Expert Analysis

Foreclosure May Not Be The Fix For Distressed Office Loans

Recently declining office values show that distressed borrowers and lenders should consider negotiated workouts, t... (more story)

3 Illinois Updates That Bolster Mortgage Lender Enforcement

Illinois lenders can use clarifications from recent legislative and judicial developments — a law defining the lim... (more story)

Mich. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3

We are at an inflection point for Michigan financial services law, with a state Supreme Court decision recently ov... (more story)

Commercial More

EB-5 Center Says USCIS Delay Jeopardizes $82M Project

An immigrant investor regional center in Florida and a company seeking to raise funds for a planned medical school in Naples, Florida, sued U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, claiming a delay in approv... (more story)

Newmark Lines Up $508M Ala. Shopping Center Sale

Newmark Group Inc. has lined up the $508 million sale of an 870,000-square-foot Birmingham, Alabama, shopping center in a deal that the company described Tuesday as "the largest single-property commercial real... (more story)

A rendering shows a planned Miami campus for Carnegie Mellon University that is being funded by a $3 billion gift from hedge fund executive Ken Griffin. (Courtesy of Griffin Catalyst)
Griffin Buys $1.1B Site For Carnegie Mellon Campus In Miami

Ken Griffin is continuing to make his mark on Miami, as the hedge fund executive paid $1.1 billion to acquire about 30 acres in the city's Wynwood neighborhood for a new Carnegie Mellon campus, Griffin and the... (more story)

Skadden, Davis Polk Guide DayOne Data Centers' IPO Filing

Singapore-based DayOne Data Centers, a developer of data centers in Europe and Southeast Asia, has filed documents for an upcoming initial public offering guided by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and un... (more story)

Securities Roundup: 7 Rulings You May Have Missed

Federal judges from California to New York and several states in between issued a slew of decisions last week that determined the fates of shareholder lawsuits against a major health insurer, a New York bank t... (more story)

Real Estate Lawyers On The Move

Greenberg Traurig, Skadden and Shumaker are among the law firms that have recently hired for their real estate or construction practices.

Groups Say Fla. City Bent Rules For Related Ross Hotel Tower

Two West Palm Beach neighborhood groups are arguing to a Florida state appeals court that city officials advanced an 18-story Related Ross convention center and hotel project while ignoring concerns that the p... (more story)

Residential More

Insurer Says Coverage Limited For Ole Miss Student's Fall

An insurer said its total coverage obligation for a suit over a University of Mississippi student's three-story fall from an apartment complex balcony is capped at $100,000, telling a federal court that the in... (more story)

Airbnb Can't Monopolize 'BNB' Acronym, Real Estate Co. Says

Airbnb cannot monopolize the acronym "BNB," which is an internationally recognized, generic and unregistrable abbreviation for "Bed and Breakfast," and its opposition to a luxury real estate management enterpr... (more story)

Colorful, connected apartment buildings
'Strong Possibility' DC Voters Would Favor Rent Freeze

Voters in Washington, D.C., would likely approve an initiative to freeze apartment rents that recently survived a court challenge and may appear on a ballot in the spring, though the measure would harm the dis... (more story)

Bankruptcy Sale Opens West Palm Beach Redevelopment Play

The $13.5 million sale of a distressed condominium property in West Palm Beach through a bankruptcy sale announced Monday likely sets the stage for another residential redevelopment project in the booming South Florida city.

NYC Real Estate Week In Review

Dilworth Paxson and Fensterstock Law are among the law firms that picked up work on the largest New York City real estate deals that became public last week, with a pair of Queens trades leading the way.

Landowner Argues Mass. City Picked BXP Alone For Rezoning

A landowner has alleged in state court that the city of Waltham, Massachusetts, granted BXP Inc. a valuable mixed-use rezoning while denying the neighboring plaintiff's request for the same housing-focused lan... (more story)

$150M Series D Values Mortgage-Focused Fintech At $2.3B

Mortgage servicing artificial intelligence company Valon Technologies on Monday revealed that its valuation doubled to $2.3 billion after it closed its latest funding round with $150 million in tow.