminate data redundancy. As the AEC industry began adopting digital tools, the same idea was applied to project information and workflows. Despite decades of technological progress, the question remains whether “one ring that rules them all” can actually be implemented in real construction projects. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Aarni Heiskanen, AEC Business
Mr. Heiskanen may be contacted at aec-business@aepartners.fi

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