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Real Estate - November, 2011

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• Developer Sued Over $1B Las Vegas Convention Project
• 2nd Circ. Speeds Review Of $8.5B BofA Settlement Fight
• A&P Rips Trump Condo's Eviction Threats, 'Bogus' Fines
• 5 Ways To Forge A Successful Public-Private Deal
• FGIC Says Ally Lied To Get Coverage For $4B MBS Sales
• Inside Rakoff's Rejection Of SEC-Citigroup Settlement
• Texas REIT's $75M Loan Fight With Developer Survives
• Shady Campaign Gifts Earn Boston Developer $1.6M Fine
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Andy Lance
• Canyon Gives NY Condos $26M Boost After Lender Fight
• Brookfield Leagues With Stuy Town Tenants For Buyout Bid
• Dems Press FHFA On Fannie, Freddie Loan Forgiveness
• Creating An E-Discovery Process For Google Apps
• Judge Won't Nix $16M Building Buy Run By Ex-Crowell Atty
• Credit Ratings Agencies Suffer Blow To MBS Defense
• Troutman Reps Cousins In $135M Atlanta Tower Purchase
• Economic Woes To Spur More Hotel Contract Disputes
• Brookfield Acquires Resorts In $175M Property Transfer
• Avaya Adds More Space In Silicon Valley Office Park
• Renovo Capital Takes Stake In Foreclosure Site RealtyTrac
• Fremont Investors Lose Bid To Revive Securities Suit
• Wachovia Sued Over MBS Sales To Failed Credit Unions
• DC Circ. Tosses Most Sierra Club Claims In Fla. Mall Suit
• Tiffany Adds Another Floor To New Lease In NYC
• Empire State Building Owners Plan Launch Of Public REIT
• Judge Unites Oppenheimer Suits Over $2.5B In Loans
• NYC Muslim Center Deflects Con Ed Eviction Bid
• Film Co. Rips Bankrupt 'Real Housewife' Over Late Filing
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Bruce Parmley
• Penzance Management Grabs Watergate Office Building
• Building Manager Illegally Filed 500 Suits: Tenants
• Simon To Turn King Of Prussia Into Biggest US Mall
• Burberry Says NY Landlord Fraudulently Spiked Rent
• Hudson Pacific Buys CIM's Hollywood HQ For $93M
• TD Bank Caused NY High-Rise Builders' Ch. 11: Suit
• Court Upholds Landowner's $57.5M Award In Lease Suit
• Homebuyer Must Prove Harm, Insurer Tells High Court
• CGI Planned To Defraud HUD, Fired Manager Says
• First Potomac Realty Nabs 4 DC-Area Office Buildings
• Canmarc REIT Deflects Cominar Purchase Offer
• How Oil & Gas Leases Are Affecting Mortgage Lenders
• NYC Apartment Complex Fights Rent Rate Class Bid
• MF Global Trustee Gets OK To Dump Leases
• H&H Bagels To Sell Last Location For $10M
• Mayer Brown Guides Prudential In $184M Office Buy
• Syncreon Inks Massive Lease For Netherlands Operation
• Ex-Crowell Atty To Be Extradited Over $5.5M Theft
• RBS Unit Settles Mass. Subprime Claims For $52M
• Q&A With McGuireWoods' Tom Becket
• Coventry Eyes Hotel Plan For $10B Texas Eco-Community
• Rakoff War On Bank Deals May Force SEC's Hand
• Judge Unites Investor Suits Over Citigroup CDOs
• UBS, HSH Compete For Quick End To $500M CDO Suit
• Chicago's Belden-Stratford To Change Hands For $60M
• Sheraton To Appeal $44M Award In Hotel Contract Fight
• Human Rights Watch Inks Empire State Building Expansion
• Mortgage REITs Warn Feds To Back Off Debt Regulation
• PMI Group Seeks Ch. 11 After Regulator Takeover
• Greenberg Woos Munger Real Estate Deals Partner
• Morgans Unloads 2 London Hotels For £192M
• Citi Shakes Real Estate Mogul Solow's Fraud Suit
• First American Won't Get Jury In AG's Home Appraisal Suit
