U.S., Florida: Fortress Returns to Muni Market, This Time For Florida Train

By Romy Varghese, Bloomberg; December 9, 2020 Less than two months after failing to sell $2.4 billion of unrated municipal…

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U.S.: Fortress Fumble on Las Vegas Rail Bond Sale Boosts Housing

By Romy Varghese, Bloomberg; November 18, 2020 California on Wednesday reallocated $600 million of private activity bonds formerly awarded to…

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U.S., California/Nevada: Fortress Delays Pricing of $3.2 Billion Vegas Train Deal

By Romy Varghese, Bloomberg; October 14, 2020 Fortress Investment Group delayed the pricing of $3.2 billion of municipal bonds to…

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U.S., Florida, Nevada, California: Fortress Debt Sale for Vegas Train Sees Bond Market Skeptics

By Romy Varghese, Bloomberg, Yahoo! Finance; August 13, 2020 (Bloomberg) — During the municipal-debt market’s pre-pandemic boom days, investors poured…

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U.S., Florida Opinion: It’s time for Indian River County to concede defeat in Virgin Trains fight | Gil Smart

By Gil Smart, Treasure Coast Newspapers, TCPalm.com; December 23, 2019 On Friday, Indian River County sustained yet another blow in its…

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Virgin Trains USA Seeks $3.6 Billion in Muni Bonds for California-to-Vegas Rail Line

By Romy Varghese, Bloomberg; July 26, 2019 The company behind the nation’s first privately-owned intercity passenger railway in more than…

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All Aboard Florida’s Brightline: On to Phase 2?

By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; September 5, 2018 The Florida Development Finance Corp. (FDFC) has approved Brightline’s…

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All Aboard Florida bonds create division in Florida delegation

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida, The Gainesville Sun; May 22, 2018 TALLAHASSEE — Members of Florida’s congressional…

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All Aboard Florida receives $2B of bids for tax-free bonds, Wall Street Journal reports

By Lisa Broadt, TCPalm.com; December 7, 2017 All Aboard Florida last week appeared to have raised the $600 million it…

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