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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, attorneys advising landlords expect legal challenges to the move.

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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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An Oral History Of The Surfside Collapse Litigation

Five years ago, tragedy struck the greater Miami community when Champlain Towers South, a 12-story condominium in the village of Surfside, partially collapsed in the early hours of June 24, 2021, killing 98 people. The legal response that followed would prove to be stunning in its own way.

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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)

A Calif. Law May Aid Homeowner Recovery After LA Fires

Keith Meyer and Kya Coletta

Reconstruction bottlenecks following the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires mean that certain homeowners insurance... (more story)

Tracking The Rare 'Quick Look' Win In FTC's Zillow-Redfin Suit

Mary Helen Wimberly and Sandhya Taneja

The Federal Trade Commission’s suit claiming that Zillow illegally paid Redfin to exit the apartment rental market... (more story)

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Genesis Beats JV Partner's Challenge To $1B Sale In Ch. 11

A Texas bankruptcy judge has rejected an objection to Genesis Healthcare's $1 billion sale of its 175 nursing homes, ruling that a joint venture partner cannot scuttle the deal by invoking a partnership agreem... (more story)

Kirkland Guides $10.2B Starwood Opportunistic RE Fund

Starwood Capital Group, advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, has closed an opportunistic real estate fund after raising more than $10.2 billion from over 300 investors from 20 countries, a representative for the p... (more story)

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4 Firms Advise Public Storage's $1.2B Acquisition Deal

Public Storage will acquire Public Storage Canada in a $1.2 billion cash and shares deal guided by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, Torys LLP, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP and Osler Hoskin & Har... (more story)

Treasury Opens Opportunity Zone Designation Cycle

The U.S. Treasury Department opened the nomination process Wednesday for locations to be designated eligible for the revamped opportunity zone tax incentive, which the 2025 budget law made permanent and enhanc... (more story)

Kroger Inks $1.65B Giant Eagle Deal With Planned Divestitures

The Kroger Co. said Wednesday it will acquire regional grocer Giant Eagle in a deal worth $1.65 billion, with Jones Day advising Kroger and Giant Eagle tapping WilmerHale as lead counsel and Troutman Pepper Lo... (more story)

Catholic Group's Land Use Case Headed Back To 6th Circ.

A Michigan federal judge on Monday refused to reconsider her denial of partial summary judgment for Catholic Healthcare International in its land use suit over Genoa Township's denial of a permit for a religio... (more story)

Office Snapshot: Hogan Lovells Set To Reclaim Turf In Boston

Amid Hogan Lovells' rapid growth in multiple practice areas and ahead of its merger with Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, the firm has expanded its downtown Boston office to include space for more than a doze... (more story)

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Pullman & Comley Escapes Challenge To Municipal Tax Work

Pullman & Comley LLC has escaped claims that a Connecticut town illegally delegated its tax collection authority to it and one of its attorneys, with a judge agreeing to dissolve an order blocking a home sale ... (more story)

RXR Nets $785M Financing For Brooklyn Resi Project

RXR Realty and its partners have obtained $785 million in construction financing for a 1,070-unit, 1.1 million-square-foot residential development project that's being built in Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood,... (more story)

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JPM's Construction Debt Grows As Wells Pulls Back By $1.6B

JPMorgan's construction debt on the books rose in the first quarter while Wells Fargo continued to pare its construction debt holdings during the period, showing contrasting narratives for the nation's two big... (more story)

2 Firms Guide DLP's $118M Houston Multifamily Refi

DLP Real Estate Capital Inc. has completed a $118 million refinancing loan deal for its two-property, 605-unit Houston multifamily portfolio in a transaction guided by Akerman LLP and Goldberg Kohn, the privat... (more story)

Supreme Court To Hear Ohio Prayer Group Zoning Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear claims that the city of University Heights, Ohio, used its zoning code to prevent a man from holding a prayer gathering in his home, in a case that seeks to tes... (more story)

NYC Real Estate Week In Review

Keusch Law and Goldberg Weprin are among the law firms that assisted with the largest New York City real estate deals that became public last week, with a pair of Manhattan trades above $100 million leading the list.

High Court Gives Fed Independence A 'Fragile' Reprieve

The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown its weight behind Federal Reserve independence by rejecting President Donald Trump's bid to immediately oust Fed Gov. Lisa Cook, but experts say the fight over central bank co... (more story)