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Real Estate - December, 2011

319 articles

• Maywood Trustee Moves To Foreclose NY Properties
• Real Estate Finance Co. Merchants Seeks Ch. 11
• Nev. Atty Hits Loan Processor With Robo-Signing Suit
• Salans Guides Heitman In Hungary Office Building Deal
• M-M, Invesco Buy Dallas Mixed-Use Plaza For $100M
• Judge Scraps Jameson Inns Unit's Ch. 11 For Bad Faith
• CORRECTED: KPMG, Investors Reach Settlement In Countrywide Suit
• Wells Fargo Accused Of Deception In Loan Modifications
• Skadden Aids Select REIT On $230M IPO
• Equity Snaps Up Los Angeles Area Rental Complex
• A Primer For Construction Bankruptcies
• Q&A With SNR Denton's Jenny Marler
• NY Assemblyman, Chief Of Staff Indicted Over Bribery
• HSBC, Nomura Targeted Over $99M In MBS Trust Losses
• TGM Lassos Northern Va. Apartment Complex From Equity
• Petra Offshore Fund, REIT Unit's Ch. 11 Disclosures OK'd
• Church Zoning Battle Motivated By Discrimination: Judge
• Ex-Real Estate Mogul Cops Plea Over $76M Ponzi Scheme
• Scott Brown Advocates Criminal Probe Into Fannie, Freddie
• Lone Star Buys Lloyds' $1.4B Real Estate Debt Portfolio
• Killam, Kuwaiti Bank Pay $32M For Ontario Apartments
• Real Estate MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Steven Wilner
• Broker Beats Trademark Suit Over 'Selling NY' Furniture
• Thompson REIT Lands $18M Atlanta-Area Shopping Center
• Bay Grove Adds To Growing Cold Storage Portfolio
• Bingham Guides UBS' $610M Office Buy From Brookfield
• Q&A With Davis Wright's Donald Percival
• Propelling Efficient Risk-Sharing For Wind Farms
• Jones Day Steers Hansteen REIT's $231M UK Property Buy
• Hongkong Land Acquires Chongqing Property For $609M
• FINRA Fines Barclays $3M For Subprime RMBS Errors
• Hong Kong REIT Buys Portion Of Mall For $76M
• Terreno Scores Tenant For Miami Warehouse Space
• Zell's $1.3B Bid For Archstone Survives Lehman Challenge
• Lehman Drops $200M Loan Suit Against Bethany
• The CFPB Standstill: Consumers Vs. Taxpayers
• How New Bankruptcy Rules Affect The Mortgage Industry
• Wereldhave Scores Paris Office Development For $180M
• Homeowner's Predatory Lending Suit Against Citi Revived
• US Ordered To Pay Attys' Fees in Road Contract Fight
• US Told To Redo $1B Deutsche Bank Mortgage Suit
• Deutsche Bank REIT Sells $520M NoCal Portfolio
• Prudential, MetLife Lend $177M To Prologis Venture
• Behringer Harvard Picks Up Tenn. Apartments In $32M Deal
• BofA, Servicing Firm Face RICO Claims Over Loan Reports
• Liberty Drops $20M On Miami Industrial Park Site
• Freddie Adds 3 NY Law Firms To Foreclosure Network
• BofA To Pay $335M In Countrywide Discrimination Deal
• Q&A With Arnold & Porter's John Busillo
• Manulife Wraps Up $555M Real Estate Spree
• Finnish Retailer Anttila Plans Energy-Neutral Store
• REIT Mission West Seeks Sale, Touts Market Optimism
• Fortress CEO Takes Leave To Battle SEC Suit
• Morgan Stanley Securities Suit Heads Back To State Court
• Signature's $43M Insurance Claims Snuffed
• No Default Judgments Allowed In Quiet Title Cases: Court
• Kennedy Wilson Ties Down $144M Office Portfolio
• Israeli Investor Fraud Suit Can Go On: NY Top Court
• Pembrook Sells NY Property To PE Group For $93M
• Judge Denies WaMu Bid To Nix $49M MBS Claim
• Only Noteholders Can Sue Over $24M CDO Sale: REIT Atty
• Calif. Sues Fannie, Freddie For Info On Foreclosed Houses
• Archstone Snags Fla. Luxury Apartment Complex For $42M
• Ex-Home Lender To Pay $5.3M For Role In $23M Fraud
• French Bank BPCE Sheds Moroccan Lending Arm
