On April 18, 2013, Joshua Stein moderated the presentation "Bridging the Gap: Mezzanine Financing" at a luncheon program of the Mortgage Bankers Association of New York. Special Guest Speaker Bruce Batkin, CEO, Terra Capital Partners, discussed with Stein the markets and mechanics of today's mezzanine and bridge lending. Click the first link below to view the event agenda. Click the second link to read Stein's recent article in The Mortgage Observer that discusses Terra's experience in the post-crash lending environment. 

Joshua Stein PLLC is co-sponsoring  the exhibition State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970, opening June 22 at The Bronx Museum of the Arts. The exhibition will feature 150 works by 60 artists in a range of media, showing how conceptual art emerged in California in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Joshua Stein serves on the board of directors of the museum. Click the link below to learn more about the exhibition and the museum.

Joshua Stein PLLC is co-sponsoring  the exhibition State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970, opening June 22 at The Bronx Museum of the Arts. The exhibition will feature 150 works by 60 artists in a range of media, showing how conceptual art emerged in California in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Joshua Stein serves on the board of directors of the museum. Click the link below to learn more about the exhibition and the museum.

Joshua Stein PLLC is co-sponsoring  the exhibition State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970, opening June 22 at The Bronx Museum of the Arts. The exhibition will feature 150 works by 60 artists in a range of media, showing how conceptual art emerged in California in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Joshua Stein serves on the board of directors of the museum. Click the link below to learn more about the exhibition and the museum.

Joshua Stein PLLC is co-sponsoring  the exhibition State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970, opening June 22 at The Bronx Museum of the Arts. The exhibition will feature 150 works by 60 artists in a range of media, showing how conceptual art emerged in California in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Joshua Stein serves on the board of directors of the museum. Click the link below to learn more about the exhibition and the museum.

Click the link below to see the full program schedule.

For the 13th consecutive year, Joshua Stein served as faculty chair of Practising Law Institute's Commercial Real Estate Financing seminar on February 14-15, 2013, in New York City. The program explored how today's lower valuations and the renewed conservatism of lenders shape the terms, legal negotiations and closing process of commercial real estate financing in 2013. Among the topics covered were:
 - Who's lending - and how?
 - How a lender looks at a lease, and the relationship between tenant and lender
 - Securitization today - state of the market and projections
 - The art of getting a loan closed, and what to do next
 - Role of the rating agencies
 - Lender's due diligence and strategy for troubled loans

Joshua Stein's article in The Practical Lawyer, "How to Move Your Files Away From Paper and Into the 21st Century," was featured recently on the NetDocuments blog. The article offers a logical structure for organizing a paperless filing system. Click the link below to read the article.

For the second year in a row, Super Lawyers Magazine named Joshua Stein one of the Top Ten Lawyers in the New York Tri-State Area. The September 2012 list reflects peer ratings and independent research by the magazine. Also, again for the second year, Stein is the only solo practitioner to be named to the list. Three other leading NYC real estate lawyers joined Stein in the Top Ten List for 2012: Robert J. Ivanhoe of Greenberg Traurig; Jonathan Mechanic of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson; and Ronald D. Sernau of Proskauer Rose. The year 2012 also marks Stein's seventh annual appearance in the Super Lawyers Top 100 List. Click the link below to see the Top 10 and Top 100 Lists, published in the Super Lawyers New York - Metro/2012 issue. 

On October 15, 2012, Joshua Stein moderated a presentation on the history of Manhattan's most prominent office buildings at a dinner hosted by the Mortgage Bankers Association of New York. The event, titled "An Evening with the Tallest of the Tall: NYC's Skyscrapers," included guest speaker Stacy L. Wallach, a senior real estate executive and New York historian. Stein serves as Chair of MBANY's Education Committee. 

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On May 3, 2012, Joshua Stein spoke at the ABA Real Property Symposium as part of the Hospitality, Timesharing and Common Interest Developments Group. Joined by Neal Fellenbaum and Andrew Herz, Stein’s topic was When Is It Better to Receive Than Give? The Use of Receiverships for Distressed Hotel and Common Interest Development Projects (1:30 – 3:00 p.m.). Click the link below to see the program brochure.

