Coronavirus Tenant Relief Recommendations : How Beck-Reit is handling the Crisis

By now it’s no secret that COVID-19 is necessitating lease amendments right and left. As both a property manager and owner in Austin, and with over 30 tenants in our portfolio, COVID-19 has ushered in an era of nonstop negotiation for Beck-Reit Asset Management. By now, we’ve seen a variety of rent abatement, rent deferral and lease amendment structures proposed, and a few agreements signed. In light of the last 2 month of negotiations, we present some recommendations for tenants seeking relief below.

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CodeNEXT Draft 2.0, What it Means for East Austin

The City of Austin released their second draft of the long awaited and largely controversial CodeNEXT zoning revisions last Friday, September 15th. The draft comes in response to the first round of comments and suggestions from the community, and mayor Steve Adler urged critics to continue engaging in the revision process in order to make the third draft more representative of the city's needs. 

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