Expert Analysis

3 Key Ohio Financial Services Developments From 2025

Ohio's banking and financial services sector saw particularly notable developments in 2025, including a significan... (more story)

What Fla. Trends Reveal About AI In Real Estate Development

Property developers can begin to understand how artificial intelligence tools are changing the real estate industr... (more story)

State Of Insurance: Q4 Notes From Pennsylvania

Last quarter in Pennsylvania, a Superior Court ruling underscored the centrality of careful policy drafting and ju... (more story)

Commercial More

Detroit Must Pay $3.6M In Airport Property Dispute

A Michigan federal judge on Monday signed off on a $3.6 million deal to end a yearslong lawsuit that made its way to the Sixth Circuit alleging the City of Detroit took a commercial property owner's land while... (more story)

Jury Finds Real Estate Co. Founder Liable In SEC Fraud Case

A Colorado jury sided with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in its $49.5 million investment fraud suit against the founder of a real estate investment company.

Apollo lettering on textured reflective surface
3 Firms Advise Apollo REIT's $9B Portfolio Sale To Insurer

A mortgage origination unit of Apollo Global Management announced Wednesday it will sell a $9 billion loan portfolio to an affiliated insurance company after the real estate investment trust's stock consistent... (more story)

Hotel Lender Says It Had No Part In Latham's Loan Error

The lender that benefited from an allegedly botched $152 million Miami hotel loan, in a reply last week to counterclaims, said there was no error on its part and said claims against it are barred because the b... (more story)

Blank Rome Nabs 5 Jeffer Mangels Hospitality Pros

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP founding partner Jim Butler has decamped to Blank Rome LLP with a team of four other hospitality pros, who will help build out the firm's hospitality and real estate teams,... (more story)

Town's Northeastern Univ. Land Grab Divides Mass. Top Court

Justices on Massachusetts' highest court appeared split Monday over whether a town's use of eminent domain to prevent Northeastern University from expanding a research center was a proper use of that power.

NJ Panel Backs Dismissal Of Longtime Redevelopment Feud

A New Jersey appellate court on Monday upheld the dismissal of multiple claims involving two Jersey City parcels that were related to a long-running redevelopment dispute between business partners.

Residential More

Norfolk Southern Blames DR Horton For Runoff Rail Damage

Railroad company Norfolk Southern argued in North Carolina federal court that poor stormwater management at a nearly 1,000-home D.R. Horton development caused a July washout that canceled rail service, require... (more story)

Bilzin Sumberg Guides Builders On $324M Miami Condo Loan

An all-star development team pursuing a name-brand project in a prime location led to Bank OZK extending $323.8 million in financing to build a 20-story, 70-unit luxury residential project in Miami's Coconut G... (more story)

CoStar Group (Co Star) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen
Willkie, Latham Guide Homes.com Activist Clash At CoStar

With each side comparing the other to children, CoStar Group pushed back Wednesday against a new activist shareholder campaign from hedge fund Third Point that aims to force board of director changes and a res... (more story)

JPMorgan Seeks Ch. 11 Trustee Or Ch. 7 For NYC Landlord

JPMorgan, the mortgage lender to a Manhattan loft owner, has urged a New York bankruptcy court to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee in the landlord's bankruptcy case or convert it to a liquidation under Chapter 7, ... (more story)

Kempinski Picks Miami For 1st US Branded Residence

Kempinski Group, Europe's oldest independent luxury hotel company, revealed Friday that it plans to develop its first branded residential property in the United States with a two-tower project in Miami.

FTC Requires Facility Sales For $835M Healthcare Deal

The Federal Trade Commission reached an agreement Friday allowing Sevita Health to move ahead with an $835 million deal for BrightSpring Health Services Inc.'s community living business, conditioned on the sal... (more story)

Fannie Mae Blasts Bid To Regain Minn. Apartment Control

Fannie Mae has asked a New York bankruptcy court not to return an apartment complex in Duluth, Minnesota, from receivership to its owner during a Chapter 11 appeal, saying the debtor is not to be trusted, give... (more story)