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Experience
Real Estate Finance
Brixmor Property Group
Represented Brixmor Property Group in connection with various financing transactions (both secured and unsecured), including:
- $2.03 billion unsecured bridge loan from syndicate led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
- Aggregate $1.95 billion in CMBS multi-property mortgage loans from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
- Aggregate $592 million in CMBS multi-property mortgage loans from Goldman Sachs Commercial Mortgage Capital
- Aggregate $218 million CMBS multi-property mortgage loans from UBS Real Estate Securities Inc.
- Various single asset mortgage loans from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Natixis Real Estate Capital Inc.
- Aggregate $194 million in mezzanine loans from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
UMH Properties, Inc.
Represented UMH Properties, Inc. in connection with a $54,000,000 CMBS mortgage loan from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and secured by 13 manufactured housing communities in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and a $35,000,000 unsecured revolving line of credit from Bank of Montreal with a borrowing base determined with reference to unencumbered real property metrics.
RREEF Americas
Represented a RREEF Americas fund in connection with a $21,000,000 mortgage loan from Prime Finance and secured by an office building in Phoenix, Arizona.
Fortress Credit Corp.*
Represented Fortress Credit Corp. in connection with a $104,000,000 acquisition loan and a $130,000,000 mezzanine loan made to The Trump Organization in respect of the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago.
Private Equity Joint Venture
Represented a private equity joint venture in connection with a $100,000,000 CMBS mortgage loan from Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital and secured by the Fairmont San Francisco as well as a related $20,000,000 mezzanine loan.
KSL Capital Partners LLC
Represented KSL Capital Partners LLC in connection with a $78,000,000 mortgage loan from German American Capital Corporation and secured by the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina.
German American Capital Corporation*
Represented German American Capital Corporation in connection with a $295,000,000 mortgage loan to BlueLinx Holdings Inc. secured by fifty-eight warehouse facilities and a $102,000,000 mortgage loan to Transwestern Investment Company secured by Tower 56 in New York City.
Nomura Credit & Capital, Inc.*
Represented Nomura Credit & Capital, Inc. in connection with a $100,000,000 mortgage loan to an affiliate of Westrust Ventures, LLC secured by a shopping mall in Orange County, California.
BNP Paribas*
Represented BNP Paribas in connection with $380,000,000 credit facility to CKE Restaurants, Inc. secured, in part, by approximately four hundred Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s restaurants throughout the United States.
Corporate Borrowers*
Represented various corporate borrowers in connection with financings secured, in part, by real estate assets, including:
- CF Industries, Inc. in connection with a $150,000,000 loan from General Electric Credit Corporation secured by nitrogen fertilizer plant in Donaldsville, Louisiana
- Solo Cup Company in connection with aggregate $800,000,000 first and second lien credit facilities with Bank of America, N.A. secured by twenty manufacturing facilities
- AM General, LLC in connection with a $615,000,000 credit facility with Citicorp USA, Inc. secured by Hummer plants and related real property in Mishawaka, Indiana
- ACCO Brands, Inc. in connection with the approximately $600,000,000 credit facility from Citicorp North America, Inc. secured by fifteen manufacturing facilities
Acquisitions & Dispositions
Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc*
Represented Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. in connection with the sale of facilities in Chicago and Cleveland to Clean Harbors.
McLeodUSA Incorporated*
Represented McLeodUSA Incorporated in connection with the sale of office and warehouse properties Cedar Rapids, Iowa to AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc.
Anderson-Tully Company*
Represented Anderson-Tully Company, a real estate investment trust that owns more than 323,000 acres of hardwood timberland in Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas, in connection with its acquisition by The Forestland Group, LLC.
Duke Energy Corporation*
Represented Duke Energy Corporation in connection with the purchase of the Wheatland Power Plant in Knox County, Indiana from Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC.
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company*
Represented Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in connection with the acquisition of the Trolli manufacturing plant located in Iowa and the Altoids manufacturing plant located in Tennessee from Kraft Foods Global, Inc. and the subsequent sale of the Trolli plant to Farley’s & Sathers Candy Co., Inc.
CEMEX, S.A. de C.V.*
Represented CEMEX, S.A. de C.V. in connection with the acquisition of the Dixon-Marquette cement manufacturing plant located in Dixon, Illinois and related terminals from Prairie Material Sales, Inc., the sale of that facility and certain other manufacturing plants and terminals throughout the Great Lakes region and the sale of various quarries and terminals in Arizona to California Portland Cement Company.
