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Redevelopment Offers Opportunity To Allay Impact Of Tariffs

As global tariffs continue to create pricing uncertainties, adaptive reuse of existing buildings is offering developers pathways to minimize tariff-induced price spikes, one of Greenberg Traurig's real estate leaders told Law360 in an interview earlier this week.

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NYC, LA Office Markets Outpace Chicago And Houston In Q3

The office markets in Manhattan and Los Angeles showed resilience in the third quarter as availability rates in those areas dropped sharply from a year earlier, while downtown Chicago and Houston have shown little change in availability rates over the past 12 months, according to recent data from Savills.

These Law Firms Led Q3's Top Real Estate M&A Deals

Gibson Dunn, Thompson Hine, DLA Piper, Hogan Lovells and Skadden are among the nearly two dozen law firms that guided the biggest real estate mergers in the third quarter, including a $5.5 billion real estate investment trust acquisition.

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Battles Over Murky Mineral Rights Stymie Pa. Energy Projects

Daniel Markind, Michael Egnal and Jack McGuire

Legal wrangling over a recently passed Pennsylvania law could affect billions of dollars of mineral royalty paymen... (more story)

How Evergreen Language Can Sink Landlord Credit Support

Peter Breckheimer and Kathryn Turner

A recent pattern in court decisions interpreting letters of credit underscores the importance of using precise lan... (more story)

Calif. Decision Shows Limits Of Self-Serving Testimony

Tyler Palmer

A California appellate court's recent opinion in a dispute between two home renovation partners is a reminder that... (more story)

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Havana Docks Wants $440M Cruise Cos. Judgment Revived

The Eleventh Circuit is taking up a case on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court related to a $440 million judgment against four cruise companies for trafficking in property seized by Cuba, with ex-concessionair... (more story)

3rd Circ. Backs Pa. Regulator In Pipeline Approval Fight

The Third Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a Pennsylvania regulator's approval of a Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. project, ruling there was no evidence the water quality information pushed by environmental g... (more story)

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Sens. Probe Meta For Claiming Tax Credits On AI Data Centers

Democratic senators called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to explain why he's justifying the use of billions in federal research tax credits to pay for building the company's AI data centers, warning that doing s... (more story)

Whoopi Goldberg's Pot Co. Must Take Fraud Claim To Trial

A New Jersey state judge tossed a landlord's lawsuit seeking unpaid rent from television personality Whoopi Goldberg's cannabis company, finding that the proposed dispensary lacked required municipal approvals... (more story)

Haynes Boone Adds Ex-Loeb & Loeb Real Estate Atty In NY

Haynes Boone announced it has hired a transactional attorney from Loeb & Loeb LLP as a partner in its New York office to bolster its real estate practice.

NY Asks Court To Undo RealPage's Software Law Injunction

The New York attorney general has asked a federal court to reconsider and vacate RealPage Inc.'s preliminary injunction win in its suit challenging a state law that forbids residential property owners from usi... (more story)

Genesis Healthcare Gets Approval For Liquidation Plan

A Texas bankruptcy judge Wednesday approved Genesis Healthcare's Chapter 11 liquidation plan after the nursing home operator secured the final signature it needed to close the $1 billion sale of its facilities.

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Ex-Oakland Mayor Thao Put 'Power Up For Sale,' Jury Told

Prosecutors told a California federal jury during trial openings Wednesday that Oakland's then-mayor Sheng Thao put "power up for sale" when she and her boyfriend accepted bribes in exchange for potential city... (more story)

Miami Beach Prepares To Challenge Florida's Live Local Act

The city of Miami Beach is building momentum to mount an opposition campaign against Florida's Live Local Act, the state's affordable housing incentive law, which critics say has threatened the fabric of commu... (more story)

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NYC Fights To Avoid Restarting 2nd-Home Tax Rollout

New York City asked a state appeals court to reverse a decision finding it must restart the rollout of its tax on high-value second homes, saying a group of property owners' complaints weren't fit for court review.

BlackRock, Baillie Gifford Back ICON In $200M Series D

ICON, a homebuilder that uses 3D printing, said it has raised $200 million in a Series D financing round led by investment managers Baillie Gifford and BlackRock, which will support deployment of the company's... (more story)

Barnes & Thornburg Adds Another Ex-Ballard Spahr Atty

Barnes & Thornburg LLP has grown its public finance team with the addition of a former Ballard Spahr LLP attorney who specializes in real estate financing, bringing its total lateral hires from Ballard Spahr t... (more story)

Boston Financial Raises $191M For Affordable Housing Fund

Boston Financial has closed its latest low-income housing tax credit fund at $191 million, with plans to funnel the capital toward 16 affordable housing communities in 12 states, the firm announced Wednesday.

Landlord Discovery Greenlit In Yardi Rental Rate Software Suit

A Washington federal judge said Tuesday that renters can pursue discovery from landlords in a proposed antitrust class action targeting Yardi's rent-setting software for multifamily property managers, while la... (more story)