Michael R. Svetich

Represented a private equity fund in an acquisition of interests in an office portfolio through an exercise of buy-sells in joint ventures.

Represented the seller in the sale of 875 Sixth Ave. in midtown Manhattan.

Represented a family office in an acquisition and life sciences redevelopment of the Sears parcel at Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove, New York.

Represented a private equity fund in a sale of four Florida hotels to a hospitality company.

Represented a real estate company in an acquisition of 685 Third Ave. in midtown Manhattan and a simultaneous sale of the fee interest.

Represented a private equity fund in a sale of 133 senior housing communities across the United States.

Represented a private REIT in a sale of a self-storage portfolio to a private equity fund.

Represented joint venture with respect to acquisition of distribution facility in San Diego, California.

Represented co-gp in connection with joint venture with respect to multifamily fill-in development in Miami, Florida.

Represented a joint venture between a real estate company specializing in multifamily properties and a privately held real estate investment fund in a joint venture with a global investment fund for a 421-a multifamily development at 26-32 Jackson Ave., Queens.

Represented an investment firm in a recapitalization of an existing 50-property, 2.2-million-square-foot industrial portfolio and a related programmatic joint venture.

Represented a private REIT in a negotiation of programmatic joint ventures for an acquisition and development of industrial assets in gateway cities across the United States.

Represented a real estate investment firm in a joint venture to acquire and redevelop contiguous properties in West Palm Beach.

Represented a privately held real estate company in joint ventures with various investors to redevelop Atlanta’s 244 Perimeter Center Parkway into an office, retail and hotel campus.

Represented a New York City-based global real estate company in an acquisition and development joint venture for 208 Barton Springs Rd. in Austin.

Represented a private REIT in a formation of a joint venture, including a roll-up of a seed portfolio of net leased transportation terminal and logistics properties.

Represented a Texas-based company in an acquisition and simultaneous ground leasing of approximately 95 acres of undeveloped land outside of Atlanta to fund a data center development.

Represented a public REIT in a fee acquisition of neighboring parcels in Austin and simultaneous ground leases providing a sponsor with the option for future funding in connection with multifamily development.

Represented a public REIT in a fee acquisition and simultaneous ground lease providing funding for a ground-up construction of a 421-a multifamily project in Brooklyn.

Represented a public REIT in multiple fee acquisition and ground lease transactions with forward funding commitments to facilitate ground-up construction of multifamily and student housing projects in Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Texas and Tennessee.

Represented a public REIT in a fee acquisition and ground lease to facilitate an acquisition and renovation of 138 E. 38th St. in the Murray Hill submarket of Manhattan.

Represented a Dallas-based real estate development company in various ground lease transactions throughout Texas.

Represented senior lender in connection with originating a loan for the conversion of a California multifamily property into residential condominiums, and related intercreditor agreement with the mezzanine lender.

Represented a publicly traded REIT and its joint venture subsidiary as the originator of a B note on an office building on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, as part of a capital restructuring that included two A noteholders, mezzanine financing and preferred equity.

Represented a programmatic joint venture of a publicly traded REIT, and its newly formed co-gp and joint venture subsidiaries, as the purchasers of a senior co-lender position with respect to a defaulted office building loan.

Represented a developer in obtaining preferred equity and construction financing for the redevelopment of a landmarked property in the West Village into an ultra-luxury residential condominium project.

Represented a privately held real estate development, investment and management company in a construction loan from Wells Fargo and an EB-5 investment from Can-Am to build a ground-up mixed-use development in Brooklyn.

Represented a New York City-based global real estate company in a refinancing of Rosemary Square in West Palm Beach.

Represented a joint venture of a multifamily company and a global investment fund in financing from Brookfield for the development of 26-32 Jackson Ave. in Queens.

Represented a private equity fund in a restructuring of financing encumbering the La Quinta hotel chain.

Represented a New York City-based developer and a real estate investment firm in a redevelopment of a 200,000-square-foot school facility in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx, to be leased to Dream Charter School.

Represented a landlord in an initial lease-up of a newly constructed 500,000-square-foot office and manufacturing building located at 25 Kent, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with anchor tenants Kith and Amazon Music.

Represented a New York City-based global real estate company in the leasing of The Shops at Hudson Yards and The Shops at Columbus Circle.

Represented a New York City-based investment management firm and a privately held real estate investment firm in a mezzanine foreclosure on multifamily properties located in Brooklyn.

Represented a global hospitality company as plaintiff in connection with its flagship Crown Plaza Hotel in Times Square.

Represented a real estate investment trust focused on shopping malls and a Chicago-based real estate investment company in the settlement of a breach of fiduciary duty claim under joint venture agreements for various U.S. shopping malls.