• Trump Hotel, Vegas Condo Buyers Settle Securities Action
• HSH Nordbank To Exit Foreign ReFi Market
• Q&A With Willkie Farr's Steven Klein
• The Latest In Fair Lending 'Disparate Impact' Actions
• Cincinnati Exits Coverage Suit Over Shoddy Homes
• Mortgage Cos. Must Fix Foreclosure Policies By Early 2012
• Centerbridge Unit Bets On Las Vegas Timeshare Tower
• Real Estate Investor Wants Bankrupt Partner Ousted
• University Buys $47M Building To House Dentistry School
• BofA Reaches Deal With Countrywide Settlement Holdouts
• Prudential Pays $72M For NC Apartment, Retail Complex
• NY Court Upholds Daffy's Win In Lease Renewal Fight
• HFF Lands Back-To-Back Property Loans For $155M
• Blank Rome Adds Real Estate Expert From Freeman
• $174M Sonesta Hotels Sale Not So Hospitable: Investors
• GMAC Wants Out Of FCA Suit Over Hidden Home-Loan Fees
• German Bank Confronts JPMorgan Over $2.1B In MBS
• Minden Helps Concord Sell 4 Canadian Marriott Hotels
• NY High Court Gives Green Light To Inflated-Appraisal Suit
• Build Toronto Inks $295M Downtown Condo Project Deal
• Countrywide Investors Get Class Cert. In $2.5B MBS Suit
• Sparking Foreign Investment In Texas
• Q&A With Kelley Drye's Joe Hoffman
• FINRA Fines Wells Unit Over REIT Marketing
• TARP Watchdog Terminates Online Mortgage Loan Scams
• Ex-Broker Sues CBRE For $24M Over MetLife Commissions
• Wachovia Mortgage Holders Sue Realty Firm For $164.5M
• Spotlight On The Covered Bonds Bill
• Webster Bank Shells Out $10.5M Over Condo Funding Row
• Construction Co. Owner, 6 Others Deny Billing Scam
• Brickman Again Can't KO Ex-Manager's False Claims Suit
• Hidrock Nabs $66M In Construction Loans For Hotels
• CVS' Chicago Headquarters Sold To REIT For $44M
• Q&A With Adams And Reese's Don Mihokovich
• Federal Capital Snags 2 Suburban DC Apartment Buildings
• Fed. Circ. Backs US In Low-Income Housing Row
• NY, Del. AGs Allowed To Enter Fray Over $8.5B BofA Deal
• Foreclosure Firm Tanks After Fannie, Freddie Pull Business
• Duane Morris Woos 2 Deals Experts For Calif. Offices
• Younan's Office Sale Marks Largest 2011 Deal In Dallas
• Bear Stearns Settles Workers' Suit Over MBS Investments
• Spectrum Sells 3 Texas Properties, Eyes REIT Status
• Tanger, RioCan Kick Off Mall Venture With $60M Buy
• Ga. High Court Backs Builders Over Blocked Skyline View
• IMT To Develop 650 Residential Units In Southern Calif.
• Real Estate MVP: Fried Frank's Robert Sorin
• Securities, RICO Claims Nixed In Sunset Media Tower Suit
• Kuwait Investment Office Latest To Sue AIG Over MBS, CDS
• Retail Leases In Bankruptcy And Reorganization
• GE OK'd To Foreclose On $36M Manhattan Building Loan
• Morrison Cohen Aids Westport's Cooper Square Hotel Sale
• Real Estate MVP: Skadden's Harvey Uris
• Crowell & Moring Sued Over $1M In Missing Escrow Funds
• Bally Hands 171 Fitness Clubs To Rival For $153M
• Merrill To Settle MBS Action For $315M
• Pa. University Breaks Ground On $200M Dorm Project
• Hoboken Ordered To Rethink Vote Against Apartment Tower
• Feldman Mall REIT Seals $106M Deal To Shed Final Assets
• Diocese Takes Over Crystal Cathedral For $57.5M
• Q&A With Michael Best's Michael Green
• Obama Reinstates Higher FHA Mortgage Loan Caps
• Westdale Says It Was Tricked Into $25M Mall Purchase
• Family Asks 2nd Circ. To Revive Coke Stolen Land Case
• Judge Nixes Barnes Bay's Ch. 11 Case
• When Is A Trustee's Sale Really 'Final'?
