Expert Analysis

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)

Why NY May Want To Reconsider Its LLC Transparency Law

Against the backdrop of the myriad challenges to the federal Corporate Transparency Act, it may be prudent for New... (more story)

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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)

Investor Sues For Real Estate AI Co. Shares Under $100M Deal

A Luxembourg-based investment firm sued artificial intelligence homebuying platform ReAlpha in New York federal court, seeking to enforce a $100 million share purchase agreement a week after a federal judge re... (more story)

The General Services Administration recently walked back its plans to terminate roughly 1,000 of its leases amid pushback. (AP)
Holland & Knight Attys On Undoing GSA Lease Terminations

When the General Services Administration announced it was terminating roughly 1,000 of its leases, a pair of lawyers at Holland & Knight LLP started getting calls from clients. In some cases, they advised them... (more story)

Baron Property Clinches $206M Loan To Build Fla. Rentals

Baron Property Group borrowed $206 million from investment advisory firm Post Road Group to build its 661-unit Metro Parc North residential project in Hialeah, Florida, according to a Thursday announcement.

Jurisdictional Uncertainty Helps Preserve Ill. Tax Bias Suit

Cook County property owners who mistakenly brought discriminatory assessment accusations in state court before taking their allegations to federal court can continue pursuing those claims, an Illinois judge sa... (more story)

Denver Environmental Lawyer Rejoins V&E From Kirkland

Vinson & Elkins LLP has announced the return of a Denver environmental lawyer from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

California Rancheria Can Comment On Casino Land Dispute

A D.C. federal judge has let the Redding Rancheria file a friend of the court brief in two tribes' challenge to the U.S. government's decision to take 221 acres into trust for the rancheria's casino project, r... (more story)

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4th Circ. Leery Of Reviving Class Claims In Lending Bias Suit

A group of borrowers faced an uphill battle Thursday trying to convince the Fourth Circuit to revive their class claims accusing Navy Federal Credit Union of discriminatory lending practices, with one judge ch... (more story)

4 Firms Help Seal $11B QXO, Beacon Deal After Buyout Battle

QXO Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to acquire Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. for $11 billion following an at-times contentious takeover attempt that included Beacon's rejection of a prior QXO buyout proposal, in... (more story)

California has developed only 6% of its land, which is one reason for the state's housing shortage, said Jennifer Hernandez of Holland & Knight. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Calif. Land Preservation Effort Hinders Housing, Atty Says

Efforts in Sacramento to protect and preserve land in Califfornia have contributed to a severe shortage of housing, one of Holland & Knight LLP's real estate leaders told Law360 Real Estate Authority in a recent interview.

Toxic-Loft Suits Too Late, But Owners Share Blame, Jury Says

A California state jury in Los Angeles found Wednesday that 20 residents of an art loft building waited too long to file toxic exposure claims, but suggested that the building owners caused the delays, trigger... (more story)

Swiss Investor Can't Revive $230M Czech Republic Claim

A Swiss company with failed plans to develop a Prague residential complex has lost its bid to revive a $230 million damages claim against the Czech Republic based on arguments that the arbitrators had not adeq... (more story)

Fla. Court Affirms Boardwalk Easement, Despite Defunct Law

Florida's First District Court of Appeal confirmed Wednesday that Walton County, Florida, had a right to a public easement on a beach, finding it need not have exercised that right before the federal governmen... (more story)

QXO Pushes Deadline As Beacon Takeover Talks Press On

QXO extended its Tuesday deadline for Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. shareholders to tender their shares until Wednesday, after announcing earlier in the month that friendly discussions had begun amid the once-hos... (more story)