Zoning & Land Use
Verified Update
Pending
Commercial developer Cliff Tutelian's lawsuit against the City of Fresno and City Councilmember Miguel Arias has been set for a jury trial beginning October 12, 2026, in Fresno County Superior Court. Tutelian alleges the city reneged on a decade-old promise of 100 free parking spaces near his Grand 1401 building, made to help lure anchor tenant Tutor Perini downtown, as the city now pursues a competing parking garage project at the same site.
$7M+ in potential losses cited by developer
Oct 2, 2026
Fresno County Superior Court, California
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Filed
University Campus Hotel Fund, L.P. filed a Chapter 11 petition on October 2, 2026 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, case number 6:26-bk-18337. This entry reflects only what the federal court docket shows; no independent news coverage of the filing was available at the time it was added to this tracker.
Undisclosed (financial details not yet public)
Oct 2, 2026
United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
Zoning & Land Use
Verified Update
Filed
Developer N17 Development sued the City of Menlo Park on October 2, 2026 in San Mateo County Superior Court, alleging the city strung out review of its 665-unit, three-tower Willow Park project on the former Sunset Magazine campus for years through shifting objections rather than issuing an approval or denial N17 could challenge directly. N17 invoked California's Builder's Remedy, which lets qualifying housing projects bypass local zoning in cities lacking a state-certified housing element, and the suit follows an August 2026 warning letter from California Attorney General Rob Bonta accusing Menlo Park of violating state housing-accountability law.
$303,000 in legal fees sought; city faces up to $33 million in potential state penalty exposure
Oct 2, 2026
San Mateo County Superior Court
Landlord–Tenant
Verified Update
On Appeal
The Third Circuit denied a petition for rehearing en banc on October 2, 2026, leaving in place its July 29, 2026 ruling that revived a putative antitrust class action alleging Caesars Entertainment, MGM Resorts, Hard Rock, Tropicana, Borgata operator Marina District Development, and software vendor Cendyn Group used Cendyn's Rainmaker revenue-management platform to coordinate Atlantic City hotel room rates. The case, filed by a class of hotel guests, had been dismissed with prejudice by the district court in September 2024 before the Third Circuit reversed and remanded it for further proceedings.
Putative consumer class action over room rates at 5 Atlantic City casino-hotels
Oct 2, 2026
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (Camden Vicinage)
Zoning & Land Use
Verified Update
Ruling Issued
U.S. District Judge Regina M. Rodriguez ruled that real estate industry trade groups' claim that Denver's Energize Denver ordinance and Colorado's Regulation 28 are preempted by the federal Energy Policy and Conservation Act can proceed past a renewed motion to dismiss, while dismissing a related claim about consumer appliances as untimely. The U.S. Department of Justice had filed a statement of interest on September 15, 2026 telling the court the local rules "plausibly are preempted" by EPCA.
No damages at issue; compliance-cost exposure for large buildings subject to Energize Denver and Regulation 28
Oct 1, 2026
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
Zoning & Land Use
Verified Update
Ruling Issued
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled on October 1, 2026 that two property owners were bound by a settlement reached almost entirely through email exchanges between counsel, and must pay $100,000 to the developer who had agreed to buy their land for an apartment project before a title dispute derailed the sale. The court held the sellers could not avoid the payment by withdrawing from a related sale to a third-party buyer that the settlement's payment term depended on, since the sellers themselves caused that sale to fail.
$100,000 settlement payment enforced
Oct 1, 2026
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Filed
PPW Realty 1414 W 3rd St. LLC filed a Chapter 11 petition on October 1, 2026 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, case number 26-21190. The debtor's name identifies it as a single-asset entity tied to a specific address; no independent news coverage of the filing was available at the time it was added to this tracker.