• $500M Sale Of NYC Building Can Go Forward: Judge
• Developer Says Condo Finance Partner Pilfered $6.5M
• NY Court Nixes Martin Act Defense In $533M JPMorgan Suit
• Growthpoint Pays $290M To Up Australian Office Holdings
• Q&A With SNR Denton's John Snyder
• Maryland Mixed-Use Project Scores $135M Loan
• Greenberg Faces Contract Suit Over Failed Real Estate Deal
• London Judge Nixes Synergy's Claim To $99M RGI Option
• NY AG, FHFA Inspector To Share Info In Mortgage Probe
• REITs Buy Up Senior Housing As Private Firms Divest
• SF Homeowners Can't Stall On Regs During Dispute: Judge
• ABA Sells Off Historic DC Headquarters For $69M
• Judge Questions $629M Credit Union Suit Over MBS
• NY Developer Sues Over Wall Street Tower Conversion
• Goldman Sachs Offers Houston Hotel $50M In Refinance
• Trump OK'd As $150M Stalking Horse For Miami Resort
• GLP, Chinese Fund To Buy Japanese Warehouses For $1.6B
• Defense-Focused REIT Unloads 2 Properties For $49M
• Cornell, Technion Tapped To Build NYC Tech Campus
• Simon Mall Refinances $83M Loan With Deutsche Bank
• Buyer Should've Inspected Staten Island Property: Atty
• Real Estate Co. Dodged $2M Judgment: Investment Firm
• Lyon Homes' Prepackaged Ch. 11 Aims To Cut Debt By 37%
• 4 House Reps Got Countrywide VIP Loans: Investigators
• Q&A With Cozen O'Connor's Howard Brown
• In The Crosshairs: Key Mortgage REITs Exemption
• Builders Can't Fight Army Corps Ditch Rule: DC Circ.
• Developer's Suit Over One Madison Park Loan Shot Down
• Home Properties Grows Footprint With $113M Apt. Deals
• Fla. Investors Buy Central Miami Land For $57M
• $32M Development Contract Doesn't Stand Up: Judge
• Seattle Mixed-Use Project Gets $76M In Financing
• Stanford Yanks Proposal For NY Engineering Campus
• Nevada AG Claims LPS Forged Foreclosure Docs
• Kushner, Vornado Pour $110M Into Skyscraper Refinancing
• 3 Found Guilty Of $100M Las Vegas Mortgage Fraud
• Cassidy Turley Nets $66M Loan For DC Apartments
• Resort Co. Settles Timeshare Fight For $20M
• Accor Grabs Mirvac Hotel Portfolio For $254M
• Basel Group Sued Over Tbilisi Property Investment
• Q&A With Gibbons' Douglas Janacek
• Singapore RE Co. UOL To Expand Locally With $132M Buy
• Ex-Fannie, Freddie Execs Look To Disclosures For Defense
• Case Study: Residential Funding V. Saurman
• Lehman Sues BofA, Barclays To Halt Archstone Sale
• MoFo Reps Lenders In $229M Mercedes House Financing
• 1st Circ. Keeps Lawyerless-Transaction Case Alive
• Father-Son Duo Choreographed $200M Ponzi Scheme: SEC
• Mortage Market Reform Bill Passes House Subcommittee
• SC Developer Adds Jenkins Row Piece To DC Portfolio
• WestLB Can't Close Sale Of Real Estate Arm To Apollo
• Q&A With Much Shelist's Harold Dembo
• IMT Boosts SoCal Holdings With Rental Complex Buy
• Chicago Issues New Vacant Property Ordinance
• Ohio Housing Authority CEO Lied To FBI: Jury
• Real Estate Co. Backed Felon's $108M Hotel Deal: Suit
• BofA, Countrywide Dodge Nevada Mortgage Loans Suit
• Case Study: Levi V. Commonwealth
• Tweaking Tax On Foreign Investments In The US
• McCann Realty Snaps Up Texas Apartment Complex
• Mortgage Registry Falls Under Attack Over Foreclosures
• NY Hedge Fund Manager To Pay For Fraud Charges
• Merck Sells NJ Office Building To PE Venture
• Canadian REIT To Buy Houston Office Building For $443M
• DZ Bank Targets BofA, Ally Over $290M In MBS
• St. Martins Property Snags $273M London Office Building
• Whiterock, PE Firm Snag 9 Office Properties For $143M
• MassMutual's Countrywide MBS Claims Swept Into MDL
• No Dice On Casino Contract Breach Claims: 10th Circ.
