These Law Firms Led Q3's Top Real Estate M&A Deals

Gibson Dunn, Thompson Hine, DLA Piper, Hogan Lovells and Skadden are among the nearly two dozen law firms that guided the biggest real estate mergers in the third quarter, including a $5.5 billion real estate investment trust acquisition.

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New Calif. Data Center Laws 'Should Not Make Anyone Leave'

Data center developers in California need not fret about bills addressing digital infrastructure projects signed into law last month by Gov. Gavin Newsom, as the legislation doesn't change the state's existing permitting framework, a Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP real estate attorney said.

The Top September FAA Grants For Real Estate Projects

The FAA recently announced about $1.1 billion in grants for projects at hundreds of airports, and some of those funds will be used for major airport real estate work.

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Illinois Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3

Paige Lohse, John Martin and Kevin Warren

Recent banking developments in Illinois include significant new consumer protection legislation, three meaningful ... (more story)

Foreclosure May Not Be The Fix For Distressed Office Loans

Howard Koh

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

Stephanie Mulcahy

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

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Colo. Landowners Sue To Block Data Center

Colorado landowners sued Weld County and a data center developer, alleging that the county unlawfully approved the first phase of what they say will be the state's largest data center despite concerns about it... (more story)

Jones Day Adds McDermott RE Finance Atty In Los Angeles

Jones Day has brought on a McDermott Will & Schulte partner in its Los Angeles office, strengthening its financial markets practice.

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These Law Firms Led Q3's Top Hospitality M&A Deals

Latham & Watkins, Jones Day and Kirkland & Ellis are a few of the legal shops guiding the biggest deals in the hospitality sector in the third quarter, including billion-dollar purchases of subtropical and tro... (more story)

Buffalo Sues Feds Over NY Tribe's Land Sale's Status

The city of Buffalo is asking a New York district court to vacate the federal government's decision to place a 3.8-acre waterfront panel in a restricted fee status for the Seneca Nation of Indians that could r... (more story)

Tenn. Judge Tosses Developer's Data Centers Moratorium Suit

A Tennessee federal judge has tossed a data center developer's challenge to a moratorium on data centers without prejudice, ruling in part that the suit is inconsistent when it comes to the type of property in... (more story)

Shaky Term Sheets Sank 1300 Desert's $33M Exit Loan

A missing signature, inadequate evidence and uncertainty about follow-through thwarted a New Mexico industrial property's bid for $33 million in exit financing in its Chapter 11 case, a New York bankruptcy jud... (more story)

Fried Frank-Led Conversant Wraps $845M Real Estate Fund

Real estate-focused investment firm Conversant Capital LLC, advised by Fried Frank Shriver Harris & Jacobson LLP, revealed Wednesday it closed its inaugural private investment fund with $845 million in tow.

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Fla. Panel Reverses Atty Fees Award In Atty's POA Dispute

A Florida appellate court has reversed an attorney fees award in a property purchase dispute involving a Florida attorney, a local property owners association and other parties.

Suit Alleges Compass Sought 'Back Channel' In DOJ Review

A shareholder is alleging in New York federal court that Compass sought to evade regulatory review of its $1.6 billion merger with Anywhere Real Estate by hiring an attorney connected to the Trump administrati... (more story)

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HUD Wants To Update Manufactured Housing Rules

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Wednesday that it is planning several "next-generation" changes for its construction and safety regulations for manufactured housing.

US Investors Claim $102M Over Blocked Honduras Housing

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has published an arbitration notice filed more than three years ago against Honduras by two U.S. investors who claim the country owes them $102 mi... (more story)

Ritz-Carlton Fights Condo $55M Property Tax Hike On Appeal

A Colorado Court of Appeals panel Wednesday probed whether 54 condominium units at the Ritz-Carlton should be valued as whole fee-simple units, or at a lower valuation to accommodate the fractional-ownership m... (more story)

UWM Investor Sues To Halt $400M Stock Offering

A proposed class of UWM Holdings Corp. stockholders urged a Delaware state court to stop the company from going forward with a $400 million stock offering, alleging that the residential mortgage lender's board... (more story)

Okla. High Court Bars Property Tax Phaseout From Ballot

An Oklahoma ballot measure that proposed eliminating the state's ad valorem property tax by 2029 is unconstitutional and cannot appear on the November ballot, the state Supreme Court ruled.