Undisclosed (assets and liabilities each reported in the $500,001-$1,000,000 range)
Oct 1, 2026
United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey
Landlord–Tenant
Verified Update
Ruling Issued
U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo ruled on September 30, 2026 that New Jersey may proceed on an amended complaint reviving antitrust claims against AvalonBay Communities, Inc. in the state's algorithmic rent-pricing suit against RealPage, Inc. and its multifamily landlord customers. The ruling follows a March 31, 2026 order that dismissed the state's original federal and state antitrust claims against AvalonBay without prejudice while allowing a consumer-fraud claim to proceed, after which New Jersey sought leave to file a repleaded complaint.
No specific dollar figure stated; rent-overcharge exposure across AvalonBay's New Jersey portfolio
Sep 30, 2026
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Filed
6363 West 73rd Street, LLC -- a single-asset entity tied to an industrial property in Bedford Park, Illinois -- filed a Chapter 11 petition on September 30, 2026 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, case number 26-16232. This entry reflects only what the federal court docket shows; no independent news coverage of the filing was available at the time it was added to this tracker.
Undisclosed (financial details not yet public)
Sep 30, 2026
United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Filed
Special servicer Rialto Capital Advisors took title to 580 Market Street, a 35,000-square-foot, century-old mixed-use office and retail building in San Francisco's Financial District, after a non-judicial trustee's sale. Owner Paragon Company defaulted on a $15.7 million loan that matured in June 2025; by the July 2026 trustee's deed the unpaid debt had grown to roughly $17.5 million, and Rialto took the property with a $5 million credit bid.
$17.5M unpaid debt; Rialto credit-bid $5M to take title
Sep 30, 2026
San Francisco County, California (non-judicial trustee's sale)
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Filed
MW Properties Orlando LLC filed a Chapter 11 petition on September 29, 2026 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, case number 6:26-bk-07563. This entry reflects only what the federal court docket shows; no independent news coverage of the filing was available at the time it was added to this tracker.
Undisclosed (financial details not yet public)
Sep 29, 2026
United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Filed
63 Spring Lafayette, LLC filed a Chapter 11 petition on September 29, 2026 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, case number 26-11537. This entry reflects only what the federal court docket shows; no independent news coverage of the filing was available at the time it was added to this tracker.
Undisclosed (financial details not yet public)
Sep 29, 2026
United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Filed
A group of 17 investors sued landlord Mike Kohan's entities in New York State Supreme Court, alleging he used fraudulent operating agreements to conceal their equity stakes in real estate holding companies -- including the entity that owns the Garment District office tower at 345 Seventh Avenue -- while pledging that same equity to lenders without disclosure. The same investors separately sued mezzanine lender The Davis Companies over the building's UCC Article 9 foreclosure sale process, which Davis completed anyway on September 29, 2026, the same week Kohan was removed from his executive and board roles at Kohan Properties Ltd. amid allegations of undisclosed loans and misused Israeli bond proceeds.
$80 million+ (alleged fraud)
Sep 29, 2026
Supreme Court of the State of New York
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Ruling Issued
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge dismissed the Chapter 11 case of Brass Works Urban Renewal Company, LLC, the sponsor of a warehouse-to-residential loft conversion on Paterson Plank Road in Jersey City, finding the objecting creditor would be harmed more by the case continuing than the debtor would be by dismissal. Brass Works had filed Chapter 11 on May 22, 2026, roughly six months after losing a Delaware Court of Chancery fight in which preferred-equity investor ASVRF Paterson Plank RD J-C, LLC won the right to remove Brass Works as the project LLC's manager following a payment default.
Debtor reported $50M–$100M in assets, $10M–$50M in liabilities; underlying preferred-equity investment was $18M
Sep 28, 2026
United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Filed
An affiliate of noteholder Criterion Real Estate Capital filed a foreclosure notice against Judiciary Plaza LLC, owner of the 539,478-square-foot former Department of Justice office building at 450 Fifth Street NW near Judiciary Square in Washington, D.C. The notice states the owner owes approximately $166.6 million on a $177.5 million note originated in 2007, with a public foreclosure auction scheduled for October 28, 2026.
$166.6M owed on a $177.5M 2007 note
Sep 28, 2026
Washington, D.C. (non-judicial deed of trust foreclosure)
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Filed
United Property Investments & Realty Services LLC filed a Chapter 11 petition on September 25, 2026 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, case number 6:26-bk-07478. This entry reflects only what the federal court docket shows; no independent news coverage of the filing was available at the time it was added to this tracker.
