2025 NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
Selection of 2025 News Highlights
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Associated Press & US News
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Philip Marcello
Inside the High-Stakes Battle to Win a New York City Casino License
The question isn’t whether New York City can support casinos, but whether three full-scale properties can achieve their ambitious revenue projections without cannibalizing each other,” said Sam Chandan, highlighting the risk that overlapping developments could undercut each other’s forecasts.

Commercial Observer
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Andrew Coen
Reports of Trump Firing Powell Bring More Uncertainty to Market
Commenting on recent development, Sam Chandan observed, "the independence of the Federal Reserve, or any central bank, is foundational to the credibility and effectiveness of a country’s monetary policy. A move by the executive branch to replace the Chairman would seriously impair this independence, introducing the risk of political considerations influencing rate decisions. Such interference would likely result in interest rates that are set below levels consistent with maintaining price stability, increasing the probability of higher and more persistent inflation."

Commercial Observer
Monday, June 23, 2025
Andrew Coen
US Airstrikes on Iran Add New Variable to Commercial Real Estate Uncertainty
Rising tensions in the Middle East between the U.S. and Iran have added a new potential headwind to growing uncertainty hovering around the health of commercial real estate markets.

Urban Land Magazine
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Beth Mattson-Teig
Economists Weigh In on the Pros and Cons of Privatizing Fannie and Freddie
President Donald Trump has said that his administration is working to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and end the government-controlled conservatorship of the two that has been in place since the 2008 housing crash. The plan being floated involves taking the two entities public while retaining key U.S. government guarantees to backstop loans.
