The COVID-19 pandemic has struck the real estate industry especially hard with a portion of commercial tenants in the retail space unable to pay their rent. Cedar Realty Trust Inc. general counsel Adina Storch says she’s using her legal prowess to reassure a successful rebound for her company after the coronavirus dust settles.

Cedar Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust based in Port Washington, New York, uses a grocery-anchored business model, meaning most of its properties are situated around the pandemic’s go-to essential business. But the impact of the novel coronavirus has not totally immunized Cedar Realty Trust from a heavier legal workload. Storch, also the executive vice president, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary at the helm of the six-member legal department, says the pandemic is rife with lessons that she’s already tackling in order for her company to recover as quickly as possible.