Undisclosed (financial details not yet public)
Sep 25, 2026
United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Filed
Moyvane-Arabian Properties, LLC filed a Chapter 11 petition on September 25, 2026 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, case number 26-12472. This entry reflects only what the federal court docket shows; no independent news coverage of the filing was available at the time it was added to this tracker.
Undisclosed (financial details not yet public)
Sep 25, 2026
United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
Premises Liability
Verified Update
Filed
A woman stabbed in the food court of Northwoods Mall in North Charleston, South Carolina on March 4, 2026 has sued the mall's owner, CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., along with its security contractors, alleging inadequate security let her attacker walk in with an open knife and attack her before anyone intervened. The suit, filed in late September 2026, is the latest in a series of premises-liability claims arising from security incidents at the same mall, including an earlier shooting that also produced litigation against the ownership and its security vendors.
Unspecified damages sought
Sep 25, 2026
South Carolina Court of Common Pleas, Charleston County
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Filed
Urban Development Group, LLC filed a Chapter 11 petition on September 25, 2026 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, case number 3:26-bk-04686. This entry reflects only what the federal court docket shows; no independent news coverage of the filing was available at the time it was added to this tracker.
Undisclosed (financial details not yet public)
Sep 25, 2026
United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Tennessee
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Pending
U.S. Bank National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, through special servicer Rialto Capital Advisors, filed a foreclosure action on September 8 against Eastview Mall owner Wilmorite in New York County Supreme Court after a $210 million CMBS loan went unpaid at its final extended maturity date. Days before a September 28 public hearing on a Town of Victor plan to acquire mortgaged mall parcels by eminent domain and convey them to a Wilmorite-affiliated entity, lenders' counsel filed objections calling the plan a 'debt evasion scheme' meant to strip their collateral out from under the pending foreclosure.
$210 million CMBS mortgage in default
Sep 25, 2026
Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Filed
Fortress Investment Group-backed Brightline Holdings LLC and sixteen affiliated entities — including station-area development companies New Flagler Development LLC and Brightline Property Holdings LLC — filed jointly administered Chapter 11 petitions on September 24, 2026 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. The case aims to restructure roughly $5.5 billion in debt while Brightline's operating railroad, excluded from the filing, continues running trains between Miami and Orlando.
$5.5 billion in consolidated debt across the Brightline enterprise; $258M DIP facility
Sep 24, 2026
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Filed
9619 Pulaski Hwy LLC filed a Chapter 11 petition on September 24, 2026 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, case number 26-20484. This entry reflects only what the federal court docket shows; no independent news coverage of the filing was available at the time it was added to this tracker.
Undisclosed (financial details not yet public)
Sep 24, 2026
United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Maryland
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Pending
The $49.7 million CMBS loan secured by the 251-room Embassy Suites by Hilton Portland Airport transferred to special servicing after missing its August 2026 maturity date, according to trade-press reporting on CMBS remittance data. The loan is split across two 2016-vintage securitizations, GSMS 2016-GS3 and GSMS 2016-GS4, and Rialto Capital Advisors has been assigned as special servicer to work out a resolution with ownership.
$49.7M CMBS loan (GSMS 2016-GS3 / GSMS 2016-GS4)
Sep 24, 2026
Multnomah County, Oregon (pre-litigation; loan in special servicing)
Lending & Foreclosure
Verified Update
Settled
San Francisco lender ACORE Capital completed foreclosure on a defaulted $97.3 million loan against Industry SLC, a 230,000-square-foot adaptive-reuse office campus in Salt Lake City's Granary District, taking title by special warranty deed on March 9, 2026. ACORE has since partnered with Lincoln Property Company to reposition and expand the campus under a new name, Foundry43, with JLL leading leasing.
$97.3M loan default; $103.7M claimed owed in principal, interest and fees
Sep 24, 2026
Utah Business and Chancery Court
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