Black Diamond Capital Management L.L.C.*
Represented Black Diamond Capital Management L.L.C. in connection with the acquisition of 17,000 acres of land in California from SunWorld International, Inc.
ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC*
Represented ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC in connection with the purchase of the Lincoln Generating Facility in Manhattan, Illinois from Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC.
SeverStal North America, Inc*
Represented SeverStal North America, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of the Rouge Steel Complex in Dearborn, Michigan from Rouge Industries, Inc. and a subsequent swap of parcels with Ford Motor Company.
Questor Capital Management*
Represented Questor Capital Management in connection with the acquisition of the Oak Grove Mine in Alabama and the Pinnacle Mine in West Virginia from United States Steel Corporation and related coal leases.
Ball Corporation*
Represented Ball Corporation in connection with the acquisition of the manufacturing facilities of Wis-Pak Plastics, Inc. located in Sioux City, Iowa and Watertown, Wisconsin.
Sale / Leasebacks
Represented Les Schwab Tire Centers
Represented Les Schwab Tire Centers, a 68-year old family-owned business and leading tire retailer and service center operator, in its sale to Meritage Group.
World Kitchen, Inc.
Represented World Kitchen, Inc. in connection with a sale/leaseback transaction with respect to its manufacturing facility located in Greencastle, Pennsylvania.
Reuters America LLC*
Represented Reuters America LLC in connection with a sale/leaseback of its office buildings located in St. Louis with General Electric Capital Business Asset Funding Corporation.
Affina Corporation*
Represented Affina Corporation in connection with a sale/leaseback of its headquarters and call center in Peoria, Illinois with W.P. Carey & Co., Inc.
Avado Brands Inc.*
Represented Avado Brands Inc. in connection with the sale/leaseback fifteen Don Pablo's Mexican Kitchen restaurants.
Leasing
U.S. Equities Realty
Represented U.S. Equities Realty in connection with leasing matters relating to Niketown and the Cole Haan space on Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
Education Affiliates Inc.*
Represented Education Affiliates Inc. in connection with leasing matters, including the lease of space for an educational facility in Montgomery, Alabama.
Macau Joint Venture*
Represented a joint venture in connection with the leasing of a mixed-use hotel, casino and retail project to be developed in the Cotai strip in Macau.
Newsweb Corporation*
Represented Newsweb Corporation in connection with a lease of space in Chicago for use as UPN studios.
Huron Consulting Group, LLC*
Represented Huron Consulting Group, LLC in connection with various leases and subleases of space in Chicago, New York City, Houston and San Francisco.
Other Real Estate Transactions
Starwood Capital Group*
Represented Starwood Capital Group in connection with the transition of the real estate assets of Corus Bank purchased from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as receiver.
Fortress Investment Group*
Represented Fortress Investment Group in connection with a joint venture with Automatic LLC to acquire commercial aircraft.
Private Equity Company*
Represented private equity company in connection with various joint venture transactions with third parties to source loans in specified industries for acquisition.
Duke Energy Corporation*
Represented Duke Energy Corporation in connection with the sale to Wabash River Power Association of Wabash River Power Station (Unit 1) in West Terre Haute, Indiana and consummation of a joint venture in respect of the power plant.
Bankruptcy & Workouts
Brixmor Property Group*
Represented Brixmor Property Group in connection with the workout of in excess of $2 billion of loans, including $130,000,000 of securitized mortgage loans.
Fortress Credit Corp.*
Represented Fortress Credit Corp. in connection with the workout of a $130,000,000 mezzanine loan made to The Trump Organization in respect of the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago.
Private Equity Fund*
Represented a private equity fund in connection with workout of a $145,000,000 mortgage loan from a syndicate of German financial institutions.
Eagle Foods Centers, Inc.*
Represented Eagle Foods Centers, Inc. in connection with its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, including sales of various stores.
Hilco Real Estate, LLC*
Represented Hilco Real Estate, LLC in connection with the purchase, through the bankruptcy proceedings of Phar-Mor, Inc., of its store located in Winchester, Virginia.
Service Merchandise Company*
Represented Service Merchandise Company in connection with its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, including subleasing program with The TJX Companies, Inc., Michaels Stores, Inc. and other major retailers, sale of designation rights to Klaff Realty, L.P. and related liquidation.
*Prior Experience
