Deconstruct
All the real estate news you need to know, from the reporters and editors of The Real Deal.
Displaying 5 items of Deconstruct with the tag "business news".
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Who's still buying NYC's rent stabilized buildings?
March 12th, 2026 | Season 5 | 23 mins
business news, investing, news, real estate, rent, rezoning, the real deal
Deconstruct hosts and The Real Deal staffers Lilah Burke and Hannah Kramer give updates in the sex trafficking case against the Alexanders, political notes about tax increases and the potential rollback of an environmental law, and the battle over West Park Presbyterian church. Then, the hosts interview broker Lev Mavashev, who sells rent-stabilized multifamily buildings in New York and explains how the 2019 rent laws impacted the struggling niche.
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The sex trafficking case against the Alexander Brothers comes to a close
March 5th, 2026 | Season 5 | 19 mins 12 secs
alexander brothers, business news, news, real estate, true crime
In the latest episode of Deconstruct, hosts Lilah Burke and Hannah Kramer talk about the sale of Ivana Trump's Upper East Side mansion; commercial mortgage fraud rooted out by brokerage Walker & Dunlop; the cell phone companies that's stopped paying landlords; and talk in-depth with senior editor Ellen Cranley about the federal sex trafficking trial against the Alexander brothers, two of whom were once the highest flying brokers in the luxury real estate world.
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Inside the multifamily mortgage fraud that's rattled the real estate industry
February 26th, 2026 | Season 5 | 18 mins 41 secs
business news, fraud, investing, lending, mortgage, news, real estate, the real deal
Correspondents from The Real Deal's newsroom discuss the ongoing trial of the Alexander brothers, who face serious allegations of sexual assault and sex trafficking; the fraud case against former HFZ executive Nir Meir; the implications of high-end rental prices in New York City; and dive into a complex mortgage fraud scheme with senior reporter Keith Larsen. The episode concludes with a look at ICE's controversial plans to convert industrial sites into detention centers.
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Inside the workout room with Iron Hound's Rob Verrone
October 28th, 2024 | Season 4 | 30 mins 19 secs
business news, cmbs, distress, loan workout, real estate news
In the latest episode of Deconstruct, TRD's Suzannah Cavanaugh finds out how loan specialists fix bad debt – or at least try to – by talking with loan workout specialists Rob Verrone and Job Warshaw of Iron Hound. Verrone works with sponsors to hash out modifications for distressed CMBS debt, and Warshaw brings perspective from the other side of the table — he spent three decades heading up negotiations for special servicer LNR Partners.
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We got a rate cut. Now what?
October 7th, 2024 | Season 4 | 17 mins 30 secs
business news, deconstruct, finance, rate cut, real estate, real estate news, the real deal
The Real Deal's Suzannah Cavanaugh and Joseph Lovinger break down what's next now that real estate's much-desired rate cut is finally here.