Data No Longer An Afterthought In Real Estate
Data is an increasingly important component of the real estate business, informing operations and helping to shape expansion strategy and acquisitions. Its custodianship, legal structure, licensing agreements and the contracts governing data performance and use are all important points that attorneys who specialize in technology transactions negotiate.
Senate Dem Bill Adds To Trump's Wall Street Home Buy Ban
Senate Democrats are proposing to end tax breaks for Wall Street's single-family home purchases and ramp up antitrust enforcement, offering a rival plan aimed at housing affordability as President Donald Trump in his State of the Union address Tuesday repeated a call to ban big investors from the market.
Tariff Decision May Offer Fleeting Relief For Real Estate Sector
Attorneys and other industry professionals shared insights with Law360 Real Estate Authority about how the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down certain tariffs and the White House's response may impact real estate and construction.
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Developer Royal Palm Companies was dealt a blow in its bid to stave off a foreclosure suit over a $290 million loan backing a high-rise project in Miami when a state court recently tossed its counterclaim alle... (more story)
Commercial real estate debt manager Thorofare Capital said it extended $74.2 million in loans to an industrial refinancing in Anaheim, California, and an office-to-multifamily conversion in Los Angeles.
Amid rapid advances in artificial intelligence and augmented reality, the newly launched Digital Rights Network platform is aiming to give building owners the infrastructure they need to protect the digital ri... (more story)
The European Commission on Thursday approved global investment firm KKR & Co. Inc. and private asset manager PAG's $3 billion acquisition of Sapporo Holdings Ltd.'s real estate business.
HighBrook Investors announced Wednesday that the firm has closed its inaugural data center fund after raising $266 million from existing and new investors, noting that the fund is already fully committed.
Senior living and skilled nursing platform company Sage on Thursday said it has raised $65 million in a Series C equity round to help roll out new artificial intelligence-based resident safety tools, among other improvements.
Private equity firms Saba Capital and Cox Capital on Thursday offered to buy out shareholders willing to take a discount as nonpublic Starwood Real Estate Income Trust faces a more than $2 billion backlog in r... (more story)
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A Berkshire Hathaway unit that owns real estate brokerage HomeServices of America Inc. urged a Missouri federal court to grant its quick win bid against an antitrust class action that accused the National Asso... (more story)
Texts from a real estate marketing company offering to buy a Georgia woman's home plausibly count as solicitations under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, according to a federal judge who is refusing to l... (more story)
The U.S. Senate has advanced a bipartisan housing bill that aims to increase housing availability and affordability by, among other things, cutting back on housing regulations to speed up the construction of h... (more story)
Madison Realty Capital issued a $200 million construction loan to Related Group, BH Group and Marriott International for development of a Ritz-Carlton branded luxury condominium project in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP said it has hired a New York-based partner who will focus on securitizations in its capital markets practice.
Cushman & Wakefield mismanaged its employee retirement plan by ignoring "glaring red flags" in its selection of an underperforming fund that exposed investors to climate-related risks, according to what the pl... (more story)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pitched plans to revive a massive project that would build affordable housing atop a 180-acre rail yard in Queens, pushing President Donald Trump for federal funding at a pre... (more story)