
Has Student Housing's Big Moment Just Begun?
A post-pandemic supply crunch and trends in college enrollment have set the student housing industry up for what might be its strongest decade yet, according to Newmark's top deal broker for the sector.

NYC Official Talks Criminal Record 'Guardrails' In Housing
New York City implemented a law this year limiting how housing providers — including brokers, landlords and home sellers — can use criminal background checks in deciding whether to rent or sell property. JoAnn Kamuf Ward of the New York City Commission on Human Rights recently spoke to Law360 Real Estate Authority about the new law, a few months in.

It's Getting Harder To Be A Data Center Speculator
Opportunistic investors have discovered they can make a pretty penny selling land after securing power for a proposed data center. But utilities have found ways to weed out the speculators, such as requiring a seven-figure deposit up front.
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Executives across a wide range of real estate industries recently said President Donald Trump's tariffs would result in cost increases — some providing single-digit expected jumps — and some companies have bee... (more story)
The General Services Administration has selected Easterly Government Properties Inc. to build a new federal courthouse in Oregon and inked a 20-year, noncancelable lease for the site once construction is compl... (more story)

The demand for office space is declining in the U.S., while office leases aren't being extended and utilization rate has slowed, according to an April report from commercial real estate research firm Yardi Matrix.
K&L Gates LLP announced it has brought on a former White & Case LLP attorney as a partner for its energy, infrastructure and resources team in its Melbourne, Australia, office.
An Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. executive said during a Tuesday earnings call that tariffs "are not expected to have a material influence" on the yields of the current development and redevelopment pro... (more story)
The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria is fighting a bid by a fellow California tribe at the crux of a dispute over the Interior Department's decision to take 70 acres into trust for the construction of a p... (more story)
Two special-purpose acquisition companies, under similar leadership teams and represented by Perkins Coie LLP, began trading Tuesday after pricing initial public offerings that raised a combined $300 million.
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Justices at the Ohio Supreme Court affirmed a regulatory board's approval of a 350-megawatt solar farm that some Licking County neighbors opposed – though one justice said the company developing it should have... (more story)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a Houston-based real estate developer asked a Texas federal judge Tuesday to pause the bureau's reverse redlining suit so they can engage in mediation to resolve the case.

Developer PMG obtained a $413 million construction loan for the developer's luxury, mixed-use One Twenty Brickell Residences project in Miami in a deal guided by PMG's in-house counsel, Kramer Levin Naftalis &... (more story)
Aspen Specialty Insurance Co. and a Nashville condominium association have agreed to end their dispute over coverage for nearly $11 million in damages caused by the 2020 Christmas Day bombing in the city, endi... (more story)
Executives of healthcare real estate investment trust Welltower on Tuesday touted the company's work closing more acquisitions during this year's first quarter than it did in all of 2024, ahead of expected eco... (more story)
A Florida state court judge certified a class of more than 140 Miami residents displaced in a condominium fire in a lawsuit alleging the structure was not safely maintained, ruling that the case will proceed m... (more story)
Compass told a Washington federal court that Northwest Multiple Listing Service and its broker-led board of directors have stifled competition, thwarting a product that allows home sellers to test home sales p... (more story)