Would REITs Seize On Semiannual Reporting?
As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission preps a rulemaking to relax quarterly reporting mandates, attorneys say numerous factors — including market adoption and investor and analyst pressure — would ultimately determine whether real estate investment trusts report less frequently.
Trump Admin May Be Overpromising WOTUS Clarity
The Trump administration says its proposal to shrink the Clean Water Act's reach would reduce regulatory burdens and provide clarity to farmers, homebuilders and other businesses, but it could face court challenges and potential reworking by future administrations.
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.
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The Second Circuit has backed the dismissal of mismanagement and fraud counterclaims lodged by a real estate investment trust and its subsidiary in a dispute involving a collateralized loan-obligation investme... (more story)
Husch Blackwell LLP announced Thursday that it is continuing to expand its national real estate practice with the addition of an attorney in Austin, Texas, who came aboard from Jackson Walker LLP.
Brookfield Asset Management said Wednesday it is working with Nvidia and the Kuwait Investment Authority on a program to acquire up to $100 billion worth of infrastructure assets supporting artificial intelligence technology.
A group of Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced legislation in Congress to crack down on landlords using algorithms to systematically raise rental prices.
The IRS released temporary guidance Thursday on a new incentive that would exclude from taxable income 25% of interest from loans secured by a rural or agricultural property, including the definition of an eli... (more story)
Investment manager Barings and real estate investment company Waterton partnered up in a joint venture to recapitalize Waterton's 165-key Wyoming hotel and its 76-key Vermont hotel, the companies announced Wednesday.
Comras Co. announced on Wednesday it has acquired five buildings on the north side of Miami Beach's Lincoln Road pedestrian mall and unveiled plans to redevelop the portfolio into a "NoLi" micro-district of bo... (more story)
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A proposed class of Michigan real estate brokers and agents have asserted that the National Association of Realtors effectively admitted to the litigants' antitrust claim when it revoked its disputed policy, w... (more story)
Oregon-based senior living provider Bonaventure will invest $7 million in staffing and upgrades and shell out $200,000 in resident credits to resolve allegations of substandard care at 10 Washington state faci... (more story)
The New York City Council unanimously approved a plan to rezone 54 blocks in Long Island City on Nov. 12, enabling the construction of 14,700 new housing units with significant affordability mandates.
A New Jersey federal jury has awarded $1.7 million to two former and current city of Camden housing authority employees who claimed they were terminated for raising concerns about corruption within the agency,... (more story)
Greystar Management Services LLC has agreed to pay North Carolina, California and seven other states $7 million to resolve allegations against it in a sprawling antitrust lawsuit alleging major landlords used ... (more story)
Rachel Bates of Latham & Watkins LLP was the lead real estate counsel guiding Hyatt Hotels Corp. through multiple multibillion-dollar transactions and also worked on one of the year's biggest deals as Bridge I... (more story)
A proposed class of U.S. consumers accused Re/Max in New Jersey federal court of doing nothing to stop a multimillion-dollar scheme that involved franchisee real estate agents selling fake developments in the ... (more story)