Executive Order Prompts Build-To-Rent 'Sigh Of Relief'
Build-to-rent's exclusion from a recent executive order targeting Wall Street's investment in the single-family market could add to its appeal for institutional investors, who were already flocking to build-to-rent, due to demand for affordable entry-level housing, its efficiency, scale and similarities to multifamily development.
Day Pitney's Real Estate Co-Chair Talks Boston CRE Market
More housing, including affordable and nonluxury units, and a cautious approach to tax policy can help Boston's commercial real estate market overcome the challenges it has faced in recent years, said the new co-chair of Day Pitney LLP's real estate practice.
Trump Order On Wall Street Landlords Floats Antitrust Review
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing federal agencies to avoid supporting single-family home purchases by institutional investors, calling the practice an impediment to homeownership for U.S. families.
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The explosion of artificial intelligence has created a sharp demand for new data centers with no signs of slowing down, posing challenges that have some real estate attorneys turning to well-worn playbooks fro... (more story)
The U.S. Postal Service urged a Washington federal court to dismiss a developer's suit over the parties' decades-old agreement to develop and sell a parcel of land in Washington, saying it was under no obligat... (more story)
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)
A proposed class of investors urged a judge to keep their securities case over a merger between two real estate investment trusts in Washington federal court instead of granting the defendants' request to tran... (more story)
A Pennsylvania restaurant claims in a complaint in Pennsylvania state court that its Walmart Inc. landlord has failed to approve a permit for replacing the restaurant's "old and deteriorated" roof.
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)
The federal government asked a D.C. federal court to toss a lawsuit seeking to stop President Donald Trump from painting a historic building white, saying the president has already agreed to pause his plan unt... (more story)
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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.
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)
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)
Delaware's Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed an earlier finding that the late billionaire Sol Goldman's grandson has the right to administer his deceased father's property and settle his interest in the famil... (more story)
The winter storm that plunged much of the U.S. into a deep freeze this week will likely bring about insurance claims challenges related to cause of loss and business interruptions, though market analysts expec... (more story)
A Colorado real estate management company alleged in state court that a Georgia competitor used its confidential information to build a condominium project in the same market and claimed two other condo projec... (more story)
The Second Circuit has upheld the conviction of a New York City man who was sentenced to 70 months in prison for running a more than $1.8 million rental assistance and Medicaid fraud scheme.