• RE Equity Fund Digs Into 5th Ave. Rental Tower For $100M
• CBRE To Shop 11 Hotels From Innkeepers Portfolio
• Del. Landowner To Fight Order Against Home Development
• New Green Building Efforts Harbor Litigation Risks: Attys
• 4th Circ. Backs 100-Year Sentence For 1031 Tax Owner
• Real Estate MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Stephen Tomlinson
• How They Won It: Greenberg Traurig's $50M Counterpunch
• Morgan Stanley Can't Dodge Loan Modification Denial Suit
• Boies Schiller Hangs On To $5M In Fees In Vegas Mall Row
• Paul Hastings Steers Mozilla To Data Center Lease
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Marc Werner
• REIT Equity One Pays $115M For LA Shopping Center
• Housing Lender Buys $2.6B In Bite-Sized Loans From Citi
• NYC Developers Sue McDonald's Over Bankruptcy Claims
• Apple REIT Hit With Securities Suit Over $2B Ponzi Scheme
• How They Won It: Willkie Farr Bests Icahn In Contract Feud
• Real Estate MVP: Fried Frank's Jonathan Mechanic
• Parkway To Sell Chicago Building For $151M
• Greenberg Traurig Helps Mast Snag DC Hotel
• Q&A With Anderson Kill's Thomas Petty
• Petra Says Real Estate Co. Owes $77M On BofA Tower Loan
• CMS Russia Real Estate Partner Jumps To Akin Gump
• Simon Takes Lead In $85M Outlet Project
• Ameristar Buys $16M Site With Eye On Mass. Casino Permit
• Engineering Co. PSI Settles Construction Malfeasance Suit
• Investors Win Class Cert. In IndyMac Securities Suit
• Fannie, Freddie CEOs Defend High Executive Pay
• Westchester May Need To Sue Over Zoning Laws: Report
• State Of The Real Estate Market
• DLA Guides Westport's Las Vegas Mall Buy
• Crescent Heights Completes $159M Regents Park Sale
• Judge Says Hilton Can't Change Hotel Name For Now
• Real Estate Owners Escape $301M Contract Suit
• Lawmakers Eye Higher FHA Mortgage Loan Caps
• Countrywide Takes MBS Jurisdiction Dispute To High Court
• Judge Lifts HUD Ban On Allied's Mortgage-Writing Powers
• Andrews Kurth Steers Crimson's $130M Office Buy
• Cornerstone Rakes In $28M For Twitter HQ Buy
• NBA Player's Fund Acquires Houston-Area Hilton Hotel
• Bass Berry Helps Debt Servicer Branch Out To Apartments
• Sonnenblick Helps Orient-Express Land $45M Hotel Loan
• Insurer Sues Pol, Attys Over $2M Loss In Mortgage Fraud
• Real Estate MVP: Dechert's Rick Jones
• House Panel OKs Limit On Fannie, Freddie Execs' Pay
• UK REIT Teams Up With Pension Giant In $237M Venture
• Rollback Of Liquor Ban Gives NJ Mall New Leases On Life
• Homeowner Sues NBCUniversal Over 'Bethenny' Filming
• Q&A With DLA Piper's Jay Epstien
• Aon Signs 10-Floor Lease In London Office Tower
• Securing Rental Real Estate Relief From The IRS
• Cellini Attys Demand New Trial Over Juror's Hidden Past
• SL Green Buys Stake In AIG Office, Sells Citigroup Tower
• Spooked Real Estate Investors Stick To Top Assets
• US Bank Sues Hilton For Trying To End Hotel's Franchise
• HSBC, NAACP Strike Deal Over Lender Bias Class Action
• Ted Baker Leases 6 Floors For Flagship On NYC's 5th Ave.
