
Ripe For Revitalization, Owners Transform Class B Malls
Class B malls are the subject of renewed focus as owners and developers add residential, hotel, medical, entertainment, and food and dining uses to properties in an effort to reverse sinking vacancy rates at the decades-old assets.

Equity Sees Housing Shortage As Shield Against Uncertainty
Equity Residential executives on Wednesday said the rental giant in the first quarter saw record-low levels of resident turnover along with higher year-over-year occupancy, and is expecting a lack of U.S. housing supply to insulate from unfolding economic uncertainty.

Real Estate Sees Action-Packed First 100 Days Of Trump
The real estate sector — from which President Donald Trump hails — has not been spared an onslaught of significant policy changes as the new administration marks its first 100 days, including tariffs, a federal office slim-down and an effort to curb diverse hiring programs.
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A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday permanently ended claims a real estate investor in a botched $2.6 billion Philippine casino deal brought against attorneys from Sadis & Goldberg LLP, finding that claims t... (more story)
An Oklahoma soccer team suing the National Premier Soccer League for breach of contract argued that the trial court should allow evidence showing that it lost revenue after the organization refused to allow ac... (more story)

Executives across a wide range of real estate industries recently said President Donald Trump's tariffs would result in cost increases — some providing single-digit expected jumps — and some companies have bee... (more story)
VICI Properties Inc. agreed to provide up to $510 million for a new casino near Madera, California, noting that even though the tribal ownership structure could complicate an attempt to take collateral in the ... (more story)
Ballard Spahr hired ex-Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP attorney Jill S. Parks as a partner for the firm's real estate department and its teams for real estate development and transactions and zoning and land use in i... (more story)
The owner of an Illinois-based masonry business awarded a federal contract to renovate Philadelphia's historic 30th Street Station admitted Wednesday to bribery charges in a case alleging he had his executives... (more story)
Massachusetts-based car sharing company Zipcar and the owner of a public parking garage are not liable for injuries suffered by a college student who was struck by a drunken driver while dropping off a car bac... (more story)
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A Florida appellate panel ruled in favor of a condominium association in a lawsuit over a noise dispute between a family caring for their autistic son and a neighbor, finding no evidence that the family faced ... (more story)
A Florida state appeals court upheld the dismissal of a condo's Hurricane Irma damage lawsuit against a Florida entity created to handle the claims for insolvent insurers, finding it was time-barred.

Developer PMG obtained a $413 million construction loan for the developer's luxury, mixed-use One Twenty Brickell Residences project in Miami in a deal guided by PMG's in-house counsel, Kramer Levin Naftalis &... (more story)
Developing a public wildfire model in California could help provide a transparent benchmark for insurance regulators to better understand fire risk and evaluate rates, but experts warn that challenges remain a... (more story)
Two PulteGroup subsidiaries said Thursday they'll dismiss their property damage coverage claims with prejudice against an insurer over structural issues at a residential development, marking the eighth dismiss... (more story)
A Hawaii federal judge preserved a tenant's claims that he was effectively evicted from his home when a landlord failed to identify or warn of water contamination caused by leaks in 2021 at a U.S. Navy fuel st... (more story)
The Colorado Attorney General's Office has accused real estate brokerage MV Realty PBC LLC and its Colorado subsidiary of trapping hundreds of local homeowners with "unfair, misleading and deceptive" 40-year b... (more story)