Bradford B. Lavender

Joint Ventures

• Represented a private equity fund in numerous joint ventures involving over $4 billion of assets spanning various asset classes, including industrial, hospitality, multi-family, office, retail, senior living, and brownfield redevelopment.
• Represented the operator in a programmatic joint venture that acquired over $3 billion of multi-family assets in New York City.
• Represented a private equity fund in a joint venture to acquire a 1,300 acre oil refinery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for redevelopment into industrial and e-commerce space.
• Represented a publicly-traded REIT in a joint venture to acquire a portfolio of hotels for over $1.1 billion.
• Represented a real estate developer in a joint venture for an $800 million condominium development project in Manhattan.
• Represented a foreign investor in numerous joint ventures to develop over $2 billion of condominium projects in New York City.
• Represented a private equity fund in investing over $500 million in numerous preferred equity investments in multi-family assets throughout the United States.

Sales and Acquisitions

• Represented the State of New York in its purchase of the James A. Farley Post Office Building in Manhattan, now the Moynihan Station Train Hall.
• Represented a publicly-traded REIT in the acquisition of a portfolio of 52 hotels for over $1 billion.
• Represented a publicly-traded REIT in the acquisition of a portfolio of 40 hotels for over $600 million.
• Represented a joint venture in the acquisition and financing of REIT shares in various REITs that owned a portfolio of 35 multi-family properties in New York City valued at over $360 million.
• Represented a publicly-traded REIT in the sale of a portfolio of multi-family properties for over $500 million.
• Represented a publicly-traded REIT in the sale of a portfolio of industrial properties for over $350 million.
• Represented a family office in the purchase and financing of a newly constructed residential office tower in Chicago for over $175M.

Ground Leases

• Represented the developer in the ground lease (and other development aspects) of a development site in Greenwich Village, New York City.
• Represented the developer in the ground lease (and other development aspects) of a development site in Chelsea, New York City.
• Represented the developer in the ground lease (and other development aspects) of a development site in Tribeca, New York City.
• Represented the developer in the ground lease (and other development aspects) of a development site on the Upper East Side, New York City.
• Represented the developer in the ground lease (and other development aspects) of three separate development sites in Harlem, New York City.
• Represented a ground lessor in the ground lease of a development site in Harlem, New York City.
• Represented a ground lessor in the ground lease of a development site on the Upper East Side, New York City.

Borrower Financings

• Represented the borrower in a $500 million construction loan for a 1,300 acre development site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Represented the borrower in a construction loan and mezzanine loan for a $250 million condominium development in New York City.
• Represented the borrower in a $170 million loan secured by industrial properties in New Jersey.
• Represented the borrower in a $155 million loan for a triple net leased warehouse in Chicago, Illinois
• Represented the borrower in a construction loan and preferred equity financing for a $160 million multi-family development in Mesa, Arizona.
• Represented the borrower in a $100 million construction loan for a condominium project in Dumbo, New York City.
• Represented the borrower in an $80 million construction loan for a speculative office building in the East Village, New York City.
• Represented the borrower in an $85 million construction loan for a condominium project in Dumbo, New York City.

Restructurings

• Represented a junior mezzanine lender in the restructuring of over $1 billion of senior and subordinate debt secured by a hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Represented the existing equity in a bankruptcy and restructuring of approximately $500 million of senior and subordinate debt secured by various commercial properties in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Represented a subordinate lender in a bankruptcy and restructuring of $150 million of debt in connection with a Chicago office building owned by 35 tenants-in-common.
• Represented a borrower in a debt-to-equity conversion in connection with a distressed New York City development site.
• Represented borrowers in numerous loan restructurings, including the creation of various “A note” and “B note” structures.

Space Leases

• Represented the owners of numerous office buildings in New York City and Boston in all their space leasing needs.
• Represented the owners of various retail space in New York City in all their space leasing needs.
• Represented an industrial developer in various build-to-suit and other lease transactions.
• Represented a publicly-traded investment bank, as tenant, in various leases throughout the United States.
• Represented a publicly-traded publishing company, as tenant, in various leases throughout the United States.