Perkins Coie served as bond counsel to the Illinois Finance Authority for an additional $130 million tranche of tax-exempt bonds issued to finance further expansion and improvement of the Joliet, Illinois Intermodal Park being developed by CenterPoint Properties Trust, a leader in the development, acquisition and management of industrial property and transportation infrastructure that enhances business and government supply chain efficiency.

Perkins Coie served as general counsel to Community Reinvestment Fund, USA, a national non-profit community development financial institution and a leader in bringing capital to underserved areas, in the development of Detroit Home Mortgage, an innovative new program introduced today to make Detroit home buying easier.

Perkins Coie served as bond counsel to the Illinois Finance Authority for an additional $100 million tranche of tax-exempt bonds issued to finance further expansion of the Joliet, Illinois Intermodal Park being developed by CenterPoint Properties Trust, a leader in the development, acquisition and management of industrial property and transportation infrastructure that enhances business and government supply chain efficiency.

Perkins Coie closed a $200 million US Treasury guaranteed bond issue on September 25, 2014 for the Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc. (CRF), a Minneapolis-based non-profit that improves the lives of disadvantaged people and strengthens distressed communities through innovative financing.

Bruce Bonjour, a partner and chair of Perkins Coie’s Public Finance practice, has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Bond Counsel. Bruce will be inducted at the College’s annual meeting in Chicago on September 16, 2014.