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NY's Tax On 2nd Homes Compounds Residency Tax Risks

New York’s recently enacted surcharge on high-value second homes reflects a nationwide legislative trend of using ... (more story)

Texas Ruling Leaves Key Oil Royalty Question Unresolved

The Texas Supreme Court's recent decision in Fasken Oil and Ranch v. Puig clarifies that royalty reservations cont... (more story)

Justices Widen Path For Confiscated Cuban Property Claims

For Americans holding claims to confiscated Cuban property, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Havana Doc... (more story)

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Ropes & Gray Atty: Tariffs A Rounding Error For Data Centers

Although tariffs are coming up in data center development discussions, their impact is at this point merely a "rounding error" of the total project cost, Ropes & Gray LLP's global real estate leader told Law36... (more story)

Nuveen Closes $37.6M C-PACE Loan For DC Medical Offices

DC Green Bank and Nuveen Green Capital announced Wednesday the closing of $37.6 million in commercial property-assessed clean energy financing, better known as C-PACE, for an outpatient medical and community s... (more story)

Steven Reingold (from left), a partner at Saul Ewing; Andrew Diroll-Black, of American Lending Center; and Ronald Klasko, of Klasko Immigration Law Partners, participate in a panel on litigation at the JTC and Saul Ewing Advanced EB-5 Conference in Miami. (Nathan Hale | Law360)
EB-5 Leaders Talk Sunset Deadlines, Green Card Turmoil

Organizers of an annual conference focused on the EB-5 investment visa program stressed a theme of optimism at the event last week in Miami, but even as the program appears to have overcome many of its own pas... (more story)

Black Creek Founders Launch $250M Light Industrial Venture

A real estate investment platform focused on multitenant light industrial properties launched Wednesday with $250 million in capital from its founders and private lender BTD & MSD Partners.

4 Firms Steer Yondr's Efforts To Spur Data Center Projects

Hyperscale data center company Yondr Group has obtained a global letter of credit facility and a European holding company facility to support its expansion across Europe and North America, the company announce... (more story)

Lowndes Launches Homebuilding, Development Team

Florida-based law firm Lowndes has established a new group that focuses on "the transactional and regulatory matters that shape residential development," the firm announced Tuesday.

Ill. Lawmakers OK Targeted Ad Tax, Social Media Platform Fee

Illinois would tax digital advertising, social media platforms, cryptocurrency, prediction markets and more under a nearly $56 billion budget on the desk of Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker.

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Hagens Berman Sues CFPB For Records On Veteran Lender

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP launched a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in Washington federal court on Tuesday claiming the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wrongfully withheld information about poss... (more story)

Greystone Sets Up $141M Loan For Ariz. Multifamily Tower

Greystone has lined up a $141 million construction loan for a 14-story, 245-unit "ultra-luxury" multifamily tower project in Scottsdale, Arizona, that's being headed by developer The Hampton Group Inc., the co... (more story)

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani billed the city’s "Block by Block" plan as one that would guide the creation of 200,000 new affordable housing units over the next decade. (Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA via AP Images)
Akerman Partner Unpacks NYC's Affordable Housing Blueprint

A plan released last week offers the most complete vision yet for how Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to confront New York City’s housing affordability crisis. Nora Martins, a New York land use and zoning partner a... (more story)

'Tax 1st, Plan 2nd' School Funding Fee Unlawful, Panel Told

Counsel for two certified classes of residents and homeowners told a North Carolina state appeals court Tuesday that they should be handed a new jury trial, as a county neglected state statute when it extracte... (more story)

Tyko Capital Backs Austin Resort Community With $870M Loan

Tyko Capital said Tuesday that it has provided an $870 million construction loan to Lincoln Property Co. and Austin Capital Partners to build a private resort community on a property featuring a scenic hilltop... (more story)

Northrop To Pay $75M In Midtrial LA Contamination Deal

Residents of a Los Angeles suburb who sued Northrop Grumman over alleged environmental contamination have asked a California federal judge to preliminarily approve a $75 million class deal struck midtrial with... (more story)

Fla. Seeks Voter Approval Of Homestead Exemption Increase

Florida would increase the amount of its homestead tax exemption and aim to fully exempt homesteads under a resolution passed by the state Legislature on Tuesday that will have a proposed constitutional amendm... (more story)