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The Real Estate Bankruptcies Making Headlines This Year
The real estate industry is no stranger to distress, but recent market headwinds have made it even harder for certain companies to chart the course to calmer seas. Catch up on the major real estate bankruptcy developments that have made headlines so far this year.
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Real Estate Fundraising Charts Slow Recovery
Private real estate fundraising remains fairly weak at the midpoint of the year, though investors have been building more of an appetite for the property industry that should lift prospects in the coming months.
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Cushman's Retail Leader Talks Malls' Evolution
What do a pickleball court, a beer garden, a boxing ring and a hospital have in common? Depending on where you are in the U.S., you may come across any one of these at your local shopping mall, said Cushman & Wakefield's retail practice group leader.
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Washington's Supreme Court has agreed to review whether the CARES Act eviction notice only applies to tenants who are late on rent, and not to violent tenants targeted by landlords for quick removal.
A New Jersey state appeals court on Wednesday tossed a challenge to an amendment blocking certain appeals from being litigated in the state's tax court, reasoning that parties can still fight tax matters in trial court.
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JLL said in a set of updates released Wednesday on South Florida's office market that Miami-Dade and Fort Lauderdale saw positive net absorption and falling vacancies, while exclusive Palm Beach island boasted... (more story)
A Georgia shopping center owner involved in coverage disputes with its insurer after suffering an $18.8 million theft and vandalism loss asked a Georgia federal court to dismiss or stay its insurer's case unti... (more story)
A Colorado federal judge partially dismissed and remanded a suit filed by a nonprofit representing vacation rental owners who claim that a resort town's laws governing short-term rental licenses are overly restrictive.
Real estate investment firm Turnbridge Equities announced that it and development partner Manekin LLC have secured funding for the construction of a logistics center in Hampton, Virginia, and have broken groun... (more story)
Private equity shop H.I.G. Capital, advised by McDermott Will & Emery LLP, on Wednesday announced that it closed its third European real estate-focused fund after raising roughly $1.3 billion of capital commitments.
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Real estate developer JGA Development LLC, which owns and operates 84 units and has been developing dozens more, filed for Chapter 11 protection in New Jersey on Tuesday with up to $50 million each of assets and liabilities.
The City of Los Angeles accused a Ukrainian business owner and his cohorts in California state court of illegally advertising and booking unregistered short-term rentals "thousands upon thousands of times" and... (more story)
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Poughkeepsie, New York, became the third city to opt in to "good cause" eviction protections since the state Legislature adopted the renter safeguards via the fiscal year 2025 budget, years after a local versi... (more story)
Class action waivers don't require a mandatory arbitration provision to be enforceable, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, while also warning that waivers deemed unconscionable for other reasons may be invalidated.
A real estate investor, a pair of property sellers and First American Title Insurance Co. have agreed to permanently drop claims involving the $34 million sale of two Ann Arbor, Michigan, student apartment bui... (more story)
Homeowners attacking a localized tax to fund the reconstruction of four dams have already had a chance to contest the assessment and shouldn't get a second one, a Michigan county told a federal judge Tuesday.
A homeowner did not have an insurable interest in the full value of a home that burned down while in foreclosure, the Seventh Circuit ruled, affirming that recovery was limited to the value of his temporary ri... (more story)