Our real estate attorneys have represented:
- Actus Lend Lease LLC in connection with its military housing and hotel privatization programs, including the privatization, acquisition, development and financing of the military multi-family housing communities on the Fort Campbell, Fort Drum, Fort Knox and Fort Hood military bases, and the privatization of hotels on U.S. Army bases covering 3,200 existing hotel rooms in 62 lodging facilities across 10 installations in 8 states;
- Rockefeller Group International, Inc. and Rockefeller Group Development Corporation in connection with the acquisition, disposition, lease, financing and development of their office, retail and industrial portfolios;
- a major New York City developer in connection with the construction financing of its joint venture development with a major investment bank and The New York Times Company of a 52-story office tower in Manhattan that serves as the international headquarters of The New York Times;
- one of the nation's largest financial institutions in connection with its branch expansion, including the leasing, acquisition and development of new branch locations across the northeastern United States;
- a national developer in connection with its acquisition of more than 25 parcels along the Hudson River waterfront in an assemblage transaction valued at more than $115 million;
- a national developer in connection with workout of debt secured by a major regional retail center;
- a major New Jersey property owner in the disposition of a self-storage portfolio and reinvestment of proceeds into more than $100 million in multi-family properties across the country;
- an international, publicly traded retailer in the subdivision and disposition of a 600,000 sq. ft. distribution facility;
- a global consumer electronics manufacturer in connection with its acquisition of US headquarters facility;
- Liberty Travel, Inc., in the disposition of its national real estate portfolio;
- Seton Hall University in connection with obtaining land use entitlements for the construction and expansion of various on-site facilities, as well as the acquisition of off-campus properties for conversion to student housing;
- a major investment bank in connection with $132 million in first mortgage, senior mezzanine and junior mezzanine loans secured by a residential portfolio in Alabama;
- both Chrysler and General Motors as local real estate counsel in connection with bail-out loans from the United States Treasury;
- a major life insurance company as lender of a $140 million partially securitized mortgage loan secured by the Chicago Marriott Hotel and the subsequent creation of three certificated participation interests therein;
- a global portfolio lender in making more than 100 mortgage loans secured by office, retail and/or industrial properties nationwide;
- a privately-held investment company in connection with equity investment in 5 industrial/commercial properties in NJ and MD valued in excess of $30,000,000;
- a major regional developer in connection with its bid to acquire an office building portfolio and raw land in Princeton, New Jersey for a combined purchase price in excess of $190 million;
- a REIT in connection with its acquisition and purchase money financing of multiple office buildings in Florham Park, New Jersey for a combined purchase price of $125.5 million;
- a European commercial bank in connection with a $129 million loan, which financed the borrower's acquisition of a pool of 36 commercial mortgage loans secured by properties in 17 states;
- a successful dot-com company in connection with lease for large NYC space in Silicon Alley;
- a major New Jersey urban medical center in the financing and construction of a new $220 million 322-bed hospital, including all construction and tax exempt financing issues, and involving a HUD insured mortgage;
- a leading national mall developer in connection with its acquisition and financing of the Riverside Square Mall (now known as the Shops at Riverside) in Bergen County, New Jersey;
- Syms and Filene's Basement in connection with the leasing, acquisition and disposition of their retail and other real estate portfolios;
- an Asian-based public company in connection with the real estate procurement and project financing of a 432,000-ton capacity polyethylene terephthalate plant in Alabama;
- a private equity fund lender in connection with the workout and restructuring of a construction loan secured by NYC hotel;
- a national developer in connection with its net lease to the Pharmacia Corporation (now Pfizer) of two office buildings totaling 233,000 sq. ft. of space;
- a major New York City developer in connection with its lease of up to 200,000 sq. ft. of office space in one of Manhattan's premiere office buildings;
- a global private equity fund in connection with risk analysis and marketability assessment relative to its portfolio of equity investments in US commercial real estate;
- a national developer in connection with its joint-venture development and construction financing of two warehouse/retail buildings for Crate and Barrel totaling 949,201 sq. ft.;
- the exclusive franchisor in New Jersey and Long Island of a national restaurant chain in site acquisition, ground leasing and financing;
- DIP lenders in connection with real estate bankruptcies;
- a national developer in connection with its conveyance of a distressed mall to its loan servicer by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure;
- numerous banks in connection with the prosecution of commercial foreclosure actions in New Jersey and New York;
- numerous borrowers in the defense of commercial foreclosure actions in New Jersey and New York;
- an industrial park developer in connection with the restructuring of its mortgage debt in Chapter 11 and obtaining additional secured post-petition debt for TI work and operating expenses;
- the Kaplan Organization in the restructuring of its debt portfolio of approximately $250 million;
- the DIP lender in the Kara Homes bankruptcy;
- International American Homes in the restructuring of its debt portfolio of approximately $250 million;
- the Creditors’ Committee in the Port Liberté bankruptcy;
- the State of New Jersey in the EnCap bankruptcy (1,000 acres in the Meadowlands); and
- Lehman Brothers in connection with the purchase of $1.7 billion of loans, negotiating servicing agreements for such loans and the negotiation of warehousing lines of credit and repurchase transactions entered into in connection with such purchase.
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