Minnesota Commercial Property Tax Appeals Blog
The unintended consequences of the evictions ban
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz recently extended the COVID-19 emergency through Oct. 12. Among the order's provisions is a ban on evictions. The White House recently issued a temporary order to stop evictions across the country through the end of the year. Help one, hurt...
Minneapolis lowers some commercial property tax hurdles
In the unrest that followed the death of George Floyd while in police custody, more than a thousand buildings were damaged with estimates of damages in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Minnesota law requires a full year of commercial property taxes to be paid...
More on “dark store”
Frequent readers of our Minnesota Commercial Property Tax Appeals Blog know that we recently wrote about reductions in commercial property tax bills in Michigan a few years ago. Owners of commercial properties on which big-box retail stores sat in Michigan’s U.P. were...
An introduction to “dark store” theory
Big-box stores are in many Minnesota communities, centers of commerce and employment, as well as gathering places where recipes, local news and gossip are exchanged by neighbors. Giant superstores are in many ways a modern necessity that provides one-stop shopping in...
Part II: A look at Minnesota’s different property tax classes
In a previous post to our Minnesota Commercial Property Tax Appeals Blog, we began looking at the states property tax classes: Residential, Agricultural, Commercial/Industrial/Public Utility and Other Residential. (Please check the previous post for an introduction to...
Part I: A look at Minnesota’s different property tax classes
Any time you dive into documents issued by Minnesota government, you are in danger of drowning in bureaucratic jargon, dense legalese, repetition and redundancy. The state’s websites and publications will never be mistaken for relaxing bedtime reading. Not so easily...
More: the impact of Covid-19 on commercial property owners
Regular readers of our Minnesota Commercial Property Tax Appeals Blog will undoubtedly recall a recent post about the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on owners of properties such as shopping centers. We'll dive a bit deeper into the subject now. Adding it up...
The impact of Covid-19 on commercial property owners
The economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic has had a negative effect on virtually all of the nation’s economy, including income-producing commercial properties. Owners of those properties now have tenants contending with steep declines in revenue that can mean...
Part II: Tax relief for owners of damaged Minneapolis commercial properties
Let’s continue our look at the process of obtaining tax relief for owners of Minneapolis commercial properties damaged in the recent civil unrest. (If you haven’t read Part I, simply click here.) Mandated reassessment In order to obtain the commercial property tax...
Part I: Tax relief for owners of damaged Minneapolis commercial properties
To say that this has been a tumultuous year for Minneapolis commercial property owners is to understate the obvious. A global pandemic resulted in an unprecedented slowdown of economic activity and civic unrest resulted in significant damage to some commercial...
