Services

Our Real Estate Investment and Financing Team has extensive experience with the wide array of real estate financing tools available today. On the lender side, our clients include banks, insurance companies, pension funds and individual equity investors. On the borrower side, our clients include developers, public companies, REITs and individuals.

Representative Services

• Bond financing
• Construction financing
• Credit tenant leases
• Equity investments
• Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac financing
• Letters of credit
• Lines of credit
• Loan participations and syndications
• Low income housing tax credit (LIHTC) financing
• Multistate lending
• Opinions
• Portfolio financing
• Sale/leasebacks
• Syndications
• Synthetic leases
• Workouts and enforcement

Representative Matters

• $40,000,000 synthetic lease transaction for lessee of new distribution center in California.
• $200,000,000 in financings for LIHTC properties and other multifamily projects located in various states and Puerto Rico, including representation of Fannie Mae DUS lender, letter of credit issuer, construction lender and long-term lender.
• $165,000,000 long-term, multistate portfolio financing for owner of seven shopping centers.
• County loans and county-issued bonds for tax increment financing for redeveloper of freestanding retail franchise stores in more than 30 states.
• Financing the construction of a minor league baseball stadium.
• Construction and permanent loans on properties throughout the U.S., including for conduit programs.
• Execution of financing exit strategies, including release of properties from portfolio sale/leaseback transaction and defeasance of conduit loans.
• Regularly serve as Ohio counsel for multistate financing and other transactions, including issuance of legal opinions.
• Deed in lieu of foreclosure for shopping center/office projects.
• Workout for lead bank of multilender, multistate construction line of credit for assisted living facilities.