Representative Transactions & Professional Background

Large-Scale Development

Lead development counsel for the continued buildout of The Yards, a 42-acre riverfront neighborhood in Washington, DC, a multi-phase mixed-use project anticipated to include more than 5.5 million square feet at full buildout, encompassing residential, office, retail and public spaces.

Large-Scale Development

Negotiated a multi-phase master development agreement, ground lease and infrastructure reimbursement agreements for a 50-acre master-planned city center with an economic development authority in suburban Miami, coordinating across development, infrastructure and public approvals workstreams.

Public-Private Transactions

Led negotiations and closing for a $200 million mixed-use, mixed-income public-private partnership development in Silver Spring, including 267 apartments, retail space and an approximately 120,000-square-foot public recreation and aquatic center, involving land and vertical condominium structures, master leases and subleases, multiple development agreements and construction contracts.

Public-Private Transactions

Navigated federal property disposition requirements involving GSA and EPA in connection with a large mixed-use development project, together with District of Columbia requirements relating to affordable housing, contracting, PILOT arrangements, public improvements and related development obligations.

Acquisitions & Financing

Led acquisition and financing closings for two mixed-income commercial apartment projects comprising 379 and 478 units respectively, each with ground-floor retail components and private street parcels, including negotiation of debt and equity structures and coordination across multiple closings.

Acquisitions & Financing

Represented a major institutional investor in the formation and operation of three programmatic joint ventures, each with an aggregate capital commitment of at least $150 million, established to acquire and develop portfolios of commercial properties, together with underlying property-level acquisitions, dispositions, financing and property management matters.

Acquisitions & Financing

Represented a private equity firm in a series of acquisitions of pooled distressed real estate loans and the securitization of one such pool, with an aggregate value of over $1 billion.

Affordable Housing

Led negotiations and closing for a public-private partnership mixed-income residential development, including tax-exempt bond financing, LIHTC equity, HUD operating subsidies and ground lease structure, recognized with a national award for mixed-income housing and profiled in The New York Times.

Affordable Housing

Structured, negotiated and closed a $12 million mezzanine loan from a private equity foundation into a large apartment complex, and negotiated adjustments to depreciation schedules to mitigate several million dollars in potential exit tax liability on a separate affordable housing transaction.

Design & Construction

Negotiated architectural, engineering, construction, predevelopment and consultant agreements for large-scale mixed-use development projects, advising on risk allocation, insurance, scope, approvals, defaults and remedies across multiple project delivery structures.

Design & Construction

Negotiated ground lease and development agreement for an 83,500-square-foot office building with ground-floor retail, including coordination with lender counsel and title on development-phase financing and construction matters.

Operational Matters

Advised on easements, reciprocal easement agreements, title matters, property management agreements and operational documents across multiple phases of a large-scale mixed-use development, including coordination with title insurers, surveyors and specialty counsel on complex title and encumbrance issues.

Operational Matters

Advised on risk allocation, insurance structuring and operational real estate matters across ground-up development and stabilized assets, including review and negotiation of commercial leases, property management agreements and asset management structures in connection with development, financing and disposition transactions.