Commercial
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July 08, 2025
Kansas Extends STAR Bonds To Continue Chiefs, Royals Talks
Kansas lawmakers have approved a one-year extension of the state's Sales Tax and Revenue bonds while the Missouri-based Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals continue talks with officials about migrating to Kansas.
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July 08, 2025
Kohl's Says Self-Storage Renovation Led To Pa. Mall Exit
In seeking to ditch a lawsuit, Kohl's on Tuesday told a Pennsylvania federal judge that a mall owner breached a lease of two decades with an unwanted renovation project that added a nearby self-storage business and cut off the retailer's access to the mall's interior.
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July 08, 2025
Tax Court Says IRS Offer In $57M Easement Case Isn't Binding
A settlement offer the Internal Revenue Service said it mistakenly made to a partnership after rejecting its $57 million conservation easement deduction is not binding, the U.S. Tax Court said Tuesday, declining the partnership's request to enforce the deal.
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July 08, 2025
4 Firms Guide BlackRock's ElmTree Acquisition Deal
BlackRock Inc. will acquire net lease real estate investment firm ElmTree Funds, which oversees $7.3 billion worth of assets as of March 31, in a deal guided by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Sidley Austin LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP, BlackRock announced.
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July 08, 2025
Prospect Medical Doctor Groups Hit Ch. 11 After Astrana Sale
About two dozen physician practices linked to bankrupt healthcare company Prospect Medical have filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas, days after Prospect sold some of the entities' assets to Astrana Health Inc. for $708 million.
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July 08, 2025
Fla. Probes Internet Figures, REIT And Suspect Ponzi Scheme
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Tuesday announced his office has subpoenaed two internet personalities and their real estate investment trust based on allegations that they pocketed money intended for property purchases in what authorities say appears to be a Ponzi scheme.
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July 08, 2025
NYC Real Estate Week In Review
Bleakley Platt and Waxman Law are among the law firms that helped with the largest New York City real estate deals that became public last week, with a nine-figure Queens trade leading the way.
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July 08, 2025
Hospitality REIT Offloads Seattle Hotel In $145M Deal
Braemar Hotels & Resorts sold a 369-room Seattle hotel for $145 million, a property first purchased in 2007 as part of a 51-property portfolio, the real estate investment trust announced Tuesday.
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July 07, 2025
Newark Property Buyer Wins Appeal Over Axed $32.8M Sale
A New Jersey appellate panel on Monday upheld a trial court's ruling that a real estate investment firm properly terminated its $32.8 million purchase agreement for a mixed-use building in Newark after receiving a noncompliant estoppel certificate from one of the tenants, rejecting the seller's argument that the certificate's deficiencies were immaterial.
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July 07, 2025
Taft Adds CRE, Project Finance Attorney In Indianapolis
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has hired Thomas M. Hanahan as a partner in its real estate practice group in Indianapolis.
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July 07, 2025
Fla. Firm Advises Blackstone's $200M Gulf Coast Resort Buy
Blackstone agreed to pay $200 million to acquire a Gulf Coast resort, with Florida-based Farr Law Firm advising seller Allegiant Travel Co.
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July 07, 2025
Steward Health Reaches $15.5M Deal With Fla. Hospital Buyer
Hospital operator Steward Health Care told a Texas bankruptcy judge Monday it had reached a deal with the buyer of eight of its hospitals to resolve claims over $55 million in disputed Medicaid payments, with Steward expected to recoup $15.5 million as part of the agreement.
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July 07, 2025
Maine Authorizes Task Force To Explore Property Tax Changes
Maine authorized the creation of a task force to explore the need for legislation and constitutional amendments to provide more effective property tax relief for residents under a bill signed by the governor.
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July 07, 2025
Tishman Speyer Lands $385M Refi For NYC Office Tower
Tishman Speyer landed a $385 million refinancing of its Class A office property at 300 Park Ave., two years after its commercial mortgage-backed securities loan was sent to special servicing, the property owner announced Monday.
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July 07, 2025
NY Firm Guides Power Authority On $206M Queens Site Buy
The New York Power Authority, advised by Bleakley Platt & Schmidt LLP, has completed a $206 million acquisition of a former Queens power plant site from a BP affiliate, with the purchase intended to bolster clean energy infrastructure.
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July 03, 2025
NY Landlord Sues Walmart, Others In Del. Alleging Fraud
A New York City landlord sued Walmart Inc. and the bankruptcy successor to Bonobos Inc. in Delaware's Court of Chancery late Thursday, asserting hundreds of million in claims and compensatory and punitive damages under both Delaware and New York law arising from an allegedly fraudulent transfer of a Fifth Avenue retailer's lease and obligations.
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July 03, 2025
Gov't Must Still Face Claim In Calif. Shipyard Cleanup Suit
A California federal judge on Thursday granted the U.S. government's bid to trim some claims from a suit challenging aspects of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Superfund site cleanup in San Francisco, but not all of them.
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July 03, 2025
Fla. Court Rejects Oral Pact Cutting Loan Interest To 7%
A Florida state appeals court has sided with a Nevada-based lender, reversing an oral agreement to reduce interest on a $2.6 million loan from 25% to 7%, saying such agreements must be in writing.
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July 03, 2025
Kentucky Accuses RealPage, Landlords Of Price-Fixing Rents
Kentucky has accused property management software company RealPage Inc. and multiple landlords of engaging in rent price-fixing, lodging similar antitrust claims against RealPage as the federal government, the District of Columbia and New Jersey.
