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Meltzer Purtill & Stelle LLCPartner
Nov. 2024United StatesPractice focusing on representing real estate developers, institutions and family offices in commercial real estate including acquisitions, dispositions, financing, development, leasing, property management, construction management and loan restructuring in the office, industrial, multi-family, senior housing, retail, condominium, hospitality, vacant land and SFR sectors. Structuring and negotiating acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, capital raises, and every tranche of real estate finance with an emphasis on creating value opportunities by implementing technology solutions to every aspect of real estate investment including artificial intelligence.
DLA PiperAttorney
Sep. 2022 - Nov. 2024New York, United StatesMatters included representing: • Banks, credit unions, online banks in first mortgage, second mortgage and mezzanine loans.
• International private equity fund investing in student housing, retirement communities and multifamily apartment properties (including acquisitions, dispositions, refinancings and new construction).
• Publicly traded institutional owner of single-family rental homes (SFR) winding down their acquisition program and implementing a new business to sell the SFR in sixteen states. Act as outside general counsel for SFR affiliate.
• Publicly traded national real estate brokerage company in forming a new private real estate brokerage business in all fifty states.
• Clients of DLA’s mergers and acquisitions group as first chair real estate lawyer for all office leasing work.
• Office property owner in the conversion of three properties to residential use. • Title company research and dispute resolution, pre-litigation loan workouts.
• Pro-bono clients, including Little City Foundation (housing and services for disabled adults) and Hire360 in transactional real estate matters.
PagayaChief Real Estate Counsel
Apr. 2021 - Sep. 2022Manhattan, New York, United StatesPagaya Technologies is a global financial technology company revolutionizing institutional asset management. As the chief legal officer of real estate, I led a real estate team that focused on assembling a multi-billion dollar portfolio of SFR and multi-family real estate investments through, and on behalf of, a variety of discretionary funds, institutional investors (including pension funds and sovereign wealth funds), insurance companies and banks. On June 22, 2022 our team took Pagaya public and PGY is now traded on the NASDAQ. #FinTech #SFR #InstitutionalRealEstate #RealEstate #RealEstateLaw #PropTech
Friedman PropertiesGeneral Counsel - Friedman Properties, Ltd.
Aug. 2007 - Apr. 2021Greater Chicago AreaFriedman Properties, Ltd. (FPL) is a multi-billion dollar, privately held, vertically-integrated commercial real estate owner, developer and management company. FPL owns, leases and manages a portfolio of 50+ properties totaling over five million square feet including office, hotel, retail, residential, parking, hospitality and event space.
DLA PiperCommercial Real Estate/Corporate Attorney
May. 1996 - May. 2002ChicagoCommercial real estate associate at an AMLAW and NLJ Top 5 international law firm. • Coordinated a large volume of commercial real estate and corporate transactions including acquisitions and dispositions, development, construction, eminent domain, environmental, joint ventures, partnerships and syndications, leasing, financing, public/private real estate ventures, securitized real estate, REIT’s and REMIC, shopping centers and zoning and land use.
• Served as Outside General Counsel to some of the largest multi-family development companies in the country and was instrumental in the development of a variety of multi-family projects in Chicago. Responsible for all legal matters for Inland Great Lakes, L.L.C. Advised the company’s senior management team regarding the development and implementation of its business plan. Member of the Real Estate practice group that achieved the distinction as the #1 Real Estate Practice in the United States in 2000.
The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc.The Inland Group, Inc.
Jan. 1991 - May. 1996Oak BrookProject manager for a high-rise condo conversion in downtown Chicago while attending https://www.linkedin.com/school/uic-law/ law school at night. Supervised the management, leasing, sales and construction teams which successfully converted a high-rise apartment building losing $500,000 a year to a successful condominium building that generated over $2 million in profits for The Inland Group of Companies, Inc.
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