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9/30/2015 | Commercial Litigation Blog
James Dean the well known young Movie Star who starred in Rebel Without A Cause dies at the age of 24 in a car crash in his Porsche in California.
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Monthly Archives: September 2015
Trust administration can ensure care for children
9/28/2015 | Kaplin Stewart Blog
For most Pennsylvania parents, few things are more important than the safety and well-being of their children. To that end, parents will go out of their way to ensure that the needs of their children are met, especially while those children are still young. One way to safeguard against unplanned disaster is to address estate planning needs early, long before such plans are perceived as necessary. This includes planning for trust administration in the event that it might be needed. […]
Benefits of trusts within estate planning
9/28/2015 | Kaplin Stewart Blog
When considering various estate planning options, many Pennsylvania residents feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of options. One of the biggest choices to be made involves which vehicle is best suited to hand down assets: wills or trusts. While each family has a unique set of needs, trusts are an attractive option for many people and provide a number of estate planning benefits over wills. Perhaps the primary benefit of using a trust to pass down assets is the ability […]
Seeking zoning approval for a Philadelphia project
9/26/2015 | Real Estate Blog
In our last post, we spoke a bit about developer Chancellor Hotels’ Hudson Hotel proposal for downtown Philly and its decision to seek zoning reclassification for the project. Zoning issues are common in real estate development and developers need to know how to navigate zoning laws when problems come up.
Developer seeks change in proposed hotel’s zoning classification
9/24/2015 | Real Estate Blog
Next week, the Philadelphia City Council will reportedly be voting on a proposal to change the zoning classification for the Hudson Hotel, a project planned by Chancellor Hotels which was approved back in February. The hotel, which is to be located at 17th and Chancellor Street, was most recently planned to stand 12 stories tall, with 310 rooms.