• Morgan Stanley To End 'Unlawful' NY Foreclosure Practices
• China's Citic Raises $225M For Retail Real Estate Fund
• Colonial Scoops Up Texas Apartments For $34M
• Texas Bank Hits UBS, Others With $113M MBS Suit
• Real Estate MVP: Bingham's Richard Fries
• Title Co. ServiceLink Signs Up Real Estate Expert For GC
• Deutsche Bank, Citi Pay NCUA $165M Over Soured MBS
• FHFA Can't Stave Off $12B Fannie Mae Fraud MDL
• Q&A With Buchanan Ingersoll's Lafe Metz
• New Paradigm: Municipalities Seeking Legislative Relief
• Investcorp Takes $40M Debt Stake In Times Square Hotel
• Lehman Asks To Settle $7.7B In MBS Suits For $40M
• Ameren Will Redraw Hydro Plant's Borders Around Homes
• Rutter Hobbs Can't Duck $10M Malpractice Verdict
• Buyer Wants Claims Added In Property Sale Suit
• IKB Goes After Credit Suisse In $215M MBS Suit
• NY Developer Charged Over Soil Dumping In Wetlands
• Gauging The Personal Guaranty For Your Borrower's Loan
• Calif. High Court Mulls Options For Redevelopment Funds
• Calif. Appeals Court OKs Playa Vista Expansion
• Fremont Investors Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Securities Case
• NY Court Upholds ING, Swedbank Win In Foreclosure Suit
• Developer Sues FDIC For $2.4M Over Failed Vegas Project
• High Line Residential Developer Sued Over $10M Default
• Crystal Cathedral Creditors Give Blessing To 2 Upped Bids
• Apple REIT Reaps $198M From Sale Of 111 Texas Tracts
• Hui Xian REIT Nets $155M Majority Stake In Shenyang Hotel
• Buffett-Owned Furniture Store Eyes $1.5B Dallas Project
• FHFA Head Stands Up For Fannie, Freddie Execs' Pay
• US Bank Took Shortcuts With MBS Loan Docs: Suit
• Q&A With Willkie Farr's Eugene Pinover
• Realtor Fights $50M Verdict Over Soured Property Deal
• Insurer Sues BofA Over $94M MBS Investment
• Brazilian Pension Fund Snags 90% Stake In Prologis Hub
• Rakoff Reluctant To Bless $285M Citi, SEC Deal
• Arrested Redevelopment
• Q&A With Much Shelist's Michael Viner
• When A Merger Is Not A Merger
• Solow Says Citibank Prematurely Sold His Collateral
• Baker & McKenzie Trims Space In New Manhattan Lease
• MetLife Sells Half Of Houston Building To NY Pension Fund
• General Growth Set To Spin Off 30-Mall Portfolio
• Lawmakers Target Fannie, Freddie Exec Pay Packages
• MBS Claims Against Goldman Sachs Up 30-Fold To $16B
• Noble Takes Majority Stake In Atlanta Hotel
• HCP To Pay Ventas Extra $125M In REIT Purchase Row
• Real Estate Patent OK Under Bilski: AML To Fed. Circ.
• Hersha Snaps Up Miami Marriott Hotel For $95M
• Law Firms Cut Office Space To Gain Efficiency
• Ally Considers Bankruptcy For Mortgage Unit
• Fannie Mae Seeks $8B In US Aid After 3Q Losses
• 10th Circ. Freezes Challenge To Colo. Ski Resort Projects
• Boston Developer Admits To Illegal Campaign Donations
• FHFA Wants $550M MBS Case Back In State Court
• BofA Sues NorthStar Unit Over Interest Rate Swap
• Core Adds RP Miller To Expanding Real Estate Empire
• Nossaman Plucks Real Estate Expert From Greenberg
• Stop & Shop Owes Vornado $37.4M In Rent Hikes: Judge
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Jesse Sharf
• Hines Drops $160M For Boston-Area Office Park
• Aker Inks $140M Deal For Land Parcel Near Oslo
• A Snapshot Of Real Estate Capital In 2011
• KKR Units Invest In Centro Ahead Of Restructuring Vote
• Recent Rulings Add More Bite To Bad Boy Guaranties
• GSW Buys $455M Berlin Apartment Portfolio From Gagfah
• Perkins Coie Snags Real Estate Partner From Skadden
• Lehman REIT Asks Judge To Confirm Arbitration Win
• ResCap Woes Portend Possible Bankruptcies For Lenders
• High Court To Mull Issue Of Intent In Fair Housing Law
• Caterpillar Seals 46-Acre Deal For Calif. Distribution Center
• SEC Defends $285M Citigroup Settlement Over Bum CDO
• Macerich Leverages SoCal Mall To Raise $200M
• Rutan Snags Two Real Estate Experts From Holme
• Dems Take Aim At $25B Deal On Flawed Foreclosures
• Vornado To Buy DC High-Rise For $104M
• Related Cos. Subpoenaed In Fannie Mae Probe
• The Basics Of 'Gross-Up' Provisions
• Q&A With Allen Matkins' Anton Natsis
• No Payouts For Denied Land Permits: Fla. High Court
• Toys R Us Won't Pay Rent, Clean Up Dead Animals: Suit
• Philly Zoning Laws Don't Violate 14th Amendment: Judge
• Tenants Can't Sue Over Missing Tax Forms: 2nd Circ.
