Each year brings new real estate undertakings that prove transformative not only for those who will inhabit them, but for the metropolitan enclaves surrounding them. These projects may be residential or commercial or – with increasing likelihood — mixed-use. They might be transit-oriented developments, adaptive reuse efforts or mega-projects that deliver diversity and improved opportunity
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Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Samsung’s new Bitcoin ETF On Jan. 13, Samsung Asset Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the namesake South Korean conglomerate, successfully listed the Samsung Bitcoin Futures Active ETF on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. According to local news outlet Edaily, the ETF
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Minnesota-based Fairview Health Services lost its A-level rating from Moody’s Investors Service and could fall further on the credit scale as it copes with worsening operating struggles that began before the COVID-19 pandemic. Moody’s lowered the rating Wednesday to Baa1 from A3 and assigned a negative outlook. Further downgrades raises the risk that Fairview — which
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Figuring out the long-term effects of the pandemic on public finance issues attached to the urban cores of major US cities still requires a dartboard and a crystal ball, especially while municipalities are currently flush with cash. The comments came during a Thursday panel discussion hosted by the Volcker Alliance to explore the still unfolding
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sponsored Spacewalkers, a gaming studio, is revolutionizing the way that investors can participate in the profits of their projects. The company is releasing a series of games and offering the opportunity for anyone to invest in them through the use of blockchain technology. Spacewalkers is an already established developer with a portfolio of released and
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Texas lawmakers are eyeing an endowment to aid universities not receiving revenue generated by a prolific oil and natural gas producing region, which recently dodged a near-term federal crackdown on pollution.  The state Senate’s $130 billion budget bill for the fiscal 2024-25 biennium introduced Wednesday includes $2.5 billion to create an endowment for schools not
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Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp. will take retail orders Wednesday on a long-planned issue that prioritizes local buyers on the city’s first bonds to carry a social bond designation and gives special consideration for environmental, social, and governance investors. The STSC offers $305.3 million of tax-exempt paper in three series — including $98 million of
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