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Established methods of determining value include computing the present value of observable cash flows and inferring value from other observable valuations — otherwise known as “relative” valuation or “comparables.”[1] But when observable cash flows or comparable valuations are not available, a third approach is to value optionality. In real estate, options abound, and it is worth thinking about how to analyze optionality in calculating value.

Section 365(d) of the Bankruptcy Code draws a clear distinction between residential and nonresidential leases, and those distinctions can impact a debtor’s rights.

ABI’s Real Estate Committee started off its 2025 webinar series with a bang, interviewing Brandon Svec with CoStar Group for a Commercial Real Estate Economic Outlook. Stay tuned for announcements regarding the section’s additional webinars still to come this year.