Ginsberg Jacobs has acted as counsel in all aspects of complex commercial transactions. Below is a brief list of representative transactions and matters to familiarize you better with the various types of corporate, finance, litigation and real estate transactions that our attorneys advise upon.

REAL ESTATE »

• Represented lender in syndicated ground lease financing of a new construction hotel and restaurant on Chicago’s Navy Pier.
• Represented developer in ground lease and financing of a new hotel on Cornell’s Roosevelt Island, New York campus.
• Represented developer in a joint venture for the development of a 300,000 square foot cold storage facility in Florida.
• Represented developer in the sale of a 4 million square foot logistics project in New Jersey.
• Represented developer in a joint venture for the development of a 300,000 square foot logistics project in Washington.
• Represented restaurant operator and licensor for a new concept restaurant at the Radio 181 project in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan.
• Represented seller in the sale of a 19 acre property with a 300,000 square foot processing facility in Plymouth, IN.
• Represented buyer in its acquisition of West River Crossings Shopping Center in Joliet, IL.
• Represented buyer in the acquisition and financing of a residential apartment development in Minneapolis, MN.
• Represented developer in the construction financing of S’PARK, a five-building, mixed-use development in Boulder, CO, which will include 221 residential units, 195,000 square feet of office and retail space, and a variety of community-oriented amenities.
• Represented borrower in refinancing of the 1.1 million square foot office building at 333 S. Wabash in Chicago.
• Represented buyer in acquisition of Knox Heights, a Class A, six-story mixed-use project featuring 182 luxury residential units and ground floor retail in Dallas, TX.
• Represented seller in its sale of Burnham 600, an office building built in 1910 and designed by Daniel Burnham, located at 600 W. Jackson Blvd. in Chicago.
• Represented Tenant in ground-up development, financing, and ground lease for proton therapy centers in Chicago and Seattle areas.
• Represented developer in acquisition of a ground lease and financing of a hotel on University of Minnesota’s campus.
• Sale of three (3) apartment projects in IL totaling $114,250,000 on behalf of a private real estate investment company.
• Represented a Chicago-based joint venture, between Origin Capital and Randolph Street Realty Capital, in acquisition of LUX24, a high-end multifamily project located in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood.
• Represented hotel REIT in purchase of $88 million Chicago gold coast hotel through cash and stock, and reflag to Hyatt.
• Represented owner in short sale of $32 million Chicago gold coast hotel and restaurant.
• Represented developer of hotel through historic rehabilitation in downtown Milwaukee through tax credit financing.
• Sale of a $17,900,000 apartment project in Atlanta, GA on behalf of a S&P 500 Multi-family REIT.
• