AI Bolstered Proptech Development, Growth In 2025
Amid the ongoing frenzy over artificial intelligence, the property technology sector showed signs of maturing in 2025 along with an upswing in investments.
A Blockbuster Year For Data Centers
Booming demand drove an explosive year for growth in the data center sector in 2025, with deals getting larger, more multifaceted and more complex for legal teams to pull off.
Attorneys Break Down COPA Bill Poised To Pass In NYC
As a bill to give nonprofits the opportunity to buy some residential buildings is gaining momentum toward possible passage in the New York City Council this month, real estate attorneys are analyzing the policy's potentially far-reaching impact.
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While the hotel sector in 2025 welcomed signs of normalization after whipsaw results during the past five years, headwinds generated by an uncertain economy and other events stalled any hopes of a breakout yea... (more story)
A former Louisiana councilperson filed a suit against two economic improvement districts associated with Louisiana State University on Wednesday, saying the jurisdictions failed to get taxpayer approval before... (more story)
The New York State Gaming Commission granted three casino licenses to New York City for projects proposed in Queens and the Bronx, finalizing a tiered license system tied to the size of applicants' investments.
The Federal Circuit revived an Illinois business's claim on Wednesday for $460,000 in damages after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revoked the company's lease to operate a wedding and event venue at a Carlyl... (more story)
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP, Paul Hastings LLP, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP and DLA Piper were among the law firms that advised the biggest New York City real estate deals in deed filings last week, ... (more story)
The city of Boston retaliated against commercial property owners that appealed their valuations to a state board by unlawfully boosting those valuations, an owner said in a proposed class action filed Wednesda... (more story)
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Dream Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust said on Wednesday they have formed a $1.1 billion joint venture to acquire last-mile industrial properties in major Ca... (more story)
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A group of former Gibbons PC clients has sued the firm in New Jersey state court for allegedly waiting too long to file an appeal of a $35 million judgment in an insurance company's suit against a real estate ... (more story)
The owner of a six-story commercial loft building in Manhattan has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on the eve of a foreclosure sale on close to $41 million in mortgage debt.
Greenberg Traurig-advised mortgage lender UWM Holdings Corp. on Wednesday unveiled plans to acquire mortgage servicing rights-focused REIT Two Harbors Investment Corp., led by Jones Day, in an all-stock deal t... (more story)
The U.S. Supreme Court again declined to review antitrust claims centered on Zillow's adoption of an optional National Association of Realtors rule, which a defunct brokerage claimed was necessary after a dist... (more story)
Luxury travel company Exclusive Resorts said Wednesday that it has reached an agreement to acquire Denver, Colorado-based Inspirato Inc. and take the vacation home company private in a deal advised by Latham &... (more story)
The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a trademark infringement award that reached nearly $47 million and found nonparties couldn't be on the hook for the amount, while the Federal Circuit reproached a trademark tribu... (more story)
Artificial intelligence-driven insurance compliance service provider Beagle Labs Inc. has hit AppFolio with antitrust claims in federal court, alleging the property management software company told customers B... (more story)