• Bank Pushes For Receivership On Manhattan Building
• Aragon Bets On Kansas City Market With Apartment Buy
• Easterly Snaps Up US-Leased Buildings For $51.5M
• Stoneleigh Nabs Minority Stake In Hotel Management Firm
• Reporters Can Keep Cellini Juror Notes After All: Judge
• NY Warehouse Development Fight May Move To Legislature
• Developers Face Specter Of Permanent Affordable Housing
• IndyMac CEO Can't Dodge $600M FDIC Negligence Suit
• Investors Want Breazeale Put Back In Housing Project Suit
• Kulik Helps Kennedy Wilson With $42M Apartment Buy
• Abu Dhabi's Talex Signs $200M Lease To Make Car Parts
• Q&A With Arnold & Porter's Carey Smith
• US Fire, 1031 Co.'s Receiver Settle Fraud Coverage Row
• Surviving The Rise In Natural Disasters
• Biotech REIT Scores Boston Lab Complex For $308M
• JPMorgan Gets MBS Class Action Pared
• 5 Indicted For Bid-Rigging At Foreclosure Auctions
• DOJ Seeks To Add $1M To Mass. $13M Cleanup Settlement
• Defendant Must Stay In CDO Fraud Suit Against ICP: Judge
• Citigroup Reaches Tentative Deal In Subprime Suit
• REIT Griffin Gets $150M To Fund Acquisition Efforts
• Wall St. Struggles To Fend Off Fannie, Freddie Fraud Suits
• Judge Nixes Contract Claims Over $80M Casino Sale
• Texas Firm Launches Upscale Mixed-Use Project In Dallas
• Host Hotels Backs Out Of $442M DC Hyatt Deal
• Canmarc Urges Rejection Of Cominar's $811M Offer
• Howard Hughes Locks $55M Loan For 3 Texas Offices
• Q&A With Robins Kaplan's Christopher Reeder
• Watchdog Details Mistakes In Fannie, Freddie Oversight
• PE Joint Venture Sells Fla. Building Complex
• Tribune Ordered To Fork Over Notes On Cellini Juror
• Morgan Stanley Forced To Face CDO Fraud Claims In NY
• Nev. Jobs First Act: Potential Nightmare For Contractors
• Archstone Nabs $131M NY Building Amid Suitor Battle
• Morgan Stanley To Take $1B Loss In MBIA Settlement
• Housing Agency Targets Chicago Over Vacant Property Fee
• 3rd Circ. Revives 15-Year-Old Eminent Domain Row
• Speculation, Flippers Fueled Housing Bubble: NY Fed
• RioCan, Inland Western Bag $92M Texas Shopping Center
• Judge Won't Boot Kaye Scholer From NY Property Dispute
• Liberty Scoops Up Washington Office Building For $50M
• Ashford Pays Down Debt, Extends $203M Mortgage Loan
• NBGI Snaps Up 4 Eastern European Properties For $99M
• Insurer Can't Shake Contractor's Building Defect Suit
• Colonial Sells Stake In Tenn. Retail Center For $66M
• Dividend REIT Aims To Raise Billions For Warehouse Buys
• Q&A With Hodgson Russ' Victoria Saxon
• River Road Credit Bid Appeal To Get High Court Review
• A Lesson On Good Faith Artificial Impairment
• Lehman Won't Need Gleacher For Archstone Talks: Trustee
• BNY Mellon Can't Quelch Class Action Over Lehman Losses
• MGIC, Execs Ask 7th Circ. To Toss Fraud Suit
• CFC Sinks Developer's $37M Navy Housing Suit
• Crowell Reimburses Regal For Missing $5.5M Escrow Funds
• Mormon Church To Pay Back Donations Tied To Ponzi Scam
• CBRE Not Entitled To Ch. 11 Sale Commission: Megachurch
• Builders Lack Standing To Fight CWA Finding: DC Circ.
