Alexandra (Alex) Cole

Alex Cole focuses her real estate practice in the areas of real estate transactions and development, hospitality, international real estate, project finance and construction law.  She is routinely involved in large real estate acquisitions (hotel, office and retail) and represents all the various parties in the construction and development process.  Some of Alex's past projects include: Four Seasons, Park Hyatt Australia, The Carlyle, Fairmont Hotel and Canadian Pacific Hotel merger, the Illinois Center, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, The Harold Washington Library, McCormick Place Expansion and Hotel, Underwater World at Pier 39, Warsaw Financial Center, and the construction and renovation of numerous plants, industrial complexes, hotels, shopping centers and other commercial projects in the United States and Europe.

Professional Recognition

• Listed in Chambers USA, “America's Leading Construction Lawyers,” 2005 - 2009
• Listed in the Law Bulletin Publishing Company's Leading Lawyers Network as Illinois Leading Lawyer
• Listed as an Illinois Super Lawyer as published by Law & Politics, 2005 - 2010
• Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2006 - 2010

Professional Leadership

• Hospitality Industry Bar Association, Founding Board Member
• Chicago Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, Steering Committee Member, 2007 - Present 
• CREW Network, Board of Directors, 2001 - 2002
• CREW Chicago, Board of Directors, 1999 - 2000

Related Employment

• Altheimer & Gray, Partner, 1988 - 2003, Real Estate Practice Chair
• Antonow & Fink, Partner, 1985 - 1988, Associate, 1979 - 1985