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July 03, 2025
The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term.
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July 03, 2025
Residents Urge Judge To Redo Ruling Backing Alaska Casino
A group of Anchorage, Alaska, residents opposed to a plan to build a casino urged a federal judge to reconsider a ruling finding the Native Village of Eklutna has sovereign immunity and can't face a lawsuit seeking to block the development plan.
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July 03, 2025
Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review
The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions.
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July 03, 2025
EQT Fund Snaps Up Calif. Industrial Portfolio
EQT Real Estate's industrial fund acquired a 2.04 million-square-foot portfolio of four fully leased, Class A modern logistics facilities in Manteca, California, the real estate arm of EQT Group announced.
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July 02, 2025
As Senior Housing Evolves, Zoning Plays Catch-Up
Developing senior housing projects includes a number of unique legal complexities, according to land use attorneys. Zoning codes don’t always reflect modern senior housing, and projects must sometimes overcome community opposition. In response to a growing need, some cities and states are encouraging denser senior housing development.
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July 02, 2025
How CEQA Reforms Address California's Housing Squeeze
California lawmakers on Monday enacted a new set of escape routes to the California Environmental Quality Act, the state law blamed for constricting housing development to a crisis point. Experts told Law360's Real Estate Authority that while the changes could speed permit processing in some cases, previous attempts to spur housing development by easing CEQA restrictions have proven ineffective.
Expert Analysis
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Regulators Must Get Creative To Keep Groundwater Flowing
Even as populations have boomed in Sun Belt states like Arizona, California and Texas, groundwater levels have diminished due to drought and overuse — so regulators must explore options including pumping limits, groundwater replenishment and wastewater reuse to ensure future supplies for residential and commercial needs, says Jeffrey Davis at Integral Consulting.
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Key Provisions In Florida's New Insurer Accountability Act
Florida's recent bipartisan Insurer Accountability Act introduces a range of new obligations for insurance companies and regulatory bodies to strengthen consumer protection, and other states may follow suit should it prove successful at ensuring a reliable insurance market, say Jan Larson and Benjamin Malings at Jenner & Block.
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Best Practices For Lenders To Limit Recourse Liability
As projects face loan maturities in a higher interest rate environment, lenders should diligently observe even seemingly innocuous formalities following an event of default in order to minimize potential recourse liability, especially when borrowers have certain covenants, say Ryan Goins and Matthias Kleinsasser at Winstead.
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The Basics Of Being A Knowledge Management Attorney
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Michael Lehet at Ogletree Deakins discusses the role of knowledge management attorneys at law firms, the common tasks they perform and practical tips for lawyers who may be considering becoming one.
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Rising Interest Rates Bring Risk For Construction Contractors
With rising interest rates causing many construction projects to be slowed or halted, it's important for general contractors to implement safeguard measures against the risk of significant financial losses caused by owner-driven schedule modifications, says Kevin Riexinger at Gfeller Laurie.
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Keys To Navigating The Post-Pandemic CRE Market
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
As the commercial real estate market continues to face repercussions from the COVID-19 pandemic, lawyers should use office occupancy and leasing volume numbers to anticipate future trends and help guide clients through an uncertain landscape, says Joseph Calvanico at J2C Valuations.
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How Rate Exportation Is Shifting Amid Regulatory Trends
All banks and their partners, including fintechs, that wish to lend to borrowers in multiple states and charge uniform interest rates should heed regulatory developments across the country and determine how best to mitigate risks in their efforts to offer credit to consumers on a nationwide basis, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.
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How The Commercial Real Estate Slump May Weigh On Banks
The continuing underperformance of the U.S. commercial real estate market has significant implications for the financial performance and disclosure requirements for various banks, especially regional ones with large debt exposures, say Atanu Saha and Yong Xu at StoneTurn.
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Negotiating Material Escalation In Construction Contracts
As material price escalation clauses have remained popular in construction contracts despite an easing of recent supply chain issues, attorneys representing owners should understand key considerations for negotiating such clauses, and strategies to mitigate potential exploitation by contractors, says H. Arthur Black II at Brooks Pierce.
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Landlords Should Prep As WeWork Faces Potential Ch. 11
After years of financial trouble and the recent announcement that it has substantial doubt that it would be able to continue as a going concern, WeWork may have a bankruptcy filing in its future that would have a significant impact on landlords and other stakeholders who are owed money by the company, say attorneys at Cadwalader.
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Key Drivers Behind Widespread Adoption Of NAV Financing
While net asset value-based lending has existed for years, NAV lending has only started to move into the mainstream recently — likely due to difficult market conditions faced by sponsors including persistent inflation, high interest rates and a lack of exit opportunities, say Matthew Kerfoot and Jinyoung Joo at Proskauer.
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Conn. Ruling Highlights Keys To Certificate-Of-Need Appeals
The Connecticut Supreme Court's recent decision in High Watch Recovery Center v. Department of Public Health, rejecting rigid application of statutes concerning certificate-of-need procedure, provides important guidance on building an administrative record to support a finding that a case is contested, say attorneys at Robinson & Cole.
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Pickleball Makes Waves In Fla. Real Estate, With Risks In Play
Pickleball's burgeoning popularity in Florida is catalyzing a transformation in the state's commercial real estate market, but investors must take steps to navigate legal challenges related to noise, insurance and community dynamics, says Emmanuelle Litvinov at DarrowEverett.