Coronavirus / COVID-19 – Real estate
The coronavirus (COVID-19) poses considerable risks and challenges for all sectors, across all regions.
With many premises not currently being utilised, what does this mean for your business, whether you are a landlord or a tenant?
On this page you will find our latest insights on the real estate issues relating to coronavirus and the actions that businesses should be taking now to prepare.
If you would like to discuss how we can help you identify and mitigate the risks to your business, please contact us.
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Students and accommodation providers braced for coronavirus disruption
The anticipated spread of coronavirus across educational institutions, cancellation of exams and temporary closures of universities is set to cause...
Coronavirus in commercial property: what action should you take?
The effect of coronavirus has hit the real estate market, lowering stock market values, postponing MIPIM and causing concern across...
Commercial landlords' enforcement restrictions extended yet again
The government is to extend the restrictions on landlords' ability to take enforcement action against commercial tenants who are in...
What can guidance on responsible contractual behaviours do for a construction industry hit hard by the pandemic?
Will the government's guidance on "responsible contractual behaviour" or good faith come to the rescue of parties in the sector...
Lockdown 2.0: Will the construction industry survive or thrive?
As England enters lockdown 2.0, is the construction industry better prepared this time to continue to "build, build, build"?
What do the latest government measures mean for the construction industry?
Although the direction to work from home does not apply to site workers, the latest changes will put a focus...
Restrictions on landlords' enforcement options to be extended as government introduces Covid-19 code of practice
On 19 June 2020, the government announced its intention to extend restrictions on forfeiture, Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery and the...
Additional restrictions to be imposed on commercial landlords' enforcement options
International guide | Navigating government COVID-19 support measures
Although governments are beginning tentatively to ease lockdown restrictions, for many, it will take some time before trading returns to...
Coronavirus | Protecting your UK business: an overview
As the UK government begins to lift restrictions, for many there will be a shift in the operational, financial and...
Housing market reopens in England with strict Covid-19 social distancing conditions
As the residential property market emerges from lockdown and resumes activity in England, businesses will need to tread carefully to...
Coronavirus Legal Briefing | What we're seeing
Welcome to Osborne Clarke's Coronavirus Legal Briefing, our newsletter on business law issues in these sombre times.
Infographic | Are Dutch tenants entitled to stop operation and cease rent payments?
How is COVID-19 impacting the planning system, and what are the risks for developers?
Local planning authorities have been urged to be flexible in light of the current crisis, but with many issues outside...
UK government to ban evictions of commercial tenants
With 25 March 2020 being a rent quarter day, government intervention to prevent evictions will be welcomed by commercial tenants...
Covid-19 | Lockdown in Belgium: what about lease agreements?
The lockdown measures adopted by the Belgian Government in its ministerial decree of 18 March 2020 involve a complete closure...
Students and accommodation providers braced for coronavirus disruption
The anticipated spread of coronavirus across educational institutions, cancellation of exams and temporary closures of universities is set to cause...
Coronavirus in commercial property: what action should you take?
The effect of coronavirus has hit the real estate market, lowering stock market values, postponing MIPIM and causing concern across...
Commercial landlords' enforcement restrictions extended yet again
The government is to extend the restrictions on landlords' ability to take enforcement action against commercial tenants who are in...
What can guidance on responsible contractual behaviours do for a construction industry hit hard by the pandemic?
Will the government's guidance on "responsible contractual behaviour" or good faith come to the rescue of parties in the sector...
Lockdown 2.0: Will the construction industry survive or thrive?
As England enters lockdown 2.0, is the construction industry better prepared this time to continue to "build, build, build"?
What do the latest government measures mean for the construction industry?
Although the direction to work from home does not apply to site workers, the latest changes will put a focus...
Restrictions on landlords' enforcement options to be extended as government introduces Covid-19 code of practice
On 19 June 2020, the government announced its intention to extend restrictions on forfeiture, Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery and the...
Additional restrictions to be imposed on commercial landlords' enforcement options
International guide | Navigating government COVID-19 support measures
Although governments are beginning tentatively to ease lockdown restrictions, for many, it will take some time before trading returns to...
Coronavirus | Protecting your UK business: an overview
As the UK government begins to lift restrictions, for many there will be a shift in the operational, financial and...
Housing market reopens in England with strict Covid-19 social distancing conditions
As the residential property market emerges from lockdown and resumes activity in England, businesses will need to tread carefully to...
Coronavirus Legal Briefing | What we're seeing
Welcome to Osborne Clarke's Coronavirus Legal Briefing, our newsletter on business law issues in these sombre times.
Infographic | Are Dutch tenants entitled to stop operation and cease rent payments?
How is COVID-19 impacting the planning system, and what are the risks for developers?
Local planning authorities have been urged to be flexible in light of the current crisis, but with many issues outside...
UK government to ban evictions of commercial tenants
With 25 March 2020 being a rent quarter day, government intervention to prevent evictions will be welcomed by commercial tenants...
Covid-19 | Lockdown in Belgium: what about lease agreements?
The lockdown measures adopted by the Belgian Government in its ministerial decree of 18 March 2020 involve a complete closure...