Real Estate Private Credit's Moment To Shine
Even under scrutiny prompted by problems in corporate private credit, the real estate corner of private credit is holding up. Although both forms of debt are under the heading of private credit, attorneys that advise private credit borrowers, lenders and investors do not expect real estate private credit to get blowback from the corporate private credit world.
Multifamily Investors See Value Beyond Biggest Cities
While location has long been held as a paramount consideration in real estate, the biggest and best-known cities are not the only ones that need housing, nor are they the only markets that can deliver a solid return on investment, multifamily investors pointed out at a recent event.
States Push To Rein In Data Centers Via Bans, Restrictions
Lawmakers across the country are weighing a gamut of rules for data center projects amid concerns about their use of resources and impacts on consumer electricity bills, including mulling temporary bans on development and repeals of tax breaks in states with big markets.
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Broad Street Development and investment managers PCCP and OneIM have landed a $175 million construction loan under the guidance of four firms for the residential conversion of a 36-story New York City office b... (more story)
Days before the start of a bench trial between a Denver landlord and defunct law firm Moye White LLP in state court the two parties reached a settlement, ending the litigation where the landlord accused the fi... (more story)
Last year saw more than $580 billion in global data center investment, up 27% from 2024, and the U.S. alone in 2026 could approach $500 billion in such investment, according to a report Colliers released Wednesday.
A New York federal judge tossed a proposed securities class action that accused real estate investment trust and lender Arbor Realty Trust Inc. of misleading investors about its lending and underwriting practi... (more story)
A longtime Holland & Knight LLP attorney has moved her real estate practice to Shutts & Bowen LLP's office in West Palm Beach, Florida, Shutts & Bowen announced Monday.
A New York federal judge refused to toss Wells Fargo's breach of contract claim in its suit against JPMorgan Chase over a $481 million commercial mortgage-backed securities loan deal that Wells Fargo claims wa... (more story)
With its efforts to tap into artificial intelligence to automate portions of its permitting reviews, Florida's Walton County thinks it has found a way to achieve tangible benefits for a community grappling wit... (more story)
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U.S. lawmakers have proposed bipartisan legislation that will update and extend the key law for tribal housing support through 2032, arguing that for too long Indigenous communities have gone without the resou... (more story)
Management Support, an apartment owner and operator, said it has elevated its assistant legal counsel to general counsel as part of a series of leadership changes following the death of the company's founder.
Nearly $3.2 billion in commercial mortgage-backed securities debt is reaching hard maturity in March, and among maturing CMBS loans, multifamily has the highest delinquency rate, according to a report Monday from Trepp.
A Washington federal judge on Monday tossed antitrust class action claims lodged against out-of-state multifamily landlords that were accused of running a rent price-fixing scheme that used property management... (more story)
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that imposes a variety of preemptions over local governments' land use review powers, potentially teeing up a fight with Miami Beach over a contentious proposal that cou... (more story)
Ice Miller and Goulston & Storrs are among the law firms that steered the largest New York City real estate deals that hit public records last week, with three large Brooklyn trades leading the way.
A New York federal court has dismissed a proposed class action alleging that a state-run mortgage lender and servicer schemed to inflate interest calculations in foreclosure cases after finding that all the le... (more story)