• PSEG Sells Denver Skyscraper To Brookfield For $215M
• Q&A With Gibbons' Russell Bershad
• RI Hotel Auction Delayed After Buyer Drops Bid
• Restoration Hardware Inks Major Warehouse Lease
• DLA Piper Guides Equity Residential's $536M Stock Sale
• Honolulu Approves Hilton's $760M Expansion Project
• Regus Grabs Space In Redone W&H Building
• Investor Group Balks At Fairmont $29M Note Acceleration
• Cleveland Casino Grows Footprint With $36.5M Hotel Buy
• Mass. Town Rejects Rezoning Needed For $1B Casino
• Quashing The Circuit Split Over RESPA
• Countrywide Seeks Shelter Of German Law In MBS Suit
• Port Authority Draws Fire For $2B WTC Spending Plan
• S. Korean Pension Fund Buys Stake In REIT's $1B Portfolio
• Toll, REIT Join On $134M NYC Development Blockbuster
• WaMu, Bear Stearns Knew MBS Risks: Dutch Pension Firm
• Q&A With Kramer Levin's Neil Tucker
• Dubai Group Hands Off $1B Portfolio To PE Firm Silverpeak
• Seyfarth Shaw Snags Brown Rudnick Finance Partner
• BofA Wants Investor's Suit Over $1B In MBS Tossed
• Patron, Halcyon Pay $59M For Insolvent Von Essen's Hotels
• NY To Fork Over $5.6M For 1,200 Acres Of Catskill Land
• Viking Partners Fund I Snaps Up Mich. Shopping Mall
• Canadian Outfit Nets $78M In Financing For ALT Hotels
• Crescent Heights Lands Chicago Tower For $66M
• Inland, Dutch Fund Grab Midwest Retail Units For $43M
• Orrick Herrington Aids REIT In Ritz Property Buy
• Buyer Can't Add Claims Over Staten Island Property Deal
• Sen. Proposes Replacement For Battered Fannie, Freddie
• Attention To Detail Matters In A Merger
• CBRE Nears Advisory Deal For $4B Coal-To-Gas Project
• Multifamily Stays Hot With Security's West Coast Buys
• Singapore REIT Ascendas Drops $140M On 2 Properties
• DDR, Glimcher Complete Mall Property Swap
• Blogger Can't Duck $2.5M Verdict In Obsidian Case
• Holding Co. Principals Not Upholding Bargain: Cayman Fund
• Goldman Sachs Asks Judge To Toss Shareholder Suit
• Ind. Appeals Court Uses 19th-Century Law In Land Dispute
• Lenders Spar Over Foreclosure Of 8 Manhattan Buildings
• Boston REIT Closes $401M Sale Of Manhattan Office Tower
• Lab-Focused REIT Nets $600M Loan To Restructure Debt
• Frank Seeks Probe Of Ally's Alleged Mortgage Fraud
• Ex-BofA Workers Say Bank Mismanaged Retirement Fund
• Cedar Fair Gets 49ers Deal After $70M Buyout Collapses
• Mack-Cali, Developer Join Forces On NJ Apartment Plan
• Miami Firm Completes $320M Sellout Of Tony Condo Tower
• Maine High Court Nixes Extra Robo-Signing Fine For GMAC
• Q&A With Nutter's Beth Mitchell
• Residents Want Town To Rethink Grand Canyon Project
• Conrad Group Sues Agincourt Over $512M Fund
• Four Seasons Starts Construction On Disney World Resort
• 'Recovery' Looks A Lot Like Recession
• Wells Fargo Seeks $5.6M From Capmark In Ch. 11 Case
• Class Cert. Bid Nixed In CRS Mortgage Debt Action
• Ex-Md. County Exec Gets 7 Years For Bribery Scandal
• Morgan Stanley Strikes Back At CDO Fraud Claims
• BofA Accused Of Driving Mortgage Borrowers Into Default
• WTC Developers Can't Seek Double Recovery: Insurers
• UK Proposal May Spur Slew Of New REITs, Takeovers
• Lehman Calls Developer's $1.3B Archstone Bid Inadequate
• Heitman, Nursing Home Co. Team Up In $120M Venture
• Colo. Lawmaker Calls For Mineral Rights Disclosures
• AGs Press Banks, Congress Over Mortgage Fraud
• Colony Capital Battles Debtor Jameson Inns' Bankruptcy
