Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter has long been close to the Trump camp, and he’s already turned on the fundraising tap for 2020. According to CNBC, Perlmutter and his wife have each given $360,600 to the Trump Victory Joint Fundraising Committee, ranking them among the campaign’s top donors. During the 2018 cycle, Perlmutter, who is […]
Mueller acknowledges Trump Tower Moscow discussions could have “exposed” president
Robert Mueller and President Donald Trump (Credit: Getty Images) During testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, former special counsel Robert Mueller acknowledged that a conversation between Russian officials and a Trump Organization associate about a $1 billion Trump-branded condo tower in Moscow could’ve compromised Donald Trump had it been recorded. The reason: At the time, […]
Big changes are coming to the EB-5 program
President Donald Trump (Credit: Getty Images and Mango Map) The Trump administration released new rules governing the EB-5 cash-for-visas program. And many in the real estate industry believe the changes will tighten the spigot on a source of cheap capital that’s partly fueled the post-recession development boom. The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released […]
What the real estate industry should watch for in the Robert Mueller hearings
Special counsel Robert Mueller and the proposed Trump Tower Moscow (Credit: Getty Images/Trump Tower Moscow via BuzzFeed) Former special counsel Robert Mueller will testify in back-to-back hearings before Congress on Wednesday to discuss the 400-plus page report that has elicited calls for impeachment from some Democrats and declarations of victory from President Trump and his […]
Russian oligarch sells last piece of former Trump estate in Palm Beach for $37M
Dmitry Rybolovlev, Donald Trump, and 525 North Country Road (Credit: Getty Images) Russian oligarch and billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev sold the last lot of President Trump’s former waterfront Palm Beach estate for $37.3 million. Rybolovlev sold the 2-acre lot at 525 North County Road for about $385 per square foot, records show. Rybolovlev, who reportedly made […]
Trump admin wants to spur affordable housing by easing local building restrictions
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary Ben Carson and President Donald Trump (Credit: Getty Images and iStock) President Donald Trump wants to give a boost to affordable housing development by easing or nixing restrictive construction rules at the local government level. The president on Tuesday signed an executive order creating the White House […]