This week, we look at Texas billionaire Tilman Fertitta’s $18B megadeal for the Caesars entertainment empire - this is really an excuse for us to talk Tilman, one of the industries "C"haracters. Next, we dive into CoStar’s $800M acquisition of home-data firm Zonda – part of Andy Florance’s quest to control every piece of data in the real estate universe. And finally, it might be curtains for prominent multifamily developer ZOM Living, who we’re told is prepping a bankruptcy filing. Plus, our Punch List rundown of the newsiest industry news: NYC rips, S2's special servicing, Fisher Island fracas, Brookfield bombs again, and banks are back!

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Further Reading/Listening

Big Fish- Tilman Fertitta
An Interview With Tilman Fertitta on A Restaurant Empire During Covid
Tilman Fertitta’s Years-Long Pursuit of Caesars Is Paying Off
The Caesars Palace Coup: How A Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street

CoStar to acquire homebuilding data giant Zonda for $800 million—why it matters
Costar’s Crusade
Activist Dan Loeb dusts off his poison pen

ZOM Prepping Bankruptcy Filing After Legal Wallop