• Treasury Under Fire Over Pace Of Fannie, Freddie Reform
• Prologis' Shanghai Facility Leased To Asian Retail Group
• Starwood Snaps Up Half Of German Hotel Services Firm
• Northwestern Mutual Loan Kick-Starts $200M DC Project
• Q&A With Ropes & Gray's Walter McCabe
• CapitaLand Raises $135M With Shanghai Land Sale
• Stearns Bank Denied New Trial Over Construction Loan
• France Clears Altarea's $142M Bid For E-Retailer
• Xinyuan Pays $88M For High-Rise Site In Zhengzhou
• FCA Group Increases Fla. Portfolio With Tampa Deal
• Getting Ahead In The PACE Funding Race
• Filipino Developer Makes Early Bid For Airport Land
• Piedmont, GE Unit Renew Lease For Chicago Office
• Calif. High Court Disbars Ex-KB Homes CEO
• Hilton Can't Shake US Bank's Suit To Keep Hotel Franchise
• Developer Wants Station Casinos' Ch. 11 Case Kept Open
• Giant Food Gets Ally For Long-Delayed $125M DC Project
• SL Green Nabs Anchor Tenant, New Building In NY
• Phoenix Drops $65M On 2 SoCal Apartment Complexes
• Ballard Starts Up Capitol Hill Mortgage Banking Practice
• Ramco-Gershenson Grabs Stake In Retail Center For $38M
• Crescent Resources Picks Up Residential Site For $47M
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' Rick Kirkbride
• 2nd Circ. Won't Interfere With NY Rental Prohibitions
• Thor Snaps Up 5th Ave. Locations For NY Shopping Center
• Are Your Emails Binding Contracts?
• RioCan Caps Acquisition Of Toronto's Sheppard Centre
• High Court Won't Consider Countrywide SLUSA Appeal
• TIAA-CREF Flips Va. Office Tower To LaSalle For $62M
• Five Mile Aims To Finish Purchase Of Chicago Realty Trust
• Real Estate Co. Denies Owing $77M On BofA Tower Loan
• Scarce Work Makes Real Estate Attys Learn To Compete
• Losing Stuy Town Bidder Rips Condo Plan For NYC Complex
• DLA Piper Lures Real Estate Expert From Katten
• Conn. High Court Tosses Bridgeport Antitrust Suit
• NY Lender To Pay $1.2M Over Mortgage Fraud Role
• Luxury Clothier Perrin Snags Spot In NY's Carlyle Hotel
• GMAC Halts Some Mortgage Financing Amid Mass. Suit
• Resort Owner Sues Hilton Over Undisclosed Agreements
• Empty New Orleans Skyscaper Goes For $650K
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's Keith Willner
• British REIT, Pension Fund To Develop £64M Mall
• Compliance Is Not Immunity From Lead Paint Claims
• Wells Fargo Settles Wachovia Securities Suits For $75M
• Heineken Becomes UK Pub Giant With £422M Buy
• Simon, Genting Take Luxury Outlet Concept To Malaysia
• Lincoln Buys 5 Ariz. Industrial Properties
• Japanese REIT Pays $49M For Tokyo Office Building
• Brookfield REIT Acquires Stake In Canadian Offices
• Goldman Says Capmark Is Forum-Shopping In $147M Suit
• Judge Wants Filings On Cellini's Retrial Bid
• Lehman Inks Deal On Fannie, Freddie Claims
• High-Rise Loan Guarantors Ask For Lowered Payment
• Lehman Sues Katten Over Bungled Hotel Loan Docs
• Q&A With Lowenstein Sandler's Ted Hunter
• Tenants Can't Have NY Subway Entrance Relocated: Judge
• Case Study: Honchariw V. County Of Stanislaus
• Developers, SC Capital See Hotel Contract Row Revived
• Diocese Gets Vatican's Blessing To Buy Crystal Cathedral
• Fla. Homeowners Can't Sue State Over Foreclosure Fees
• Landlords Object To Sale Of Souper Salad Leases
• RioCan Buys 5 Toronto-Area Malls For $90M
• Mass. AG Sues JPMorgan, BofA, Others Over Foreclosures
• Blakes Helps Canada Pension Launch $295M Office Project