Luxury, Group Travel Bolster Hotel Outlook After Bumpy Q3
Leading hotel operators and real estate investment trusts have reported a mix of results for the third quarter in recent earnings calls, pointing to luxury travelers and future group bookings as the biggest positives in the face of softening in the broader leisure segment and uneven business travel demand amid ongoing economic uncertainty.
Latham Atty Talks SEC's Bid To Revive Public RMBS
There hasn't been a public offering of residential mortgage-backed securities since financial crisis-era reforms dissuaded the market from issuing them, but that may change under the current administration, said a veteran of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission who recently joined Latham & Watkins LLP.
Big Brokers Say Office, Industrial Leasing Driving Q3 Gains
Commercial real estate executives reported steady revenue growth in the third quarter of 2025, buoyed by strong leasing activity across the office and industrial sectors that, in some cases, set records among the major brokers.
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Goldfarb & Fleece LLP and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz LLP were among the law firms that handled the largest New York City real estate deals made public last week, which included the sale... (more story)
The Ninth Circuit appeared skeptical Tuesday about reviving claims that the city of Seattle violated the constitutional rights of two businesses by abandoning several city blocks during the 2020 Black Lives Ma... (more story)
Savills announced Wednesday that it is elevating Julia Spivack, who has been associate general counsel at the real estate advisory firm for three years, to executive vice president and general counsel. In an i... (more story)
Investment management firm Peachtree Group said it has agreed to provide a New Jersey developer up to $200 million to develop and acquire new sites for a series of Circle K convenience stores.
Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc., guided by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, will fully acquire the equity interest of real estate private equity firm Grandview Property Partners, which is being advised b... (more story)
Hotel company Sonder initiated a Chapter 7 after announcing plans to wind down, jewelry company Lugano entered Chapter 11 with more than $680 million in debt, and grain processor Hansen-Mueller Co. also filed for Chapter 11.
The Atlanta City Council has voted to establish a commission to weigh the extension of eight existing tax allocation districts, components that Mayor Andre Dickens has banked on using to finance a $5.1 billion... (more story)
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Geof Gradler, a former industry lobbyist who recently joined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's front office, said that he is taking over as the agency's deputy director, a job that positions him as a ... (more story)
A group of property insurers acted in bad faith by failing to properly, timely and fairly adjust a claim for damage caused by Hurricane Sally in 2020, the owner of a Pensacola condominium complex told a Florida federal court.
Though an ongoing oversupply in the multifamily market is set to drop off in 2026, multifamily real estate investment trust executives reported during third-quarter earnings calls that supply still defined the... (more story)
Multifamily owner-operator Pantzer Properties has acquired the 393-unit Manor Miramar luxury apartment complex in Miramar, Florida, from Rockpoint and Related Group for $161 million.
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association is among those calling for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to grant more time to provide feedback on a plan that could change how the agenc... (more story)
Flagstar Bank pushed the entire Ninth Circuit to reconsider its prior ruling in a putative class action that accused the bank of violating a California law that requires banks to make interest payments for esc... (more story)
A Garden State town urged the New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday to provide a blueprint for how municipal zoning boards should evaluate variance applications under a nearly three-decade-old amendment to the s... (more story)