The Real Deal A lawsuit filed against Bayerische Versorgungskammer, the German pension fund known as BVK, has requested a US federal judge to freeze proceeds from the recent sale of the 703,537-square-foot Transamerica Pyramid office tower in San...
The CMBS trusts that hold a $167 million loan against the fee interest in, or ground beneath, the 11 million-sf office building at 300 South Riverside Plaza in Chicago have filed to take the asset through foreclosure...
David Simon, chairman, chief executive and president of Simon Property Group, died yesterday after a two-year battle with cancer He was 64 Simon joined the Indianapolis REIT’s predecessor in 1990, shepherding the mall owner through its initial...
Lisa Pendergast, who was named head of the Commercial Real Estate Council 10 years ago, has announced her retirement, effective early August Pendergast, a long-time industry veteran, joined the trade organization from Jefferies, where she was...
Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report Romspen Holdings Inc has placed the $54 million stalking horse bid for the equity interest in the entity that owns the former Motorola campus in Austin, Texas Bids are due today The property, which sits on...
Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report Walker & Dunlop, among the top agency lenders in the country, was asked last year to buy back $100 million of loans it originated on behalf of Freddie Mac as a result of fraud committed by a borrower...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is proposing an increase in property taxes in the five boroughs to help address a $54 billion gap in the city’s preliminary $127 billion budget In an address at City Hall, the first-time mayor noted he had a...
Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report Last year, Colorado House Bill 25-1090: Protections Against Deceptive Pricing Practices, was signed into law The legislation, which went into effect at the start of January, requires businesses to present...
Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report The New York City Council failed to muster the votes needed to override former Mayor Eric Adams’ veto of the New York Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, or COPA, that would have given nonprofit...
New York State’s attorney general, Letitia James, has gotten involved in the proposed bankruptcy sale of 93 apartment properties with 5,100 units owned by Pinnacle Group Pinnacle threw them into bankruptcy last May to avoid foreclosure by...
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