Casos
Experience: Representative Matters: Representation of Core Spaces, through its affiliate, Core Champaign Daniel, LLC
partnered with Harrison Street Real Estate Capital through its affiliate, HSRE-CSP IIIA, LLC, to ground lease
acquire a fee simple interest in various parcels of l
near the intersection of South 6th Street
East Daniel Street in Champaign, Illinois for the development of a mixed-use building with student housing, retail
office uses.
Representation of a real estate operator/developer in connection with its entry into a joint venture formed for the purpose of developing an assisted living
memory care facility located in Denver, Colorado.
Representation of American Finance Trust, Inc. (AFIN)
successfully completed a real estate financing transaction with Column Financial, Inc. for $715 million in commercial mortgage backed securities.
Representation of Walton Street Capital, through its affiliate, W Rickenbacker Investors VIII, L.L.C., partnered with CT Realty to jointly acquire (through a wholly owned subsidiary) the fee simple interest in 382 acres of vacant l
within Rickenbacker Industrial Park in Columbus, Ohio for development of a 5,700,000 square foot logistics facility.
Representation of Global Net Lease, Inc., in connection with both a U.S. portfolio
Italian portfolio sale leaseback transaction with a Fortune 150 company. The purchase price for the U.S. portfolio was approximately $153,000,000
consisted of six industrial distribution centers located in Ohio
Tennessee comprising approximately 2,903,990 square feet. The purchase price for the Italian portfolio was approximately $25,000,000
consisted of two industrial properties located in Fabriano, Italy comprising approximately 196,474 square feet.
Representation of a joint-venture led by MRP Realty in their acquisition of a controlling interest of the owners of a portfolio of office, retail
parking facilities in the Old City neighborhood of Center City, Philadelphia. The portfolio includes the Bourse building, a historic office
retail building which was formerly Philadelphia's original trading floor, as well as the adjacent Bourse Garage
movie theater,
the 325 Chestnut Street
400 Market Street office buildings.
Represented Walton Street Capital
its Brazilian partner, Banco BTG Pactual, in connection with the financing of the development of a regional shopping center in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
Represented Chicago developer in connection with acquisitions/dispositions, development
leasing of single tenant retail properties
shopping centers throughout Illinois
Florida.
Represented Walton Street Capital in connection with the acquisition, third-party financing, servicing
disposition of nonperforming loan portfolios, secured primarily by single family residential properties.
Represented Transwestern Investment Management, Inc. in connection with national asset management
leasing activities for several institutional platform domestic
foreign investors.
Represented consortium of Chilean
Columbian high net-worth investors in connection with the acquisition, financing, leasing
vertical subdivision of the office towers at 55 West Wacker Drive, LaSalle Wacker
205 West Wacker Drive located in Chicago, IL,
150 S. Rodeo Drive, 150/151 S. El Camino Drive (f/k/a William Morris Agency headquarters) located in Beverly Hills, CA.
Represented Walton Street Capital in connection with the formation of a joint venture with Grupo FINSA to acquire stabilized industrial portfolios
develop build-to-suit properties throughout Mexico.
Represented Walton Street Capital in connection with the formation of joint ventures with separate Mexican development partners
investors to develop a Fortune 50 Retailer or other 'big-box' anchored retail shopping centers throughout Mexico.
Represented Walton Street Capital in connection with the formation of a joint venture with Mexican development partners
investors to develop luxury hotel
residential resort communities in Northern Baja, Cancun, Punta Mita, Los Cabos (El Dorado Country Club)
Puebla, Mexico.
Represented Walton Street Capital
its Mexican partner, Grupo Sadasi, in their acquisition of the Mexican subsidiary of Pulte Homes, Inc.
Represented the joint venture between Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds
The John Buck Company in connection with the sale of (i) the Shops at Northbridge to Westfield America, Inc.
(ii) ownership interests in the American Medical Association Building located in Chicago, IL.
Represented The John Buck Company in connection with the acquisition, financing, development
forward-sale of the mixed-use Palomar (Kimpton) hotel
corporate housing project at 505 N. State Street in Chicago, IL.
Represented Mexican high net worth family's investment in the development, financing
operation of the Hotel Americano in New York City.
Represented The John Hancock Center Homeowners' Association in connection with the negotiation of material building
life-safety system repair programs with the commercial unit owner.
Represented Corus Bank, N.A. in connection with the origination of several billion dollars of construction loans for residential condominium, office
hotel projects located in New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami
other U.S. municipalities.
Represented The Private Bank & Trust Company in connection with the construction financing of industrial
retail properties throughout the Midwest.
Represented Arbor Lodging Partners in connection with an approximately $135,000,00.00 acquisition, CMBS financing
joint venture for a portfolio of 6 hotels located in Texas, Massachusetts, California, Minnesota,
Utah.
Represented CEDARst Companies/Pilsen in connection with the acquisition of two contiguous parcels at 1488 S. Racine
1488 S. Blue Isl
(cumulative $5.2M purchase price) from unrelated sellers
entered into a construction financing with Associated Bank, N.A. to develop the property.
Represented R2 Companies in the purchase of $61.3 million worth of historic buildings adapted to new uses, picking up two portfolios from Madison, Wisconsin- based Sara Investment Real Estate
bulking up its presence in Minneapolis
Milwaukee.
Represented The Ardent Companies in connection with construction financing involving three different TopGolf entertainment locations to be built in Schaumberg IL, Richmond VA
Clevel
, Ohio, respectively.
Represented Walton Street Capital in a joint venture with Trinity Investments LLC
funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management in the acquisition of the Hilton Los Cabos Beach
Golf Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico.
Represented Walton Street Capital, LLC
its joint venture partner, Shapack Partners
Focus Development, for the acquisition
financing of a to-be-constructed class-A trophy office building in Chicago's West Loop (corner of Lake
Halsted).
Represented Tucker Development Corporation
its joint venture partner, Acadia Realty, for the acquisition
financing of the mixed-use development retail
office development located at 900 West R
olph, Chicago.
Represented IDI Logistics (a subsidiary of Brookfield Investment) in connection with the $475M refinancing of a 27-property industrial portfolio in 11 States.
Represented Hubbard Street Partners in the acquisition
re-development of the former Marshall Fields' Loft Apartments located at 4000 W. Diversey, Chicago.
Represented Transwestern Investment Management in connection with the acquisition
financing of 9 properties totaling 2.5M square feet in 3 states from Blackstone.
Represented CIBC Bank on the financing of the acquisition
construction financing for development of industrial properties within the Elk Grove Industrial Technology Park, in Elk Grove, Illinois.
Previous Experience: Associate, Mayer Brown, LLP, Chicago, 2002-2005
