Iran Conflict Reveals Real Estate Risk And Resilience
The Iran conflict's impact on U.S. commercial real estate so far has been limited, but some real estate and construction attorneys in the U.S. and the Middle East are seeing early consequences, including clients invoking force majeure provisions.
Investors Hype Senior Housing At Goodwin Conference
In what might be a sign of the times, housing and medical care facilities for elderly baby boomers shared the spotlight as today's most promising asset classes in a recent panel on real estate capital flows held by Goodwin Procter LLP and the Columbia School of Business.
Data No Longer An Afterthought In Real Estate
Data is an increasingly important component of the real estate business, informing operations and helping to shape expansion strategy and acquisitions. Its custodianship, legal structure, licensing agreements and the contracts governing data performance and use are all important points that attorneys who specialize in technology transactions negotiate.
Iran Conflict Reveals Real Estate Risk And Resilience
The Iran conflict's impact on U.S. commercial real estate so far has been limited, but some real estate and construction attorneys in the U.S. and the Middle East are seeing early consequences, including clients invoking force majeure provisions.
Investors Hype Senior Housing At Goodwin Conference
In what might be a sign of the times, housing and medical care facilities for elderly baby boomers shared the spotlight as today's most promising asset classes in a recent panel on real estate capital flows held by Goodwin Procter LLP and the Columbia School of Business.
Data No Longer An Afterthought In Real Estate
Data is an increasingly important component of the real estate business, informing operations and helping to shape expansion strategy and acquisitions. Its custodianship, legal structure, licensing agreements and the contracts governing data performance and use are all important points that attorneys who specialize in technology transactions negotiate.
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The federal government's landlord told the federal judiciary it is "ill equipped" to have direct authority to maintain its buildings.
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Among changes made last week to a bipartisan housing bill intended to curb institutional investors' ownership of single-family homes was one provision that could effectively stop build-to-rent housing construc... (more story)
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders Friday that seek to get rid of certain regulations, with the goal of making it easier to build affordable housing and obtain mortgages.
A Florida federal jury has awarded a small developer upward of $400,000 in damages after finding that Pinecrest, Florida, had a custom of requiring private property owners seeking permits to dedicate a portion... (more story)
Nixon Peabody LLP has hired two veteran real estate attorneys for counsel roles in its San Francisco and Washington, D.C., locations, the firm announced.
The Kansas House of Representatives did not move forward a resolution that would have capped property assessment increases at 3% if approved by voters.