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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New Calif. Data Center Laws 'Should Not Make Anyone Leave'

Data center developers in California need not fret about bills addressing digital infrastructure projects signed into law last month by Gov. Gavin Newsom, as the legislation doesn't change the state's existing permitting framework, a Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP real estate attorney said.

The Top September FAA Grants For Real Estate Projects

The FAA recently announced about $1.1 billion in grants for projects at hundreds of airports, and some of those funds will be used for major airport real estate work.

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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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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 li... (more story)

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)

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

Latham & Watkins, Jones Day and Kirkland & Ellis are a few of the legal shops guiding the biggest deals in the hospitality sector in the third quarter, including billion-dollar purchases of subtropical and tro... (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.

Investors Claim Private Equity Fund Won't Redeem Cash

A South Carolina private equity fund broke its promise to three investors to redeem $2 million of their investment in cash and instead plans to put the funds into shares of a highly speculative real estate ven... (more story)

Committee, Lenders Reach $13M Deal In Summer Camp Ch. 11

Secured lenders and unsecured creditors of summer camp owner SIMAD Holdings have reached a settlement agreement that would provide a $13 million recovery pool for unsecured creditors to resolve a dispute about... (more story)

Judge Halts Tree Clearing In Trump DC Golf Course Plan

A Washington, D.C., federal judge Tuesday ordered the Trump administration not to fell any more trees on a public golf course it's seeking to rebuild, days after the government cleared over 400 trees from the park.

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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)

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HUD Wants To Update Manufactured Housing Rules

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Wednesday that it is planning several "next-generation" changes for its construction and safety regulations for manufactured housing.

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)

Walker Dunlop Closes $203M Manhattan Multifamily Loan Deal

Walker & Dunlop Inc. has completed a $203.5 million construction loan deal for a 184-unit mixed-use multifamily project that is going to be built in Manhattan's East Village neighborhood, the commercial real e... (more story)

5th Circ. Backs Ginnie Mae On Reverse Mortgage Liens

A unanimous Fifth Circuit panel affirmed a lower court's ruling in favor of Ginnie Mae in a suit Texas Capital Bank brought over the extinguishment of its lien on reverse mortgage assets, saying there is a "so... (more story)