Imported Posts from Real Estate Space
by I turned the “lights out” on Real Estate Space, my blog on commercial real estate finance law. I decided I want to better own and …
Author: REspace Doug
Compliance Building
With my move from Goodwin Procter to be Chief Compliance Officer at a real estate company, I have been using a blog to keep my …
Clash of the Utopias – The Story of Stuyvesant Town
New York magazine has a lengthy story on the largest real estate deal deal in US history: The $5.4 Billion sale of MetLife’s interest in …
REITs May Pay Dividends in Stock to Save Cash
In a Bloomberg story By Hui-yong Yu, REITs in U.S. Consider Paying Dividends in Stock to Save Cash, many publicly traded REITs may take advantage …
Tenant-in-Common Interests are Securities
On January 14, the SEC issued a no-action letter to OMNI Brokerage, Inc., Argus Realty Investors, L.P., and PASSCO Companies, LLC regarding their tenant in …
Health Care REIT, Inc. Added to S&P 500
Standard & Poor’s announced that Health Care REIT Inc. (NYSE:HCN) will replace Sovereign Bancorp Inc.(NYSE:SOV) in the S&P 500. Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes to …
Government Seizes 650 Park Avenue
According to the Wall Street Journal, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York has filed a forfeiture proceeding against 650 Fifth …
Stealing the Empire State Building
The New York Daily News tried to show that it is easy to “steal” property by filing fake deeds. The story is rather foolish, but …
Tenant Allowance and Build-Out Obligations When a Tenant Files for Bankruptcy
Sutherland published a timely legal alert on what a landlord can do with a tenant allowance and tenant build-out obligations when a tenant goes bankrupt: …
Not Not Creating a Title Insurance Behemoth
The off and on combination of Land America Financial Group with Fidelity National Title Title is back again. LandAmerica press release: LandAmerica Signs Stock Purchase …
Not Creating a Title Insurance Behemoth
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF – News) canceled its plans to acquire LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: LFG – News) . The combination would …
A Look at Commercial Real Estate Debt
The Real Estate and Real Estate Capital Markets Group at Goodwin Procter put together A Look at Commercial Real Estate Debt: Where We Are Now …
Creating a Title Insurance Behomoth
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF – News) and LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: LFG – News) today announced the signing of a definitive merger …
FinCEN Withdraws Proposed Rulemaking for Unregistered Investment Companies
On September 26, 2002, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a notice of proposed rulemaking, proposing to require unregistered investment companies to establish and implement anti-money …
Emerging Trends in Real Estate
The Urban land Institute’s Emerging Trends in Real Estate for 2009 came out with a picture of doom and gloom, predicting that in 2009, commercial …