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After Fires, Calif. Must Streamline Enviro Reviews For Housing

Recent waivers to the California Environmental Quality Act and other laws granted by California Gov. Gavin Newsom ... (more story)

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)

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NJ Casinos Urge 3rd Circ. Not To Revive Room-Pricing Suit

Atlantic City casino-hotel owners have told the Third Circuit a lower court was right to toss a case accusing them of inflating room rates by using the same software to set prices because there's no problem wi... (more story)

Judge Likely To Reinstate $30M Housing Grants Cut By HUD

A Massachusetts federal judge said Tuesday he expects to temporarily revive $30 million in housing anti-discrimination grants slashed by the Trump administration, explaining that his hands are essentially tied... (more story)

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Hyundai To Invest $21B In US Manufacturing, New Steel Plant

Hyundai announced Monday that it plans to invest $21 billion over the next three years in U.S. facilities that include a new Louisiana steel plant and an expansion of production sites in Alabama and Georgia.

No Easy Out In $5M Mich. Dispensary Flip-Flop Suit

A Michigan federal court has refused to hand a win to either party in developer American 5 LLC's suit alleging a Michigan township improperly revoked its permit for a marijuana dispensary, finding that the par... (more story)

Blackstone To Offer £489M For Warehouse REIT

Private equity giant Blackstone said Tuesday that it has made an approximately £489 million ($633 million) provisional final offer for British logistics property company Warehouse Real Estate Investment Trust.

Ore. Tribe Backs Hydro Utility's Eminent Domain Bid At Falls

The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians has asked an Oregon federal judge to approve a utility company's attempt to condemn five acres of public land for the operation of a hydroelectric project, saying anot... (more story)

Gibson Steers $301M Financing For Woolworth Building In NY

The Witkoff Group LLC borrowed more than $301 million from Blackstone entity CT Investment Management Co. LLC for the Woolworth Building in downtown Manhattan, in deals guided by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, ac... (more story)

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State Farm Beats Suit Alleging Property Loss Undervaluation

A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday tossed a proposed class action brought by homeowners accusing State Farm of limiting compensation by improperly employing a "new construction" setting in software when c... (more story)

NJ Judge Upholds Mansion Tax On Sale Of Doomed House

A New Jersey company that bought a property for $4.7 million after obtaining approval to demolish an uninhabitable farmhouse on the land and use the property for industrial purposes owes the state's so-called ... (more story)

A Texas Supreme Court precedent at the heart of Houston's argument held that a city isn't required to compensate for losses due to a "proper and reasonable" exercise of police power. (John Deacon/courthouses.co)
Texas High Court Revives Developer's Floodplain Takings Suit

The Texas Supreme Court has said a developer can again argue at trial court that Houston's new floodplain system thwarted its planned community and amounted to a regulatory taking, even though the ordinance wa... (more story)

Colo. Atty Gave $2M Mineral Rights To Other Client, Suit Says

The special district for a Colorado residential community has sued its former lawyer and firms White Bear Ankele Tanaka & Waldron PC and Spencer Fane LLP for malpractice, claiming the attorney failed to secure... (more story)

NC Urges Court To Rule Fla. Realty Co. Duped Homeowners

The North Carolina Attorney General's Office has urged a state business court to find that a Florida real estate company targeted homeowners and tricked them into signing long-term predatory agreements in exch... (more story)

PPR Capital Buys $87M Tenn. Build-To-Rent Community

Private equity real estate investment firm PPR Capital Management and real estate investment firm and developer Center Creek Capital Group collaborated on an $87 million acquisition of a Knoxville, Tennessee, ... (more story)

Colo. Tenants Accuse Centerspace Of Neglect, Junk Fees

Tenants at an apartment building in Denver, Colorado, have accused landlord Centerspace LP of neglecting the property, allowing refuse and safety violations to pile up even as it charged residents surprise jun... (more story)