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  • April 29, 2025

    Welltower Reports $6.2B In Q1 Deals, Surpassing 2024 Results

    Executives of healthcare real estate investment trust Welltower on Tuesday touted the company's work closing more acquisitions during this year's first quarter than it did in all of 2024, ahead of expected economic uncertainty in the year ahead.

  • April 29, 2025

    PMG Lands $413M Construction Loan For Miami Towers

    Developer PMG obtained a $413 million construction loan for the developer's luxury, mixed-use One Twenty Brickell Residences project in Miami in a deal guided by PMG's in-house counsel, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Saul Ewing LLP, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP, Greenberg Trager & Herbst LLP and Milbank LLP, a representative for PMG told Law360 on Tuesday.

  • April 28, 2025

    Miami Condo Fire Victims Win Class Certification

    A Florida state court judge certified a class of more than 140 Miami residents displaced in a condominium fire in a lawsuit alleging the structure was not safely maintained, ruling that the case will proceed more efficiently and that will also financially benefit the individual plaintiffs.

  • April 28, 2025

    Compass Calls Wash. Listing Service Rules Anticompetitive

    Compass told a Washington federal court that Northwest Multiple Listing Service and its broker-led board of directors have stifled competition, thwarting a product that allows home sellers to test home sales privately before registering them with the multiple listing service.

  • April 28, 2025

    Greystone Lends $41M For Minn. Nursing Homes Buy

    Greystone provided a $41 million interest-only, nonrecourse bridge loan for Oxford Capital Group LLC's acquisition of six Minnesota assisted living facilities that have a total of 372 beds, Greystone announced Monday.

  • April 28, 2025

    Miami Developer Sues To Find Source Of Smear Campaign

    Prominent Miami developer Michael Stern filed suit Friday in Florida state court against a John Doe who he claims is engaging in a coordinated smear campaign, spreading false information about Stern and his development company.

  • April 28, 2025

    NYC Real Estate Week In Review

    Simpson Thacher and Goulston & Storrs are among the law firms that guided the largest New York City real estate deals to hit public records last week, with a pair of Brooklyn matters topping the list.

  • April 28, 2025

    NYC Urges Dismissal Of Suit Over Tenant Broker Fee Ban

    New York City defended a law approved last year banning landlords from passing on broker fees to tenants, in an attempt to toss a federal lawsuit from a group of broker interests claiming the policy is preempted by state law and barred on constitutional grounds.

  • April 28, 2025

    Latham Advises REIT's $340M Stock Offering

    Retail-focused real estate investment trust Agree Realty Corp. signed a forward sale agreement in which the REIT made a more than $340 million public offering of 4.5 million shares of its common stock for the price of $75.70 apiece, in a deal guided by Latham & Watkins LLP, the law firm announced.

  • April 28, 2025

    2nd Circ. Backs Guilty Verdict In NYC Murder-For-Hire Case

    The Second Circuit on Monday affirmed the convictions and life sentences of a New York City developer and another man for plotting the murder of a former employee who they claimed had poached workers and clients to launch his own real estate business.

  • April 28, 2025

    High Court Skips Review Of Investors' Eminent Domain Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review a case from a pair of real estate investors who sought more compensation from a New York transportation authority that used eminent domain to take their renovated residential property.

  • April 28, 2025

    Md. Expands Tax Break For Biz-Owned Child Care Property

    Maryland expanded eligibility for a property tax credit for Anne Arundel County businesses that dedicate a portion of their property to child care services under a bill signed by the governor.

  • April 25, 2025

    SEC Accuses Ex-Fla. Real Estate Co. CFO Of $93M Scheme

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday sued the former chief financial officer of a Miami real estate development company for his role in orchestrating an alleged scheme that swindled approximately $93 million from investors.

  • April 25, 2025

    Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed

    Tupperware looked for permission to end healthcare reimbursements for roughly 230 employees; Heritage Coal's owners asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to allow the company to complete a permit transfer as part of a pre-Chapter 11 sale; and Film Finance Inc., behind productions including "Everything Everywhere All At Once," sought to have its Chapter 11 case dismissed. Here are some of the bankruptcy stories you may have missed last week.

  • April 25, 2025

    Fried Frank Guides $350M Starwood Refi On FiDi Tower

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP advised a $350 million refinancing provided by Starwood Property Trust for Manhattan's 125 Greenwich supertall luxury condo tower.

  • April 25, 2025

    Fox Rothschild Hires Condo, Co-Op, HOA Adviser In NY

    Fox Rothschild LLP announced Friday that it has added an attorney with experiencing advising condominium and cooperative boards, along with homeowners' associations, to its New York real estate department.

  • April 25, 2025

    Ga. HOA Not Covered In $10M Dog Attack Suit, Insurer Says

    An insurer told a Georgia federal court that it doesn't owe coverage to a homeowner's association in a $10 million suit brought by a woman who said she was viciously attacked by her neighbor's dogs in part because of the association's failure to enforce its covenant on animals.

  • April 25, 2025

    NJ Towns Challenge State Affordable Housing Framework

    A coalition of nearly two dozen New Jersey municipalities has filed suit against state officials, arguing a provision of the state's affordable housing framework unfairly places all responsibility for building such housing on non-urban municipalities.

  • April 25, 2025

    Manufactured Home Finance Biz Faces New 'Risky Loan' Suit

    After the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau walked away from a similar case earlier this year, a proposed class action in Tennessee federal court accuses a Berkshire Hathaway-owned company of signing up customers for loans they couldn't afford for manufactured homes typically built and sold by an affiliate.

