Executive Order Prompts Build-To-Rent 'Sigh Of Relief'
Build-to-rent's exclusion from a recent executive order targeting Wall Street's investment in the single-family market could add to its appeal for institutional investors, who were already flocking to build-to-rent, due to demand for affordable entry-level housing, its efficiency, scale and similarities to multifamily development.
Day Pitney's Real Estate Co-Chair Talks Boston CRE Market
More housing, including affordable and nonluxury units, and a cautious approach to tax policy can help Boston's commercial real estate market overcome the challenges it has faced in recent years, said the new co-chair of Day Pitney LLP's real estate practice.
Trump Order On Wall Street Landlords Floats Antitrust Review
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing federal agencies to avoid supporting single-family home purchases by institutional investors, calling the practice an impediment to homeownership for U.S. families.
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The lender that benefited from an allegedly botched $152 million Miami hotel loan, in a reply last week to counterclaims, said there was no error on its part and said claims against it are barred because the b... (more story)
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP founding partner Jim Butler has decamped to Blank Rome LLP with a team of four other hospitality pros, who will help build out the firm's hospitality and real estate teams,... (more story)
A mortgage origination unit of Apollo Global Management announced Wednesday it will sell a $9 billion loan portfolio to an affiliated insurance company after the real estate investment trust's stock consistent... (more story)
Justices on Massachusetts' highest court appeared split Monday over whether a town's use of eminent domain to prevent Northeastern University from expanding a research center was a proper use of that power.
A New Jersey appellate court on Monday upheld the dismissal of multiple claims involving two Jersey City parcels that were related to a long-running redevelopment dispute between business partners.
Private equity giant Brookfield Asset Management, advised by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, on Monday unveiled plans to acquire Latham & Watkins LLP-led Peakstone Realty Trust in a $1.2 billion take-private transaction.
The explosion of artificial intelligence has created a sharp demand for new data centers with no signs of slowing down, posing challenges that have some real estate attorneys turning to well-worn playbooks fro... (more story)
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EDITING--JPMorgan, the mortgage lender to a Manhattan loft owner, has urged a New York bankruptcy court to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee in the landlord's bankruptcy case or convert it to a liquidation under Ch... (more story)
Kempinski Group, Europe's oldest independent luxury hotel company, revealed Friday that it plans to develop its first branded residential property in the United States with a two-tower project in Miami.
With each side comparing the other to children, CoStar Group pushed back Wednesday against a new activist shareholder campaign from hedge fund Third Point that aims to force board of director changes and a res... (more story)
The Federal Trade Commission reached an agreement Friday allowing Sevita Health to move ahead with an $835 million deal for BrightSpring Health Services Inc.'s community living business, conditioned on the sal... (more story)
Fannie Mae has asked a New York bankruptcy court not to return an apartment complex in Duluth, Minnesota, from receivership to its owner during a Chapter 11 appeal, saying the debtor is not to be trusted, give... (more story)
Delaware's Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed an earlier finding that the late billionaire Sol Goldman's grandson has the right to administer his deceased father's property and settle his interest in the famil... (more story)
The winter storm that plunged much of the U.S. into a deep freeze this week will likely bring about insurance claims challenges related to cause of loss and business interruptions, though market analysts expec... (more story)