
Trade Drives Industrial Demand On Texas Border, Savills Says
A pipeline of speculative construction in markets along the Texas border is among the strongest in the U.S., with imports and exports growing in the region in recent years, although trade policies could spell a possible near-term obstacle, real estate firm Savills said in a recent report.

Your Competition Is Probably Investing In Their Clients
Legal advisers typically sit beside, not across, from their clients, and advise on deals rather than take part in them.

Owners Probe Refi Possibilities In Clean Energy Finance Tool
After a clean energy finance tool gained steam as a relatively low-cost, long-term financing option, property owners in some states are now leaning on its retroactive capabilities to free up capital and pay down senior lenders.
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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-operator Stack Infrastructure landed $4 billion in financing for three projects at its campuses in Virginia, Oregon and Toronto.

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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)
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)
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)
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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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)
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)

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)
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)
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)
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.
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.