Open-air shopping centers with big-name brands are driving demand in the retail sector, leading to a dynamic where heavyweight tenants are calling more shots on leasing terms, according to a Saul Ewing LLP real estate partner.
Despite the structural failure at a prominent project, momentum for office-to-residential conversions in New York City is continuing to build, and attorneys say they have not noticed clients shying away from such projects.
New York City is having the strongest Class A office leasing year this century, one of Weil's real estate leaders told Law360 Real Estate Authority in a recent interview.
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Attorneys at Simpson Thacher review highlights from the annual report of the Committee on Foreign Investment in th... (more story)
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A recent California appellate ruling in Quinn v. Coulton makes clear that property owners pursuing lateral support... (more story)
Beau Hurtig and Scott Coleman
Coordinated Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Federal Reserve proposals to raise the 1970s-era cap for bank exec... (more story)
An Ohio appeals court's ruling that restrictions on third parties filing complaints about property valuations violate the state constitution's uniform rule requirement is in conflict with another court and wil... (more story)
The IRS has formed an office dedicated to resolving disputes over charitable deductions for conservation and historic preservation easements, it announced Wednesday, centralizing expertise to address the hundr... (more story)
The FIFA World Cup boosted second-quarter results for hotels, partly offsetting headwinds from the Middle East conflict, according to several industry leaders who recently reported their quarterly earnings.
A joint venture between Lincoln Property Co., Saber-Hightower and Waterfall Asset Management has bought a portfolio of properties and development sites across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut for $450 mill... (more story)
Two conservation groups have sued to stop the sale of deep-sea mining rights across 31 million acres of seabed around American Samoa, arguing the National Marine Fisheries Service unlawfully determined the act... (more story)
A pair of real estate investment trusts have sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in North Dakota federal court, seeking to force the handover of $4.8 million that they allege they are owed as the ... (more story)
Edd Hampson of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP advised Blackstone Group on a series of refinancings for its iQ student housing platform, including a £2.6 billion refinancing in August 2024 involving an 11‑bank ... (more story)
Landlords and tenants at restaurant properties are increasingly looking to joint ventures to share in both the risks and rewards, while restaurants are also increasingly popping up in mixed-use residential pro... (more story)
Machine Investment Group LP, advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, has capped its second fund targeting distressed real estate opportunities at $350 million, the investment firm announced Wednesday.
New York City will be in contempt of court if it continues with the rollout of its tax on high-value second homes that a judge temporarily paused, an attorney for homeowners challenging the tax said, arguing t... (more story)
The Eleventh Circuit ruled Monday that a Florida county court clerk violated the Fifth and Fourteenth amendments by taking funds deposited in a court registry as part of an eviction proceeding, because the cle... (more story)
Insurers urged a Colorado federal court to deny a real estate investment trust's bid for a pretrial win in a dispute over coverage for antitrust claims against landlords accused of using RealPage Inc.'s softwa... (more story)
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday declined to grant the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's request to unseal court-appointed monitor reports of a private equity firm accused of fraud in a $1 billion fu... (more story)
A proposed class of consumers accused property management company Cambridge Management Inc. on Tuesday of failing to protect their personally identifiable information from hackers who breached the company's systems.
After overseeing Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP's expansion into New York City, California and Hawaii, co-managing partner Michael Scott is setting his sights on extending the firm's footprint into Florida within... (more story)
Most of law school trial advocacy is geared toward the sprint of trying a short case, but beyond managing a cross-examination or closing argument, effectively handling the marathon of a lengthy trial requires ... (more story)
The U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday said it's moving ahead with a plan to repeal a decades-old rule that has protected tens of millions of acres of national forest from road building and logging, asserting it h... (more story)