Commercial Real Estate
Development of numerous multi-tenant office buildings in suburban Chicago, Illinois, Kansas City, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, and Minneapolis, Minnesota totaling over 2 million square feet of office space.
Representation of lessee in $25 million sale and leveraged leaseback financing of 24 gasoline/merchandise stores with estate-for-years/ unsubordinated remainder structure.
A $250 million mixed-use office-residential-lifestyle center project in southwest suburban Chicago, Illinois, involving sales tax rebate financing, vertical platting and preparation of condominium declarations and related documents, leasing of 200,000 square feet of retail space to upscale national retailers, and the sale of residential and office condominiums.
A $100 million high-end mixed-use residential, restaurant and transit facility in west suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, including negotiation of multi-party reciprocal easement agreements with local governmental authorities and private parties, development agreements, condominium documents, construction financing, and leases and outlot sale agreements with national retailers and restaurants.
A $35 million development of a mixed-use building in Chicago, Illinois with a specialty grocery store on the first floor and a community group on the upper floors.
An upscale $200 million joint-venture lifestyle center in suburban Portland, Oregon, which includes 450,000 square feet of retail space, including a national grocer and cinema, and 50,000 square feet of office space.
A $500 million joint-venture lifestyle center outside of Austin, Texas, including the negotiation of a reciprocal easement agreement with a national department store, sales tax rebate financing, vertical subdivision, and leasing of 725,000 square feet of retail space, including a national department store and cinema, 150,000 square feet of office condominiums and 300,000 square feet of for-rent and for-sale residential units.
A $300 million lifestyle center in suburban Los Angeles, California, which includes 300,000 square feet of upscale retail space, including a national grocer, several reverse build-to suit restaurant leases and 50,000 square feet of office space.
A $125 million lifestyle center project in east suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, involving joint-venture agreements, special assessment financing, like-kind exchange issues, and the leasing of 400,000 square feet of retail space, including a national grocer and the sale of numerous outlots.
A $100 million power center developed on a ground lease on public-owned land in Portland, Oregon, including 350,000 square feet of retail space and 25,000 square feet of office space.
A $135 million sale of a mixed-use retail, office and apartment project in downtown Chicago, Illinois.
Representation of developer of 150,000 square foot medical office building in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota in pre-development activities, including land acquisition, tax increment financing arrangements and project leasing.
A $50 million redevelopment and conversion of a national headquarters building for a publicly traded company into a mixed- use project featuring retail and amenity space and the first office condominium project in downtown Chicago, Illinois, including negotiating the land acquisition contract and joint-venture agreements, and supervising preparation of the reciprocal easement agreement and condominium declarations for the project.
Representation of owner participant in $100 million leveraged sale-leaseback for multiple site retail portfolio, including approximately 50 refinancings of separate properties, including securitized financings, subleasing, property management, redevelopment, build-to-suit sale and related development matters, property disposition, as well as lessee and rent restructurings.
A $20 million municipal acquisition of theater and entertainment facilities in multi-story condominium building, including, among other things, representation of municipality in condominium platting, preparation and negotiation of relevant condominium declarations, and purchase contract negotiations with developer.
Representation of owner participant in $40 million multiple-site retail portfolio, including acquisition, financing and refinancing transactions, sale, sublease and property management matters, and property dispositions.
A suburban $130 million lifestyle center in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, which involved the leasing of 400,000 square feet of retail space and the sale of numerous outlots.
A $125 million Target/Lowe’s-anchored power center in Rochester, Minnesota, including preparation and coordination of competing project declarations and off-site improvement covenants, and negotiation of land acquisition contracts, municipal off-site infrastructure improvement agreements, leases for 600,000 square feet of retail space, the sale of numerous outlots, and the sale and master lease of the project to an institutional buyer.
A $75 million Target/Roundy’s-anchored power center in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, including 300,000 square feet of retail space.
A $65 million power center anchored by Target, JC Penney and Shop ‘n Save in suburban St. Louis, Missouri, including the negotiation of transportation development district financing and 500,000 square feet of retail leases and sale agreements for numerous outlots.