• 5 Former Borders Locations Sign New Big Box Tenants
• Fifth Circ. Revives Union Pacific Land Rights Case
• Q&A With McGuireWoods' Robert Simmons
• A Private Development Party In Public Real Estate
• Arrest Ends Golden Gate REIT Schemer's Fugitive Flight
• Cash-Strapped Governments Embrace Private Developers
• Tishman Sells NYC Office Complex For $416M
• Mall Giant Simon Says Ind. Must End Amazon Tax Break
• 10 Keys To Attracting Immigrant Investors
• Top Canadian REIT Raises $124M In Stock Offering
• Allied Says HUD Can't Halt Its Mortgage-Writing Powers
• Vornado Sells Off Chicago, NY Buildings For $306M
• MoFo Inks Nearly $1B In Real Estate Deals In 1 Week
• Ariz. Town OKs Huge Development Plan Near Grand Canyon
• Minskoff Inks $165M Tower Loan Despite Lack Of Tenants
• NY Court Keeps $25M MetLife Tax Break Action Alive
• Case Study: Greg Opinski Construction V. Oakdale
• DirecTV Doubles LA Office Space In 'Deal Of The Decade'
• Real Estate Trust Shells Out $174M For Sonesta Hotels
• Investcorp Picks Up Calif. Office Complex
• Developer Gold Krown Nabs 538 Midtown Miami Units
• Dechert Snags Ex-LG Real Estate Finance Pro
• Freddie Mac Seeks $6B In Aid After Steep Losses
• Cuba Allows Sale, Ownership Of Residential Property
• JPMorgan's Agreement With FDIC Staves Off Mortgage Suit
• Q&A With Nixon Peabody's Justine Wilcox
• Ally To Scale Back Mortgage Business After 3Q Loss
• Manhattan Co-Op Settles Property Feud With City
• CommonWealth REIT Buys Conn. Office Building For $99M
• Wells Fargo Snaps Up $3B Anglo Irish Loan Portfolio
• 5th Circ. Denies Stay In $75M Real Estate Loan Fight
• 2nd Circ. Must Close Condo Deal Escape Hatch: Developer
• US Fights Deutsche Bid To Toss Mortgage Fraud Suit
• CIT Launches Real Estate Unit
• Vestar Snags Las Vegas Shopping Center For $79M
• Hines Unloads Walmart-Anchored Retail Center In Mexico
• Washington REIT Sheds Last Industrial Property For $71M
• Calif. High Court To Weigh Fate Of Redevelopment Funds
• Chilling Mortgage Lending, City By City
• Commerzbank Sells Frankfurt Office Tower
• Kickstarting Calif. Construction Projects
• Wells Fargo Faces $163M CDO Fraud Suit
• UBS Client Sues Over $109M In 'Toxic' MBS
• Q&A With Baker Donelson's John Gupton III
• NY Court Affirms Judgment Against Sheldon Solow's Co.
• Paul Hastings Helps Oaktree, Woodridge Nab Hawaii Resort
• Jameson Inns Units Win Access To Lender's Cash Collateral
• First American Must Back Lender Over Failed $100M Project
• MF Global Bankruptcy Creates Financing Snag For REITs
• Howard Hughes Launches Md. Redevelopment Project
• AGs Strike Fear With Criminal Mortgage Probe
• Banks Start Foreclosure Reviews As Part Of OCC Deal
• Omega Healthcare Snaps Up 3 Mid-Atlantic Nursing Homes
• Lehman Sells Stake In Va. Real Estate To Goldman
• AGs, Banks Eye Deal On Mortgage Abuse Claims
• Feds Sue Allied Home Mortgage Over Alleged Fraud
• Ninetowns Sets Up $17M Fund To Acquire Chinese RE Co.
• Cellini Convicted On Conspiracy, Bribery Charges
• Macerich Leads $200M Chicago Mall Joint Venture
• DBSI Trustee Says Foley Complicit In Ponzi Scheme
• Q&A With Foley & Lardner's Beth Corey
• Simon Property Rips Antitrust Suit Over Mall Leases
• Investors Target LA Real Estate Mogul Over Fraud Scheme
• Carried Interest Reform Would Rock Real Estate World
• Amending FIDIC Contracts — A Dozen Key Issues