Real Estate Finance

Represented a real estate company in forming, acquiring and financing affordable housing projects throughout the western part of the United States.

Represented national bank, as administrative agent, in numerous syndicated real estate secured apartment construction and take out loans for projects across the United States and in amounts ranging from $20.25 million to $90 million.

Represented national bank in connection with a $6.24 million loan to finance the acquisition of a 120-unit apartment building in Puyallup, WA.

Represented a pension fund in connection with permanent loans secured by commercial office buildings totaling approximately $200 million.

Represented national bank, as administrative agent, in connection with a $115 million real estate secured residential condominium tower construction loan.

Represented construction lender for development of Harbor Steps in Seattle, WA.

Represented national bank in connection with a $10.8 million loan to finance the renovation and leasing of an office building in Olympia, WA.

Represented national bank in connection with a $16.57 million loan to finance the construction of a 184-room hotel in Seattle, WA.

Represented national bank in connection with financing the acquisition and construction of parking facilities in Utah, construction of storage facilities and industrial space in Washington, construction and leasing of multi-use real property in Washington and refinancing multi-family residential apartment complexes in Washington.

Represented national bank in connection with a $6.6 million loan to finance the renovation of a historic hotel in Portland, OR.

Counsel to national lender for development and construction loan for downtown condominium project in Denver, CO.

Counsel to national bank for syndicated construction loan secured by golf course town home community.

Counsel to national bank for syndicated construction borrowing base loan secured by multifamily housing buildings in Denver, CO.

Counsel to national bank for acquisition, development and construction loans secured by major residential subdivision in Centennial, CO.

Represented a CMBS Noteholder in the disposition of numerous limited service hotels in the Pacific Northwest and California.

Represented lender in connection with expansion of regional ski area.

Represented lender in connection with financing of renovation of historic school for affordable housing using both historic tax credits and low income housing tax credits.

Represented national bank, as administrative agent, in connection with a $50 million syndicated real estate secured revolving credit facility for a borrower in the hospitality industry.

Represented lenders in $88 million hotel tower construction financing.

Represented KSL Capital Partners in $1.8 billion Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS)/mezzanine financings in connection with acquisition of public company.

Counsel to national bank for line of credit secured by hotels located in multiple states.

Represented letter of credit bank in taxable bond financing involving multiple apartment projects in the states of Washington, Idaho and Oregon.

Represented national bank, as administrative agent, in connection with a $120 million syndicated secured credit facility to a hospitality company secured by eighteen hotels in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho and Montana.

Counsel to secondary market lender for operating line of credit.

Counsel to life insurance company for permanent loan secured by health/fitness club in Denver, CO.

Counsel to life insurance company for permanent loan secured by office building in Denver, CO.

Counsel to life insurance company for permanent loan secured by shopping area in Cherry Creek, Denver, CO.

Represented national bank, as administrative agent, in connection with a $75 million regional shopping center construction loan.

Represented national bank in connection with a $34.25 million loan to finance the acquisition, construction and leasing of a retail center to contain a cinema, stores, restaurants and a college branch campus.

Represented Sunwest Management and affiliates in connection with credit line for acquisition of assisted care facilities.

Represented purchaser in tax-exempt private placement of bond by housing authority for development of a mixed use condominium for market rate retail, office and affordable housing.

Represented purchaser in tax-exempt private placement of bond for development of a mixed use condominium for social services, office and affordable housing in downtown Seattle, WA.

Represented a CMBS Noteholder in the full recovery, including yield maintenance, of a $23 Million defaulted loan secured by a manufacturing facility in Chicago, IL.

Represented a CMBS Noteholder in the restructure of a $26 million loan secured by a mall in Provo, UT.

Represented a CMBS Noteholder in the workout of a $46 Million loan secured by a San Francisco, CA office building.

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.

Represented noteholder, by and through CMBS special servicer, in deed-in-lieu of foreclosure for a manufacturing facility in Marion, IL.

Represented noteholder, by and through CMBS special servicer, in the REO disposition of a commercial building in Los Angeles, CA.

Represented noteholder, by and through CMBS special servicer, in deed-in-lieu of foreclosure on retail property in Chicago, IL.

Represented noteholder, by and through CMBS special servicer, in deed in lieu of foreclosure of building in St. Charles, IL. Facilitated REO disposition to a third-party purchaser.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Counsel to life insurance company for five permanent cross collateralized loans secured by office/warehouse buildings located in Colorado and Arizona.

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.

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.

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.