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Interest Rate Uptick Adds New Wrinkle To Office Conversions

Three months after a structural failure at a prominent office-to-residential conversion in New York City prompted a sweep of inspections, investors are pursuing such projects as actively as ever, though rising interest rates pose a fresh challenge, according to a real estate leader at Polsinelli PC.

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Data Centers Loom Large In Calif. Ballot Initiative Debate

An initiative on California's November ballot is spurring debate about the environment, housing, energy and infrastructure — and opposing sides seem to largely disagree on whether the change to the state's environmental law would apply to data centers.

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Where Data Center Bans Are On The Ballot

Voters in about a dozen states will weigh the future of data center development in their cities and counties through ballot measures in the upcoming midterms, including in one state where proposed bans are up for consideration in 10 localities.

Expert Analysis

How Shift In Ohio Foreclosure Appeals Alters Lenders' Risk

Terry Posey

In a series of recent decisions, the Ohio Supreme Court changed who bears the risk of an erroneous foreclosure judgment while a...(read more)

Preventing HOA Bias After Wash. Ruling Highlights Risk

Brett Sullivan

Because homeowners nationwide can now draw on precedent from a recent Washington state appellate decision holding that state an...(read more)

Tracking The 2027 Va. Bills That May Tighten Data Center Regs

David Schneider and Briana Becker

Data center developers and operators should monitor Virginia legislation responding to the state's new data center accountabili...(read more)

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Data Center Cos. Vie For Support Amid Growing Pushback

Opposition to data centers prompted public digital infrastructure companies in the third quarter to do more pro-industry campaigning and focus on markets that are more amenable to new development, executives said in recent...(read more)

Ohio Voters Lead Data Center Pushback In Ballot Questions

Voters on ballot questions across the country Tuesday broadly opposed building new data center projects, with Ohio voters enacting roadblocks to projects pitched by Amazon, Meta and others, in an electoral test for the bui...(read more)

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Property Tax Break Tops RE Questions Facing Fla. Voters

Real estate matters will factor into Florida voters' decision-making on Election Day, most prominently over a proposal to amend state property tax law but also in several other state and local questions that could have a m...(read more)

Group Wants DC Golf Course Work Halt To Remain In Place

A preservation group on Tuesday urged a D.C. federal court to maintain an order blocking further tree removals at the East Potomac Golf Course, arguing the government failed to identify any error the judge made when issuin...(read more)

Healthcare REITs Funnel Billions Into Senior Housing In Q3

The two biggest healthcare real estate investment trusts in the U.S., Welltower Inc. and Ventas Inc., have invested a combined $26 billion this year in buying senior housing for their respective portfolios, as new construc...(read more)

Nonprofits Seek To Halt Texas Data Center Support Projects

Public Citizen and the Sierra Club urged a Texas federal court to pause the construction of power plants and backup diesel generators for two data center campuses in the state, claiming their members will be harmed if the ...(read more)

Latham-Led I Squared Wraps $2.4B Infrastructure Credit Fund

Latham & Watkins LLP-advised infrastructure investor I Squared Capital on Tuesday revealed that it closed its second infrastructure credit fund with over $2.4 billion of committed capital.

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Zillow Faces New Proposed Class Action Over Text Ads

Property listing giant Zillow Group Inc. was hit with another proposed class action accusing it of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending consumers unwanted telemarketing texts.

Fla. Voters Approve Homestead Exemption Increase

Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday that will hike the state's homestead exemption and is estimated to reduce property tax revenue by billions of dollars annually.

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Trudeau Urges Gov't Role In Easing Housing Crisis

Headlining the Urban Land Institute's annual meeting in Miami Beach, Florida, former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that government has a critical role to play in addressing the housing crisis, which he...(read more)

Pa. Gov.'s Property Battle With Neighbors Gets Paused

A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday stayed a property dispute in which Gov. Josh Shapiro and his Montgomery County neighbors are fighting over the ownership of a strip of land between their homes.

Henry Darger's Landlord Saved His Art. But Who Owns It?

The fate of the extraordinary body of artwork Henry Darger created over decades living alone in a rented Chicago room may depend in part on the meaning of a few words attributed to him shortly before he died in 1973 — a qu...(read more)

Willkie Partner Loses Claims Over Conn. Atty's NY Post Tip

A Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner and his wife cannot hold a solo practitioner liable for directing a New York Post reporter to an insult-laced affidavit a landlord filed in an underlying lawsuit surrounding the lease...(read more)

Insurer Must Cover Concrete Defect Dispute, Court Told

A concrete subcontractor accused by a general contractor of causing millions of dollars in damage to a condominium project in downtown Denver said it is entitled to coverage under the contractor's policy, telling a Colorad...(read more)