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8 Ways 2026's Market Divide Is Rewriting Real Estate Risk

As construction activity increasingly concentrates in data centers, healthcare and other resilient sectors, real e... (more story)

A Calif. Law May Aid Homeowner Recovery After LA Fires

Reconstruction bottlenecks following the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires mean that certain homeowners insurance... (more story)

Tracking The Rare 'Quick Look' Win In FTC's Zillow-Redfin Suit

The Federal Trade Commission’s suit claiming that Zillow illegally paid Redfin to exit the apartment rental market... (more story)

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Chinese Investors Say Wash. EB-5 Developer Misused Funds

Chinese investors have filed a RICO Act lawsuit in Washington federal court, alleging that developers of a partially completed mixed-use project on a former copper smelter superfund site along Puget Sound misu... (more story)

Pa. Court's Verizon Tower Approval Comes With New Test

A Pennsylvania appellate court Wednesday set new standards for wireless providers like Verizon to seek local zoning variances, upholding approval of a Lehigh County cell tower while throwing out old Federal Co... (more story)

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4 Firms Advise Public Storage's $1.2B Acquisition Deal

Public Storage will acquire Public Storage Canada in a $1.2 billion cash and shares deal guided by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, Torys LLP, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP and Osler Hoskin & Har... (more story)

Genesis Beats JV Partner's Challenge To $1B Sale In Ch. 11

A Texas bankruptcy judge has rejected an objection to Genesis Healthcare's $1 billion sale of its 175 nursing homes, ruling that a joint venture partner cannot scuttle the deal by invoking a partnership agreem... (more story)

Kirkland Guides $10.2B Starwood Opportunistic RE Fund

Starwood Capital Group, advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, has closed an opportunistic real estate fund after raising more than $10.2 billion from over 300 investors from 20 countries, a representative for the p... (more story)

Treasury Opens Opportunity Zone Designation Cycle

The U.S. Treasury Department opened the nomination process Wednesday for locations to be designated eligible for the revamped opportunity zone tax incentive, which the 2025 budget law made permanent and enhanc... (more story)

Kroger Inks $1.65B Giant Eagle Deal With Planned Divestitures

The Kroger Co. said Wednesday it will acquire regional grocer Giant Eagle in a deal worth $1.65 billion, with Jones Day advising Kroger and Giant Eagle tapping WilmerHale as lead counsel and Troutman Pepper Lo... (more story)

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Calif. Court Rejects Challenge To FAIR Plan Fee Pass-Through

California's top insurance regulator has the authority to allow the private insurance companies that make up the state's FAIR Plan to recoup from policyholders payments the companies make to support the last-r... (more story)

Pullman & Comley Escapes Challenge To Municipal Tax Work

Pullman & Comley LLC has escaped claims that a Connecticut town illegally delegated its tax collection authority to it and one of its attorneys, with a judge agreeing to dissolve an order blocking a home sale ... (more story)

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JPM's Construction Debt Grows As Wells Pulls Back By $1.6B

JPMorgan's construction debt on the books rose in the first quarter while Wells Fargo continued to pare its construction debt holdings during the period, showing contrasting narratives for the nation's two big... (more story)

RXR Nets $785M Financing For Brooklyn Resi Project

RXR Realty and its partners have obtained $785 million in construction financing for a 1,070-unit, 1.1 million-square-foot residential development project that's being built in Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood,... (more story)

2 Firms Guide DLP's $118M Houston Multifamily Refi

DLP Real Estate Capital Inc. has completed a $118 million refinancing loan deal for its two-property, 605-unit Houston multifamily portfolio in a transaction guided by Akerman LLP and Goldberg Kohn, the privat... (more story)

Supreme Court To Hear Ohio Prayer Group Zoning Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear claims that the city of University Heights, Ohio, used its zoning code to prevent a man from holding a prayer gathering in his home, in a case that seeks to tes... (more story)

NYC Real Estate Week In Review

Keusch Law and Goldberg Weprin are among the law firms that assisted with the largest New York City real estate deals that became public last week, with a pair of Manhattan trades above $100 million leading the list.