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Texas judge hits pause on Community Capital’s Muslim-focused master-planned community
9+ hour, 21+ min ago (406+ words) State lawsuit targeting utility district throws 400-acre The Meadow project into limbo A planned North Texas development tied to a mosque and faith-based community is on hold after a judge stepped in to freeze key infrastructure projects. A Collin County…...
Pinnacle tenants didn’t stop the sale. But they’re trying to push repairs through bankruptcy court.
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (556+ words) Advocates seek order from judge amid pending deal When Pinnacle Group placed thousands of rent-stabilized New York apartments into bankruptcy, it found itself in a fight with Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration " and with tenants." Now, portions of that fight continue…...
Muslim developers tap Paxton’s lawyer to fend off state probes
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (465+ words) Dan Cogdell tells Abbott to "quit tweeting lies" about Plano mosque's megaproject Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office is among several state authorities investigating a controversial master-planned community project led by a Plano mosque." He will bump into a former…...
Section 8 court ruling muddies NYC voucher rules
1+ week, 1+ day ago (778+ words) Plus, a syndicator lender struggles, Gracie Abrams buys again & more from this week A state appellate court ruling striking down New York's ban on Section 8 discrimination has thrown the city's already fragile voucher ecosystem into confusion, raising questions about how…...
Section 8 ruling throws NYC landlords, tenants into limbo
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1035+ words) Nobody can agree on how state court ruling affects New York City A New York state appeals court struck down a law barring landlords from discriminating against tenants who use federal housing vouchers " but city and state officials, along with…...
Arrest made in long-cold killing of Iowa real estate agent
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (351+ words) Ashley Okland gunned down during townhouse showing in 2011 A nearly 15-year-old murder case tied to an open house has resurfaced with an arrest, putting a spotlight back on one of residential brokerage's biggest risks: agent safety in the field. Authorities…...
Unconstitutional: Pinecrest on hook for “land grab” that delayed developer’s project
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (578+ words) A Miami federal jury handed a stinging rebuke to the Village of Pinecrest last week, ruling that government officials in the affluent Miami-Dade suburb violated a residential developer's civil rights by conditioning a building permit on surrendering a portion of…...
Who’s who in the courtroom at the Alexanders’ trial
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1265+ words) Inside the Lower Manhattan room where former top brokers face a jury These are the key players in the courtroom to follow, as the Alexander brothers" federal sex trafficking trial begins its second week. Former star brokers Oren and Tal,…...
ICE awards warehouse contracts to new industry entrants
1+ week, 6+ day ago (395+ words) Geo Group, CoreCivic failing to rack up government contracts The Trump administration is shaking up the immigration detention business " and the real estate behind it " by turning to relatively untested firms to build and run a new generation of warehouse-scale…...
Tax lien investors bet on $55M bankruptcy and constitutional challenge to escape Byline Bank debt
3+ week, 4+ day ago (806+ words) Lender suing Integrity Investment Fund for default as borrower challenges Illinois tax sale law Chicago-based Integrity Investment is caught in the middle of a web of legal battles over Illinois" property tax sales system, with a lender accusing the company…...