  • April 24, 2025

    Pinnacle CEO Must Arbitrate Fee Dispute With Gibson Dunn

    A New York appeals court affirmed Thursday that multifamily landlord Pinnacle Group NY LLC and CEO Joel Wiener must arbitrate a dispute with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP over a $1.75 million outstanding bill for legal fees, despite being nonsignatories to the arbitration agreement.

  • April 24, 2025

    Md. Extends Tax Exemption To All Housing Agency Nonprofits

    Maryland expanded a tax exemption for property owned by nonprofit entities created by public housing authorities in certain jurisdictions to include all such entities in the state under a bill signed by the governor.

  • April 24, 2025

    Multifamily Muddles Through Tariff Uncertainty, Yardi Finds

    Yardi Matrix increased its forecast of new multifamily housing supply for the next three years despite President Donald Trump's tariffs creating what it called "greater-than-normal uncertainty" in the long term, the commercial real estate research firm said Thursday in its second-quarter report.

  • April 24, 2025

    NY AG Says Housing Fraud Claim Is 'Retribution' By Trump

    New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday pushed back on claims by a federal housing official that she committed mortgage fraud, with her counsel branding it "the latest act of improper political retribution" directed by President Donald Trump after James' office secured a nearly half-billion dollar civil fraud judgment against him.

  • April 24, 2025

    Md. Authorizes Property Tax Breaks For Affordable Housing

    Maryland authorized county governments to exempt real property used for rental housing from local property taxes if the owner maintains a portion of the property as affordable housing and enters a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement under legislation signed by the governor.

  • April 24, 2025

    Md. Expands Property Tax Breaks For Child Care Facilities

    Maryland expanded a property tax exemption to large family child care homes and increased its maximum annual property tax credit amount for child care facilities under bills signed by the governor.

Expert Analysis

  • Zoning Reform May Alleviate The Affordable Housing Crisis

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    As America's affordable housing issues continue to worsen, zoning reform efforts can help to provide more affordable homes and mitigate racial and economic segregation, though opposition from residents and in courts could present challenges, say Evan Pritchard and Madeline Williams at Cozen O'Connor.

  • NJ Justices Clarify First-Party Indemnification Availability

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    In Boyle v. Huff, the New Jersey Supreme Court recently held that indemnification can be available in first-party claims, resolving an open question and setting up contracting parties for careful negotiations around indemnity clauses, says Todd Leon at Marshall Dennehey.

  • Fla. HOA Reforms Bring Major Wins For Homeowners

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    A recently signed law brings broad changes for homeowners associations in Florida, alleviating some pressure imposed by overly restrictive rules and potentially setting up litigation surrounding how HOAs enforce their governing documents, says Christopher Miller at Varnum.

  • Addressing Labor Shortages In The Construction Industry

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    As the construction industry's ongoing struggle with finding sufficient skilled workers continues, companies should consider a range of solutions including a commitment to in-house training and creative contracting protocols, say Brenda Radmacher and Allison Etkin at Akerman.

  • A Framework For Investigating Commercial Loan Fraud

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    As commercial loan transactions are increasingly subject to sophisticated fraud schemes, lenders must adopt dynamic strategies to detect, investigate and mitigate these schemes, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.

  • How NY Co-Ops Can Minimize Sale Rejections Based On Price

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    New York co-op sales are regularly rejected for being below undisclosed price minimums, and co-op boards should address this problem by sharing information more transparently and allowing some flexibility for below-market sales, say Pierre Debbas and Seth Feldman at Romer Debbas.

  • Money, Money, Money: Limiting White Collar Wealth Evidence

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    As courts increasingly recognize that allowing unfettered evidence of wealth could prejudice a jury against a defendant, white collar defense counsel should consider several avenues for excluding visual evidence of a lavish lifestyle at trial, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.

  • High Court's BofA Ruling Leaves State Preemption Questions

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    A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Cantero v. Bank of America sheds light on whether certain state banking regulations apply to federally chartered banks, but a circuit split could still force the Supreme Court to take a more direct position, says Brett Garver at Moritt Hock.

  • How A Bumblebee Got Under Calif. Wildlife Regulator's Bonnet

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    A California bumblebee's listing as an endangered species could lead to a regulatory quagmire as California Department of Fish and Wildlife permits now routinely include survey requirements for the bee, but the regulator has yet to determine what the species needs for conservation, says David Smith at Manatt.

  • The Clock Is Ticking For Fla. Construction Defect Claims

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    Ahead of the fast-approaching July 1 deadline for filing construction defect claims in Florida, Sean Ravenel at Foran Glennon discusses how the state's new statute of repose has changed the timeline, and highlights several related issues that property owners should be aware of.

  • Wiretap Use In Cartel Probes Likely To Remain An Exception

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    Although the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division has recently signaled interest in wiretaps, the use of this technology to capture evidence of antitrust conspiracies and pursue monopolization as a criminal matter has been rare historically, and is likely to remain so, say Carsten Reichel and Will Conway at DLA Piper.

  • Debate Over ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Definition Of Credit Is Just Beginning

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has recently worked to expand the meaning of credit, so anyone operating on the edges of the credit markets, or even those who assumed they were safely outside the scope of this regulatory perimeter, should pay close attention as legal challenges to broad interpretations of the definition unfold, says John Coleman at Orrick.

  • A Closer Look At Feds' Proposed Banker Compensation Rule

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    A recently proposed rule to limit financial institutions' ability to award incentive-based compensation for risk-taking may progress through the rulemaking process slowly due to the sheer number of regulators collaborating on the rule and the number of issues under consideration, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.