Joshua Stein spoke about his experience launching and running a solo practice when he participated as a speaker and panelist at the March 10, 2012 ACREL (American College of Real Estate Lawyers) Winter Meeting, held in Las Vegas. ACREL Fellow Stein joined other Fellows on the panel, Stacking the Deck in Your Favor: Responding to Seismic Shifts in Your Real Estate Practice. They discussed market realities and explored the strategies commercial real estate lawyers use when changing their practice formats.

Joshua Stein PLLC represented the developer of a FedEx Ground distribution facility in Long Island City, which broke ground in February, 2012. Developer SunCap Property Group signed a ground lease with an affiliate of Robert Zirinsky Associates, owner of the site. Joshua Stein PLLC negotiated the ground lease for SunCap, as well as SunCap's arrangements with FedEx Ground. Please click the link below to see a copy of Real Estate Weekly's report about the facility and the project.

Joshua Stein moderated the panel “Meet the Developers” at a February 16, 2012 luncheon program of the Mortgage Bankers Association of New York. The principals of four prominent development firms discussed the rental and condominium markets across New York City, agreeing that the simpler the transaction, the easier it is to get a loan for multifamily construction and refinancings. Click the link below to read the attached article from GlobeSt.com about the event.

BAKE, a new trade magazine for the baking industry, interviewed Joshua Stein about the important details to consider before signing a commercial lease. He raises significant issues that can apply to owners and tenants across a spectrum of industries and professions. Click the link below to read the article.

Joshua Stein taught a course on commercial real estate transactions at Pace University Law School, where he serves as a faculty member in the LL.M. program. Topics included purchase and sale, closings and title insurance, the lender’s and borrower’s view of financing, ground leases, spaces leases, insurance, troubled transactions, among several other subjects. Click the link below to see the course syllabus.

UPDATE: Video Preview with Joshua Stein attached. Click the first link below.

Click the second link to see the full program schedule.

In January, 2012, Joshua Stein served as faculty chair for the 12th consecutive year of Practising Law Institute's Commercial Real Estate Financing seminar. Held in New York City, the program explored how new lower valuations, reduced cash flow, and distress throughout the economy continue to affect commercial real estate borrowers and lenders, and the legal issues their counsel must handle. Among the topics covered were: 

- Securitization today - state of the market and projections? 

- How financial industry "regulatory reform" will affect commercial real estate lending and securitization 

- Lender’s due diligence and strategy for troubled loans

- Common issues and problems in dealing with existing intercreditor agreements

- Important bankruptcy and loan enforcement cases decided in the current downturn - and how they will drive tomorrow's deal structures

U.S. News & World Report included Joshua Stein PLLC in its 2011-2012 list of "Best Law Firms." The list is based on evaluations from clients and from peer reviews of leading attorneys in their field. The findings were published in the magazine's November 10, 2011 issue. 

On November 15, 2011, Joshua Stein chaired a panel of executives in the fields of commercial real estate lending, portfolio lending, and commercial mortgage brokerage lending at the 2011 NYC Real Estate Expo, held at Columbia University. The panel, titled Navigating Today's Commercial Real Estate Lending Troubled Waters, assessed the weaker and stronger market segments, the horizon for new foreclosure activity, and the current lending process, among other current topics.

The October 25, 2011 issue of the National Real Estate Investor quotes Joshua Stein in its article on misappropriations by managing partners in real estate joint ventures. In the piece, "Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: Fraud in Real Estate JVs," Stein discusses what can happen after the older generation "passes the torch" in partnerships created 20 to 30 years ago. 

Joshua Stein was the subject of "The 30-Minute Interview" in the Square Feet column of  the October 16, 2011 New York Times Sunday real estate section (attached below). Stein discusses his move from partner at one of the world's largest law practices to his eponymous firm and shares his assessment of the current lending market. 

One year after Joshua Stein made his move from mega-firm partnership to solo practice, New York Super Lawyers profiled Joshua as the subject of the publication's cover story in October 2011.  The article describes why Joshua made his move; how it has worked out; and the career path that led him there.

When Joshua Stein's daughters started college (five years apart), each received a summary of Joshua's advice on college and on life after college.  Business writer Jeff Haden saw a copy, and published it as part of his regular column for BNET.com, the CBS Interactive Business website.