Two construction workers adjust vertical steel rebar rods while laying light gray concrete masonry unit blocks on a building site.

Incablocks Seek To Be Solution For Multiple Building Woes

A California-based company says its system of lightweight, interlocking concrete blocks could help address multiple challenges confronting the construction and real estate industries, from housing shortages to threats from hurricanes and wildfires.

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How Iran War Is Complicating Middle East Data Center Deals

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has not stopped data center investments in the region, but experts say force majeure clauses have come under a magnifying glass at the negotiating table.

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How The Fed's Rate Hike May Affect Real Estate

Real estate practitioners mostly downplayed the immediate impact that Wednesday's widely anticipated interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve will likely have on the industry, but they also noted the significant challenges that reinforced expectations for a "higher-for-longer" rate environment portends for financing and project advancement.

Expert Analysis

Wis. Coverage Ruling Rejects Strict Ensuing Loss Test

Alexander Hopkins

In Cincinnati Insurance v. Ropicky, the Wisconsin Supreme Court recently examined the relationship between an insu... (more story)

How Data Center Projects Can Navigate Wyo. Siting Process

Jeffrey Pope

As opposition to data center development grows nationwide, the way that Wyoming is handling the issue through its ... (more story)

How Real Estate Funds Can Use Umbrella Partnership REITs

Edward Hannon and Dean Loventhal

Recent transactions demonstrate how the conversion from a Delaware statutory trust to an umbrella partnership real... (more story)

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Wachtell-Advised People Scraps $18B Take-Private MGM Bid

People Inc. said it has withdrawn a June proposal to purchase all public shares of MGM Resorts International and take the company private, with advice from Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz. 

Judge Won't Block Feds' Land Exchange With SpaceX

SpaceX and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can proceed with their planned land swap after a Texas federal judge determined that the groups challenging the deal failed to show that their members would suffer... (more story)

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JLL Finds NY Law Firms Jockeying For Top Office Space In '26

In New York, the biggest law firms so far this year have clamored to take as much top-quality office space as they can, contributing to a scarcity of trophy space as they seek to compete for talent, according to broker JLL. 

Rubin Rudman To Expand In Boston Office Relocation

Rubin Rudman said Wednesday that it has signed a 15-year lease in Tishman Speyer's One Federal Street building for a 2028 move to expand its footprint and exit its decadelong office tenancy at 53 State Street ... (more story)

Appeals Court Won't Enforce Hotel Co. Personal Injury Deal

A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday rejected a hotel operator's push to enforce a $300,000 personal injury settlement with a man who said he'd been attacked while staying at the hotel, saying problems with a ... (more story)

Mich. Judge Gives Cannabis Cos. Chance To Fix Complaint

A Michigan federal judge has given two companies challenging the city of Menominee's marijuana licensing process a chance to amend their complaint after the city argued that a waiver signed as part of a licens... (more story)

Data Center Co. Says It Was Misled By Texas Land Seller

A developer accused a property seller in Texas federal court of obscuring how much of its land was dedicated to oil and gas development, claiming the energy operations are impeding a multibillion-dollar artifi... (more story)

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Oakland Beats ADA Challenge To Rent Control Program

Oakland city officials beat a proposed class action alleging its rent control program discriminatorily excludes tenants with mobility disabilities since few units under the program are accessible, after a Cali... (more story)

9th Circ. Grounds Suit Over Wash. Airport Flight Path Pollution

A Ninth Circuit panel said Wednesday that a provision of the Clean Air Act limiting state regulation of aircraft emissions is enough to extinguish a group of Washington residents' proposed class action against... (more story)

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Trump, Mamdani Vow To Build Affordable Housing In Queens

President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that their administrations will work together to build a 12,000-unit affordable housing project in Queens.

D&O Insurer Needn't Cover Condo Board In Ex-Member's Suit

An insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify an Illinois condominium association, its board or a unit owner against a suit brought by the former condo board president, a federal court ruled, finding that an i... (more story)

DC Pied-à-Terre Tax Plan Targets Pricey Second Homes

Washington, D.C., would impose additional property tax on homes worth about $2.6 million or more that are not rented out or used as primary residences under legislation before the district council.

GoldenTree Plugs $482.5M Into Colorado Ski Resort Project

Stockman Development LLC on Wednesday revealed that it secured $482.5 million in new funding from GoldenTree Asset Management to advance its residential and resort The Stockman, Auberge Collection project in Colorado.

AI, Law Firms Driving 'Amenity Arms Race' In NYC Real Estate

Artificial intelligence companies and law firms are a big part of a larger flight to amenity-rich, Class A office space in New York City, one of Blank Rome LLP's real estate leaders told Law360 in a recent interview.