UMB Bank NA's lawsuit over a failed $80 million development of a Hard Rock hotel and events center in Kansas is set to proceed to trial, with a federal judge holding that the suit asserts triable issues regard... (more story)

San Francisco-based real estate investment trust Prologis on Tuesday priced a $2.1 billion public stock offering to support its recently accepted £14 billion ($18.8 billion) takeover offer of U.K. REIT Segro.

Two office landlords recently told investors they are raking in double-digit rent growth and planning new construction, as supply for the best space in elite markets such as New York and San Francisco continues to tighten.

One of the brothers behind the insolvent summer camp empire of SIMAD Holdings told the New Jersey bankruptcy court Tuesday his personal Chapter 11 case should be dismissed because he was so deep in debt that c... (more story)

An environmental consulting company allegedly failed to warn a real estate developer that property in North Carolina was contaminated with dry-cleaning chemicals until after the developer sunk $10.5 million in... (more story)

Venable and BrownWinick are among the law firms that have made recent real estate or construction hires.

Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP has hired a 20-attorney real estate finance and structured finance team from Reed Smith LLP, supporting the launch of a new Miami office, bolstering its New York presen... (more story)

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has extended the deadline for applying for exemptions from a "pied-à-terre" tax on second NYC homes that the city values at $1 million or more, setting the new deadline as Sept. 18.

Property investment group Lurin LLC has asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to approve bidding procedures for a St. Petersburg, Florida-based apartment complex, with a lender's $118.6 million credit bid setting the auction floor.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday unsurprisingly held interest rates steady, but in a rare twist, three members dissented, and real estate lawyers say keeping rates unchanged is a victory for the sector.

The Florida attorney general has 10 days to submit a revised title and summary for a ballot question that proposes boosting the state's homestead tax exemption, after a state judge found the current language m... (more story)

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a Colorado federal court to pause deadlines in its appraisal discrimination case against Rocket Mortgage LLC, saying both sides agree there's a "reasonable prospect" fo... (more story)

A New Jersey federal judge has declined to sign off on the conclusion of a $13 million redlining deal between Lakeland Bank and the U.S. Department of Justice, ruling that the bank's existing compliance with t... (more story)

Sullivan & Cromwell and Tarter Krinsky are among the law firms that steered the largest New York City real estate deals that became public last week, with a pair of nine-figure trades in Manhattan topping the list.