Retail/Mixed Use

• $14 million acquisition and construction of a warehouse/retail store in Romeoville, Illinois

• $6.5 million acquisition and construction of a retail shopping center in Binghamton, New York

• $31.675 million leasehold mortgage and construction of a retail shopping center in North Brunswick, New Jersey

• $31.6 million acquisition and construction of a retail shopping center in Surprise, Arizona

• $5.482 million acquisition and construction of a retail shopping center in Thornton, Colorado

• $125 million loan for the acquisition of land and construction of a 403,295-square-foot lifestyle retail center in Brentwood, California; loan was participated with three other lenders

• $12 million line of credit for the acquisition of land and construction of stand-alone Starbucks establishments and retail centers throughout the State of Tennessee

• $22 million construction loan for a lifestyle center located in Cary, North Carolina

• Counsel for the lead bank providing construction financing for Easton Town Center, a mixed use, lifestyle center. The financing, through a consortium of seven national and foreign banks, totaled $210 million.

• Counsel for the syndicate of participating lenders in connection with central Ohio’s newest and largest regional mall, Polaris Fashion Place

• $60 million financing for construction of a lifestyle center in Deerfield Township, Ohio

• Counsel for a major Ohio lender in the $14.1 million refinance of a retail shopping center in Delaware County, Ohio

• $54 million financing for construction of a lifestyle center in Lakeland, Florida

• $25 million financing for construction of a lifestyle center near Sarasota, Florida

• $72 million multi-state acquisition loan of existing retail portfolio consisting of eight retail shopping centers in four states

• $36.8 million mortgage loan and revolving line of credit facility for the acquisition of six shopping centers located in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois

• Counsel for lead lender in acquisition, construction and development loans aggregating $100 million for multi-use development (retail, office and multi-family) known as The Waterfront in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Multi-Family Housing

• $75 million revolving construction loan for a 600 unit condominium complex in the Florida panhandle

• Counsel for the syndicate of participating lenders in connection with Columbus’ luxury, high-rise residential condominium and companion office building, Miranova

• $12 million construction loan for a 55-unit condominium project in Columbus, Ohio’s Arena District

• $31 million in acquisition and construction loans for a 91-unit condominium development in Dublin, Ohio

• $45 million financing of a luxury condominium project in downtown Sarasota, Florida, together with associated retail space

• $11 million in construction loans for a 68-unit condominium and a 37-unit apartment project in downtown Columbus

• $24 million bridge loan by an apartment tower in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Office/Business Facilities

• Multiple acquisition and construction loans for medical office buildings throughout the central Ohio area; and the assumption of existing loans by third party entities

• Counsel for letter of credit bank providing credit enhancement for certain tax-exempt economic development revenue bonds issued by the Rickenbacker Port Authority for the construction of three YMCA facilities. Reimbursement obligations were secured by leasehold mortgages on three facilities.

• Lender's counsel for the $29 million construction mortgage financing of Phase II of the Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation building located in Easton, Columbus, Ohio

• Counsel for a major Ohio lender in securing a $25 million line of credit by real estate in Ohio and California

Hotels

• Counsel for major Ohio lender in a $17.5 million construction loan for a hotel in New Jersey

• Counsel for a major Ohio lender in a $11.7 million construction loan for a hotel in Delaware

• Counsel for a major Ohio lender in a $26 million construction loan for conversion of apartments to a hotel in Indiana

Low Income Housing

• $7.5 million bridge financing for a New Markets Tax Credit leveraged loan transaction

• Lender’s counsel with closing construction and permanent loans under the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Section 538 loan guarantee program for multi-family housing

• Counsel for numerous national banks in their capacities as construction and/or permanent lenders on affordable housing and low-income housing tax credit projects throughout Ohio and other states

Multi-Property/Multi-State Transactions

• $25 million line of credit to be utilized to provide mezzanine financing for apartment projects throughout the country; primary source of repayment is the promise of third party to contribute equity to each project upon completion of construction 

• $20 million secured line of credit for acquisition, renovation and construction of grocery stores in multiple states