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May 23, 2017

Will Colorado’s New Construction Defects Law Revive its Stagnant Condo Market?

By Lane Schwarzberg

Lane Schwarzberg, National Client Manager based in Denver, spoke to Construction Dive about changes to Colorado’s construction defect law. A new reform bill, which provides some liability protection for developers by requiring majority homeowner consent before legal action can be taken for building defects, aims to encourage condominium development in the hot Colorado market.

Lane said, “Since the late 1970s, the construction defect law has grown into its own industry, generally focused on condominium projects at a large expense to contractors and [the] insurance carriers that underwrite commercial general liability policies.”

Continue reading the full Construction Dive article here.

About the Authors

Lane Schwarzberg

Lane Schwarzberg

National Client Manager
Lane Schwarzberg has more than 12 years of experience in environmental consulting and commercial real estate due diligence, specializing in transactions nationwide. He has significant experience in due diligence assessments for a variety of property types and the needs and requirements of a varied number of reporting standards, including ASTM standards, EPA’s All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI), and customized client formats. Mr. Schwarzberg currently works as a relationship manager providing consulting services and transactional due diligence solutions to a variety of client types including banks, insurance lenders, brokers, developers, individual investors, equity/institutional investors, and developers under Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae guidelines. With a primary area of expertise in the environmental due diligence field where he has performed and/or managed thousands of Phase I ESAs and physical diligence projects, including multiple large multi-site due diligence portfolios. His experience allows him to provide risk-based solutions with a keen understanding of environmental and physical due diligence risk as it relates to specific stakeholders within a particular transaction. He takes pride in assisting his clients in meeting their goals by providing well-documented reports and risk-based solutions that allow his clients to make sound risk management decisions and close deals.

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