Expert Analysis

Making The Opportunity Zones Program Great At Last

As the opportunity zone program approaches its expiration, the Republican-led government could take specific steps... (more story)

Investor Essentials For Buying Federally Owned Property

Investors and developers can take advantage of the Trump administration's plan to sell government-owned real estat... (more story)

How 2025 Is Shaping The Future Of Bank Mergers So Far

Whether the long-anticipated great wave of consolidation in the U.S. banking industry will finally arrive in 2025 ... (more story)

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Only FDIC Can Sue Over Signature Bank Collapse, Judge Says

A New York federal judge on Friday tossed a shareholder lawsuit over alleged misstatements about Signature Bank's health ahead of its 2023 collapse, saying shareholders lacked standing to sue in light of the F... (more story)

Data Center Developer Secures $4B For Trio Of Campuses

Data center developer-operator Stack Infrastructure landed $4 billion in financing for three projects at its campuses in Virginia, Oregon and Toronto.

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Property Plays: Data Centers, Extell, Deauville

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Miami Beach Gives Deauville, Towers Project Early OK

The Miami Beach Commission voted in favor of requested land-use changes that would allow the owners of the historic Deauville Beach Resort to rebuild the hotel and add two large residential towers to the prope... (more story)

11th Circ. Allows Remand Of EB-5 Suit To Fla. State Court

The Eleventh Circuit has dismissed the appeal of a Canadian citizen trying to compel arbitration and keep in federal court the suit accusing him of defrauding foreign investors, saying it doesn't have jurisdic... (more story)

Feds Ask High Court To Nix Mich. Tribal Land Trust Row

A Michigan tribe's analysis of a law governing the state's Indigenous land claims would allow it to purchase property anywhere and then compel the U.S. to take it into trust for its benefit, the Interior Depar... (more story)

UAE Sovereign Fund, Energy Biz Form $25B Infrastructure JV

United Arab Emirates sovereign wealth fund ADQ and energy infrastructure-focused investment firm Energy Capital Partners announced that they've formed a more than $25 billion "50-50" joint venture that aims to... (more story)

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NJ AG Says Landlord Discriminated Against Low-Income Renters

The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights has found probable cause that the owner of a Garden State apartment complex and its leasing agent allegedly discriminated against poor tenants through illegal minimum-in... (more story)

Hail Deductible Applicable In Colo. Townhomes' Storm Dispute

A homeowners association's insurer correctly applied a hail deductible when it issued a roughly $1,600 payment despite the association's $3.5 million damage estimate, a Colorado federal court ruled Friday, rej... (more story)

Office-to-residential conversions come with lots of challenges and are likely not the answer to the nation’s housing crisis, experts said at a recent event in Florida. (iStock/amedved)
Office-To-Residential Efforts Offer Pain And Potential

With an estimated 1 billion square feet of office space currently vacant across the country and housing affordability a widespread concern, office-to-residential conversions have obvious appeal. But experts sp... (more story)

Loan Servicer Faces 'Zombie Mortgage' Truth In Lending Suit

A mortgage loan servicer that allegedly tried to charge a North Carolina borrower $160,000 for a mortgage he discharged in bankruptcy during the Great Recession got hit with a proposed federal class action acc... (more story)

Mich. Judge Dismisses $217M Dam Repair Tax Challenge

A Michigan federal judge has dismissed a pair of lawsuits alleging a $217 million special assessment to fund the reconstruction of dams destroyed in 2020 floods was unfairly levied on certain properties, findi... (more story)

3rd Circ. Takes On NJ Judicial Privacy Law's Constitutionality

The Third Circuit has granted requests by several data brokers to review a lower court judge's ruling that New Jersey's judicial privacy and security measure, known as Daniel's Law, is constitutional.

Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Paul Weiss, Cooley

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Google acquires Wiz, QXO Inc. acquires Beacon Roofing Supply, and the Boston Celtics are bought by a group led by private equity firm co-founder William Chisholm.