
EB-5 Industry Leaders Ponder Path To Long-Term Future
While the 35-year-old EB-5 investment visa program has been enjoying arguably its strongest period, following recent reforms, the program's fate came up frequently during the Advanced EB-5 Industry Conference last week in Miami — and that was before President Donald Trump signed an order to roll out his own "gold card" investment visa program late Friday.

5 Firms Ink $520M Financing For Tampa Hotel, Resi Project
Five firms guided a $290 million commercial-property assessed clean energy financing and a $230 million senior loan for Two Roads Development's construction of a mixed-use hotel and residential project underway in Tampa, Florida.

San Francisco Comes Up For Air
A few years ago, many in the real estate world said San Francisco was doomed, but thanks to the artificial intelligence boom and the city's shift toward more business-friendly politics, investors are betting on the Bay Area hub yet again.
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A single-asset real estate firm that owns an office building in the Denver Technological Center, or DTC, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and faces a request for a receiver over the building it owns after it de... (more story)
A Connecticut lawyer sought to fend off arguments in state court by Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. that his alleged mistakes on a $2.5 million refinancing led to a $920,000 loss for the insurer, claimin... (more story)

South Florida's West Palm Beach and Miami appear to be running ahead of the pack in the "return to office" race to recover to pre-COVID levels, even outpacing a resurgent Manhattan market, according to recently released data.
Pelorus Capital Group has launched a $1 billion fund for investing in marijuana operating businesses to coincide with its existing cannabis real estate strategy, in a bet on the industry's capital needs, the c... (more story)
A Massachusetts state court has ruled that a "vague" agreement between celebrity chef Barbara Lynch and the city of Boston to escrow proceeds from the sale of her flagship No. 9 Park restaurant while the city ... (more story)
Private markets investment firm Siguler Guff & Co. LP originated a $27.5 million mezzanine loan that is part of $86 million worth of refinancing for a 404-unit Houston luxury multifamily property in a mezzanin... (more story)
Last week, Match.com secured approval for a $30M settlement over its 2019 reverse spinoff from IAC, and Vice Chancellor Morgan T. Zurn urged decorum among Delaware lawyers, comparing recent legal turmoil to da... (more story)
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Invictus Capital Partners and Moore Capital Management LP will team up for a deal that involves a Moore Capital private asset-backed finance platform providing up to $500 million for "newly originated resident... (more story)
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP advised on a $138 million loan for a recently completed Queens multifamily property developed by real estate firms Cantor Fitzgerald and Silverstein Properties, according t... (more story)

The Los Angeles city attorney on Monday announced a plea agreement with one of two developers accused of violating building and safety guidelines by restarting construction on a contentious five-home developme... (more story)
Two law firms and certain attorneys engaged in a scheme to "grossly and blatantly" inflate damages estimates for hurricane-related property insurance claims in order to "collect an exorbitant fee which they wo... (more story)
The First Circuit has revived a proposed class action accusing Citizens Bank of violating Rhode Island law by not making interest payments for mortgage escrow accounts, ruling the action must be reinstated in ... (more story)
The guest fee charged by Airbnb on rentals in Colorado is not subject to state and local sales taxes, the company told a state court, seeking to overturn a $10.5 million assessment by the state Department of Revenue.
A commercial real estate insurance provider sued an affiliate of Revere Capital Corp. in Mississippi federal court, alleging the policyholder was overpaid for fire damage at an apartment complex and has refuse... (more story)