PL Radio - The Phillips Lytle Podcast

The Race is On: Exploring BEAD 2.0 Broadband Delivery

On this episode of PL Radio, Phillips Lytle Special Counsel Barlow Keener is joined by Marc Powell, Managing Director of Alvarez and Marsal, for a discussion on Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD) implementation in the U.S. Barlow has over two decades of experience in digital infrastructure, transactional and regulatory work. Barlow and Marc delve into how the $21 billion in BEAD funds will be allocated and into some key components of the upcoming BEAD implementation for municipalities and providers. Their discussion covers the challenges that fiber to the home (FTTH) and fixed wireless access (FWA) providers may face, compliance issues and the other factors that lie ahead. The episode explores the challenges of BEAD compliance, financing and deployment while addressing other key issues that relate to the NTIA and oversight from State Broadband Offices. Marc lends his unique expertise and point of view to this conversation about BEAD funding and deployment in the U.S.   Marc specializes in infrastructure planning, financing, procurement and deployment of large projects in the public sector. His experience includes work on helping FTTH and FWA broadband providers plan and deploy their networks, and manage inventory, maintain financial sustainability with the receipt of BEAD funds, state and federal compliance, and construction scheduling. Marc has worked for broadband projects including the Texas Broadband Office HB5 and ARPA CPF program development, the Arizona Broadband Office (ACA) BEAD and DEA plan; procurement, the Missouri ARPA-CPF grant execution approach, the Mississippi ARPA-CPF and BEAD plan, the Puerto Rico State Funded broadband grant plan, the Montana Broadband office compliance and reporting plan, South Carolina broadband office, the Pennsylvania IIJA funding opportunity assessment, and Infrastructure Ontario Canada broadband office.  In addition to broadband, Marc’s infrastructure projects include the Dulles Greenway, the Pochahontas Parkway, the Port of Los Angeles, Eurostar, and Heathrow Airport.   Barlow’s expertise encompasses data centers, fiber networks, cell towers, wireless spectrum, and satellite matters. He boasts deep industry knowledge and has served as general counsel for a media company, in-house counsel for a telecommunications provider, and co-founder of an internet service provider startup.

CRE Legal Minute: Retail Leasing and Good Guy Guarantees

Phillips Lytle attorneys Joe Heins and Allen Major team up to discuss good guy guarantees and how they can affect commercial leases. Joe and Allen provide insights into the benefits and drawbacks of including a good guy guarantee in a commercial lease and how they can serve both parties in a deal.

CRE Legal Minute Retail Leasing Series: Introduction to Triple Net Leasing

Take a crash course with Phillips Lytle attorney Joe Heins as he offers an in-depth explanation of triple net leases and how they factor into real estate lease agreements. What is a triple net lease? How do Landlord and Tenant perspectives on triple net leases differ? What are the landmines in triple net leases that have the potential to sink your next deal?  Join us and find out!

CRE Legal Minute Retail Leasing Series: Tenant Operations - Operating Covenants and Co-Tenancy Provisions

Retail leases can be extremely particular in the various parameters that a landlord puts on Tenant operations in their own leased premises.  Unlike other types of leases, how and when a tenant operates in a retail context can have a huge impact on the economics of the deal.  In this episode, Phillips Lytle attorney Joe Heins explains many of those impacts and provides insight on how parties can use their lease to avoid pitfalls in the future.

CRE Legal Minute Retail Leasing Series: Tenant Sales Provisions - Percentage Rent and Gross Sales Kickouts

Join Phillips Lytle attorney Joe Heins as he provides a valuable breakdown on how retail lease provisions concerning percentage rent and gross sales kickouts can play a significant role in your next deal.  Retail leases are unique in that Tenant sales provisions can play an outsized role in not only the initial lease document, but also throughout the entire lease term.  Both retail tenants and landlords must be aware of the opportunities and challenges that result from these clauses, so this episode is a must listen!