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Race Is On As California Housing Zoning Mandate Is Now Law

A California law that took effect Wednesday and aims to increase housing near transit hubs has many cities up and down the state scrambling as they wait to hear back on their proposals for exemptions or exclusions.

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Atty-Turned-Developer Helped Add Teeth To Fla. Housing Law

Amendments to Florida's landmark Live Local Act, signed into law Friday, could make it harder for municipalities to discriminate against affordable-housing projects. Lawyer-turned-developer Michael Wohl, who lobbied for changes to the law after years of litigation, explained why he thinks the new provisions could make a big difference in Florida’s efforts to improve housing affordability.

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Attys Welcome Housing Bill But Say It's Not An Overnight Fix

Attorneys focused on affordable housing say that bipartisan legislation to address housing affordability contains welcome tweaks to existing programs, but will not fundamentally change the market dynamics that place housing out of reach for many.

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What Ex-CFPB Head's Calif. Role May Foretell For Oversight

Benjamin Chapin, John Wells and Michael Mongan

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's selection of former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra to l... (more story)

New Colo. Retainage Bonds Shift Construction Power Balance

Daniel Miktus and Steven Paletz

A new Colorado law that can force property owners and developers to accept bonds from contractors in lieu of tradi... (more story)

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

Josephine Bahn and Jeffery Mullen

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

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X Corp. Fights $8M Award Over Boulder Office Rent Credit

Colorado appellate judges on Tuesday tested the limits of competing interpretations by X Corp. and its former landlord regarding a contract provision governing almost $5.8 million in rent credits the social me... (more story)

Unstable Ex-Pfizer Office Spurs Evacuations In Manhattan

The reported instability of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's former New York City office headquarters, which is undergoing a conversion into residential units, led to the evacuations of multiple nearby buildings ... (more story)

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Latham, Jones Day Guide $6B Hyperscale Data Center JV

Realty Income Corp., Cloud Capital and others have formed a hyperscale data center joint venture, advised by Latham & Watkins LLP and Jones Day, that's already agreed to acquire three Northern Virginia data ce... (more story)

HSF Kramer Advises On $515M Rithm Capital NYC Office Refi

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP-advised Rithm Capital has landed a $515 million financing package for a Midtown Manhattan office tower, marking the first debt transaction on a portfolio it purchased from re... (more story)

5th Circ. Backs Saltgrass In Texas Restaurant Land Row

The Fifth Circuit backed steakhouse chain Saltgrass Inc.'s quick win in a property contract dispute that involved the planned demolition of a former Joe's Crab Shack restaurant in Humble, Texas, ruling that th... (more story)

Stikeman-led Axia Offers CA$1.23B For Plaza Retail REIT

Canadian real estate investment firm Axia Real Assets said Tuesday it has taken its roughly CA$1.23 billion ($866.6 million) bid for Plaza Retail REIT public after saying the REIT's board failed to engage with its proposal.

Polsinelli Real Estate Finance Atty Rejoins K&L Gates In SC

A Polsinelli PC shareholder who worked at K&L Gates LLP early in his career has returned to the firm as a finance partner in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Pa. Gov. Shapiro Partly Escapes Property Tiff With Neighbors

A federal judge has partially thrown out a lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's neighbors alleging he took over a strip of property between their Montgomery County homes, ruling that while he and ... (more story)

Fee Award Halved In Douglas Elliman Shareholder Settlement

Attorneys representing investors in a derivative litigation over a sexual misconduct scandal involving former top real estate brokers at luxury residential firm Douglas Elliman were awarded $1.87 million in th... (more story)

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NYC Landlord Attorneys Decry Rent Freeze, Expect Challenge

After the mayor-appointed board that sets rent increases each year voted to freeze rents in New York City's 1 million rent-stabilized apartments, enacting a key portion of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's agenda, attorn... (more story)

Judge Sets 2027 Trial For Zillow Home-Flipping Investor Suit

A Washington federal judge has scheduled a September 2027 trial date in a class action from investors accusing Zillow of concealing the true performance of its house-flipping business, Zillow Offers.

ChatGPT Edits Weren't 'Knowing' Errors, Conn. Justices Told

A GLG Law LLC lawyer who blamed ChatGPT for misquotes and citation errors in three filings told the Connecticut Supreme Court on Tuesday he did not violate an ethics rule requiring candor to the tribunal becau... (more story)

3 Firms Guide Fla. Land Deal For $85M Multifamily Project

Multifamily developer JPI has obtained a 15.7-acre piece of Central Florida land for an upcoming $85 million Class A multifamily community, in an acquisition steered by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Munsch Hardt ... (more story)

Kirkland Hires Ropes & Gray Real Estate Partner

Kirkland & Ellis LLP said Tuesday it has hired a real estate partner who joins from Ropes & Gray LLP, continuing its real estate hiring spree.