
5 Firms Ink $520M Financing For Tampa Hotel, Resi Project
Five firms guided a $290 million commercial-property assessed clean energy financing and a $230 million senior loan for Two Roads Development's construction of a mixed-use hotel and residential project underway in Tampa, Florida.

San Francisco Comes Up For Air
A few years ago, many in the real estate world said San Francisco was doomed, but thanks to the artificial intelligence boom and the city's shift toward more business-friendly politics, investors are betting on the Bay Area hub yet again.

These Banks Hold The Most Construction Debt On The Books
Eleven U.S. banks had more than $5 billion in construction debt on their books at the end of the year's first half, and one institution among the group is much more heavily weighted toward construction debt than the other 10.
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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday disbarred an Orlando-area attorney for misconduct, including improperly diverting funds from homebuyers he represented in real estate closings to a construction marketing ... (more story)
For the third time, a New Jersey federal judge has dismissed claims from a would-be cannabis dispensary alleging the city of Asbury Park and its zoning board conspired to deny its application for a medical marijuana store.

South Florida's West Palm Beach and Miami appear to be running ahead of the pack in the "return to office" race to recover to pre-COVID levels, even outpacing a resurgent Manhattan market, according to recently released data.
Latham & Watkins LLP has announced that it made another addition to its real estate practice, welcoming a New York-based attorney from Haynes Boone LLP.
A JLL real estate investment trust said it has paid $190 million to acquire a Class A industrial park that's part of a biomanufacturing hub near Raleigh, North Carolina.
Fox Rothschild LLP has hired a former Rosenberg & Estis PC counsel as its new real estate department partner in its New York City office, the firm announced.
Kilroy Realty Corp. paid $205 million for a 293,000-square-foot Class A office campus in Beverly Hills, California, the real estate investment trust announced Thursday.
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RealĀ estate Investment company Kennedy Wilson announced Thursday that it will buy Toll Brothers Inc.'s multifamily development platform, significantly expanding Kennedy Wilson's presence along the East Coast a... (more story)
President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to allow him to move forward with firing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, seeking an "immediate" stay of a lower-court order that provisionally ha... (more story)

The Los Angeles city attorney on Monday announced a plea agreement with one of two developers accused of violating building and safety guidelines by restarting construction on a contentious five-home developme... (more story)
The Federal Reserve's long-awaited announcement Wednesday that it is cutting its benchmark interest rate by 0.25% drew measured reactions from real estate attorneys and professionals, who said the move definit... (more story)
A Ninth Circuit judge suggested on Wednesday that a waiver provision written into a Seattle affordable housing policy is enough to "save" the ordinance from a homeowner's constitutional claim that it kept her ... (more story)
North Development has obtained $220 million worth of commercial property assessed clean energy and mortgage construction financing for its 35-story, 579-unit Miami residential project, in a deal advised by Goo... (more story)
Holland & Knight LLP-advised Security Properties acquired a Seattle portfolio of multifamily properties from Washington Holdings, in a $400.8 million deal, one of the largest multifamily transactions in the ar... (more story)