AI Bolstered Proptech Development, Growth In 2025
Amid the ongoing frenzy over artificial intelligence, the property technology sector showed signs of maturing in 2025 along with an upswing in investments.
A Blockbuster Year For Data Centers
Booming demand drove an explosive year for growth in the data center sector in 2025, with deals getting larger, more multifaceted and more complex for legal teams to pull off.
Attorneys Break Down COPA Bill Poised To Pass In NYC
As a bill to give nonprofits the opportunity to buy some residential buildings is gaining momentum toward possible passage in the New York City Council this month, real estate attorneys are analyzing the policy's potentially far-reaching impact.
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Ashford Inc. has promoted a veteran in-house attorney to be the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of itself and two hotel-focused real estate investment trusts Braemar Hotels & Resorts In... (more story)
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Australia-based infrastructure firm Goodman Group on Tuesday said they have struck a deal to develop data centers in Europe, beginning with a $2.6 billion plan to b... (more story)
The New York State Gaming Commission granted three casino licenses to New York City for projects proposed in Queens and the Bronx, finalizing a tiered license system tied to the size of applicants' investments.
Credit-focused investment firm Mavik, advised by Paul Hastings LLP, said Tuesday it has closed its second real estate fund focused on special situations and overlooked assets at $685 million, surpassing the vehicle's target.
An insurer owes an additional $8.9 million for wind and hail damage to an Indiana apartment complex, the property owners told a federal court Monday, saying the carrier has wrongfully limited coverage to appro... (more story)
Real estate attorneys are expecting trends that surfaced this year to continue and strengthen in 2026, and are keeping a close eye on a few sectors, including data centers and sports real estate development.
Sallie Mae is facing a possible class action in New Jersey that accuses the company and its top executives of committing securities fraud by underselling an increase in student loan delinquencies.
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Trump administration antitrust enforcers put up their latest marker against trade associations Friday in a Justice Department statement of interest telling a Pennsylvania federal court that the country's large... (more story)
A Brooklyn federal judge on Monday declared a mistrial in a case alleging a former top aide to two New York governors did the bidding of the People's Republic of China at the highest levels of state government... (more story)
When the National Association of Realtors unveiled nationwide buyer commission rule changes amid a $418 million antitrust settlement in 2024, multiple listing services and their counsel took on the heavy lift ... (more story)
A 30-story, office-to-residential conversion project in Lower Manhattan's Financial District, the largest of its kind, has secured an $867 million financing package from an array of lenders, borrower-side brok... (more story)
A California federal judge has transferred an artificial intelligence-driven insurance compliance company's antitrust suit against a property management software company to a different California federal court.
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin has hired a former Abrams Fensterman LLP partner who helped lead that firm's practice focused on cooperative and condominium work, as chair of its own cooperatives and condominiums prac... (more story)
After 17 years of litigation, a certified class of homeowners got the final stamp of approval in California federal court for a $29.5 million settlement with PHH Mortgage and its captive reinsurer, both of whi... (more story)