Expert Analysis

6 Ways RE Projects Can Balance Campus, Commercial Needs

Recent mixed-use campus developments show that housing, research, hospitality, retail and recreation can share infrastructure a...(read more)

How Shift In Ohio Foreclosure Appeals Alters Lenders' Risk

In a series of recent decisions, the Ohio Supreme Court changed who bears the risk of an erroneous foreclosure judgment while a...(read more)

Preventing HOA Bias After Wash. Ruling Highlights Risk

Because homeowners nationwide can now draw on precedent from a recent Washington state appellate decision holding that state an...(read more)

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Progress Settles FTC, States Rent Pricing Claims For $50M

Single-family rental giant Progress Residential and its private equity firm owner Pretium Partners have agreed to a $49.8 million settlement resolving regulators' allegations that the companies duped renters with deceptive...(read more)

Up Next At High Court: Pipeline Takings & H-2A Fines

The U.S. Supreme Court will wrap up its November sitting by hearing disputes over whether federal or state law should control how much compensation landowners receive for private condemnations under the Natural Gas Act and...(read more)

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Healthcare REITs Funnel Billions Into Senior Housing In Q3

The two biggest healthcare real estate investment trusts in the U.S., Welltower Inc. and Ventas Inc., have invested a combined $26 billion this year in buying senior housing for their respective portfolios, as new construc...(read more)

Taxation With Representation: Wilson Sonsini, Fenwick

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Marvell Technology buys data center optics maker Lumentum, defense technology company Shield acquires radar company Echodyne, and CVS Health plans to split into two independent,...(read more)

Alston & Bird Hires 2 Ex-Goodwin Procter Real Estate Pros

Alston & Bird LLP has added two real estate attorneys previously with Goodwin Procter LLP as partners in Los Angeles, the firm announced Friday.

Ga. Utility Board Likely To Tighten Rules For Data Centers

The new Democratic majority at the Georgia Public Service Commission could mean tougher rules for big power users like data centers, experts told Law360, but legal limitations and the slow-moving nature of energy planning ...(read more)

Bike Group Backs Injunction Blocking DC Golf Course Plan

A bicyclist advocacy group urged a D.C. federal judge to keep the Trump administration from cutting down more trees or taking other steps to develop a championship-style golf course at East Potomac Park while litigation ov...(read more)

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Multifamily REIT Vivmark Looks To Ramp Up Development

Vivmark Residential is planning to increase its real estate development activity following the completed $69 billion AvalonBay Communities Inc. and Equity Residential merger that created the multifamily giant, executives t...(read more)

Guo Trustee Keeps $153M Cash In Asset Deal With Feds

A Connecticut bankruptcy judge has approved a deal splitting rights to millions in assets between convicted Chinese securities fraudster Miles Guo's Chapter 11 trustee and federal prosecutors, with roughly $153 million in ...(read more)

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Mamdani Administration Seeking 'Fast Affordable Housing'

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in contrast to his predecessor, has been aggressive in pushing for more affordable housing, and that vision, coupled with New York's new landmark City of Yes rezoning, is spurring a flurry of...(read more)

Judge Says He'll Convert Cold Spring When Sale Closes

A New York bankruptcy judge on Friday said he will convert the Chapter 11 case of Long Island nursing home operator Cold Spring Acquisition to a court-supervised Chapter 7 liquidation as soon as the sale of the company's a...(read more)

Wood 'Farm' Not Agricultural For Zoning, Mass. Court Says

A Massachusetts wood processing business that imports the majority of its timber from other sites cannot escape zoning regulations under agricultural or "right to farm" exceptions, the state's intermediate-level appeals co...(read more)

Ritz-Carlton Loses Bid To Cut $122M Colo. Tax Assessment

A Colorado Court of Appeals panel affirmed a $122 million assessment of a Ritz-Carlton timeshare location, finding Thursday that Colorado law doesn't recognize the fractional-ownership model used at the Colorado mountain p...(read more)

Florida AG's First Street Suit Targets Climate Risk Scores

A second state attorney general lawsuit against a climate data analytics company is putting the spotlight again on privately created climate models that can influence home values and the cost of insurance.