Fairfax Deals With Kennedy Wilson For $2B PacWest Portfolio
Law Professor Challenges Basis For SF Permit Reviews
Bills Start Work On $1.5B Stadium, Aided By Public Dollars
Fairfax Deals With Kennedy Wilson For $2B PacWest Portfolio
Fairfax Financial announced Tuesday that it has struck a deal with Kennedy Wilson Holdings Inc. to take on $2.1 billion worth of construction loans from Pacific Western Bank, which is stressed from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other regional institutions.
Law Professor Challenges Basis For SF Permit Reviews
San Francisco's permitting policies are under investigation by the California Department of Housing and Community Development amid a serious housing crisis and yearslong waits for multifamily projects to gain approval. Here, Christopher Elmendorf, a professor at UC Davis School of Law, tells Law360 the city's basis for requiring discretionary review of proposed projects is largely invented.
Bills Start Work On $1.5B Stadium, Aided By Public Dollars
New York state officials and a host of NFL executives broke ground on the new $1.5 billion Buffalo Bills stadium slated for completion adjacent to the existing facility, a month after Erie County's Legislature unanimously signed off on the public-private partnership.
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