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DavidLewis

Partnermoc.eniHnospmohT@siweL.evaD
Cleveland

O 216.566.5533

DavidLewis

Partner

Focus Areas

  • Served as lead counsel for a lender group in connection with a $200 million syndicated construction loan to acquire and rehabilitate a 526-unit low income multifamily housing project in Rochester, New York, supported by $160 million of tax exempt bonds issued by the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency, generating 4% federal low income housing tax credits, federal historic tax credits, and state low income housing tax credits. The project included a master lease structure for the federal historic tax credits.
  • Served as counsel for the lender, a large U.S. regional bank, in connection with a $25 million construction loan to acquire and rehabilitate a 104-unit low income multifamily housing project in Hartford, Connecticut, supported by $7 million of tax exempt bonds issued by the Housing Authority of the City of Hartford, generating 4% federal low income housing tax credits, federal historic tax credits, and state historic tax credits.
  • Represented a lender in a $43.8 million construction bond financing for developing an affordable housing project supported with federal Low-Income Tax Credits.
  • Represented a lender in a $6,000,000 construction loan financing for a 230-unit multifamily affordable housing project supported by Federal Low-Income Tax Credits and Historic Tax Credits.
  • Represented a lender in a $25,000,000 construction loan financing for a 240-unit multifamily affordable housing project supported by Federal Low-Income Tax Credits and State Low Income Tax Credits.
  • Represented a lender in a $11,000,000 construction loan financing for a multi-use project combining affordable housing with commercial space in New York supported by Federal Low-Income Tax Credits and State Low Income Tax Credits.
  • Represented a lender in a $35,000,000 construction and permanent loan financing for a multi-use project including housing and commercial space supported by New Markets Tax Credits and Historic Tax Credits.
  • Represented a lender in a $3,400,000 construction loan for a 34-unit affordable housing project supported by federal Low-Income Tax Credits and a subordinate USDA Rural Development Loan.
  • “Twinning New Markets Tax Credits and Historic Tax Credits,” 53rd Annual Cleveland Tax Institute, 2010
  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024, 2025 for Banking and Finance Law, and Real Estate Law
  • Order of the Coif

Community Activities

  • Chagrin Falls Dad’s Club
  • University Settlement

Education

  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 2000,
    magna cum laude
  • Cleveland State University, B.A., 1991

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio