Expert Analysis

NYC Energy Storage Guidance Clarifies Compliance Pathways

The New York City Department of Buildings’ recently issued bulletin provides long-awaited clarity on how battery s... (more story)

Takeaways From CFPB's Retreat On Immigrant Fair Lending

Practices discouraged under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Justice Department's 2023 statement on th... (more story)

How New Texas Law Streamlines Eviction Proceedings

A recent legislative change to the Texas Property Code overhauls the state's eviction process and makes it more di... (more story)

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IRS Wrongly Backs Easement Valuation, 11th Circ. Told

The IRS wrongly backed a legal error by the U.S. Tax Court in calculating the value of a Georgia conservation easement, a partnership told the Eleventh Circuit in trying to reclaim its $33 million tax deductio... (more story)

Seyfarth Adds Trio Of RE, Corporate Attys In Dallas

Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced Thursday that it has strengthened its real estate, environmental and corporate benches with three lateral partner hires in Dallas who came aboard from Squire Patton Boggs LLP, Cole ... (more story)

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Fried Frank Advises New FiDi Skyscraper HQ For AmEx

American Express announced a deal on Wednesday with developer Silverstein Properties and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to move its global headquarters from 200 Vesey Street to a forthcoming new... (more story)

Greenberg Traurig Adds Procopio Tax, Real Estate Pro In Calif.

Greenberg Traurig LLP is growing its California team, bringing in a Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP tax and real estate expert as a shareholder in its San Diego office.

Md. Fights ICE Plans To Build Detention Facility

The Maryland attorney general's office has filed suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, alleging plans to convert a warehouse in the state into a de... (more story)

Lender In Fla. High-Rise Dispute Says $70M Loan Wasn't 'Free'

A lender urged a Florida bankruptcy court on Wednesday to end an adversary proceeding alleging that it fraudulently induced the holder of a downtown Miami high-rise plot to accept the terms of a $70 million lo... (more story)

CRE Finance Pro Joins Polsinelli's Denver Office

A commercial real estate attorney has come aboard Polsinelli PC's real estate practice group from Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC, bringing her expertise in navigating real estate finance matters on... (more story)

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Knightvest Capital Buys Texas Mid-Rise Community

Knightvest Capital has bought a 316-unit Houston mid-rise community that the multifamily investment firm has renamed and plans to renovate, the company announced Thursday.

Condo Board Files Ch. 11, Citing Developer's 'Self-Dealing'

A condominium association for a Times Square hotel and residential tower is seeking to stabilize itself with a bankruptcy filing in federal court that accuses the property's original developer of self-dealing,... (more story)

EB-5 investment visa experts are facing down a series of looming deadlines for the program that introduce uncertainty and make long-term planning more difficult. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
EB-5 Experts Urge Deliberate Pace As Program Deadlines Loom

Although upcoming deadlines are casting uncertainty over the long-term future of the federal EB-5 investment visa program, industry experts said during an event Wednesday that the program is thriving — but the... (more story)

Citi Pledges $60B To Finance Affordable Housing

Citi plans to finance $60 billion in capital over the next five years toward affordable housing acquisitions, construction and rehabilitations, and will additionally deploy $50 million in grants to nonprofits ... (more story)

JRK-Owned Co. Will Pay Up To $5.1M To Conn. Tenants

A JRK Property Holdings unit will provide up to $5.1 million in immediate financial relief under the first of two agreements to settle an unfair trade practices probe into health and safety concerns at a 544-u... (more story)

Lennar CLO Earned $8M In First Few Months On The Job

The chief legal officer of Florida-based homebuilder Lennar Corporation earned more than $8 million last year after joining the company in September, according to a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ... (more story)

Yardi Urges No More Discovery In Wash. Rent-Fixing Suit

Yardi Systems Inc. asked a Washington federal court not to grant renters' bid for further discovery in their proposed antitrust class action over rent-setting algorithms, arguing that the renters haven't even ... (more story)