RealPage Strikes Landmark Deal With Federal Government To Settle Antitrust Claims

November 24, 2025 / no comments

RealPage reached a deal to resolve the federal government’s allegations that its software helped competing landlords coordinate rents. 
The Texas-based software company wouldn’t admit to any liability as part of the agreement, which needs sign-off from a judge, but will agree to implement changes to its widely used property and portfolio management software called AI Revenue Management.

IQHQ Halts Development On $1B Fenway Center Life Sciences Project

November 24, 2025 / no comments

As the life sciences market continues to face significant pain, a massive lab development over the Massachusetts Turnpike has paused until conditions improve.
San Diego-based IQHQ announced that its $1B, 960K SF Fenway Center project isn’t moving forward until it is at least 50% leased, the life sciences developer told The Boston Globe. Although the project isn’t moving forward, the deck the company built over the Mass Pike is set to complete in the first quarter of 2026.
“We have no plans to go vertical at this point,” IQHQ President Tracy Murphy told the Globe. “Given lending market conditions, we’re going to sit and evaluate once the…

Judge tosses Letitia James’ criminal case

November 24, 2025 / no comments

A judge dismissed the criminal case against New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday, the Associated Press reported. U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie dismissed the mortgage fraud case against James, as well as the criminal prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey. The judge ruled that the prosecutor in both cases, Lindsey Halligan, was illegally appointed by the Justice Department. The cases were thrown out without prejudice, meaning they could be revived in the near future. The path for refiling is uncertain, however, as the DOJ’s prosecutor in the cases appears to be ineligible to bring the indictments […]

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If COPA is so great, why stop there?

November 24, 2025 / no comments

You might have heard that landlords are going crazy about COPA. Word is spreading that the City Council aims to reduce rents by giving nonprofits an exclusive window to buy apartment buildings before profiteers can. Council members are close to voting on a bill from Sandy Nurse called the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act. If COPA is a good idea, why not apply the same logic to things besides housing? After all, the affordability problem is also about food, clothing, energy and other necessities. Take supermarkets, for example. These profit-seeking institutions buy food from wholesalers, then mark up the prices […]

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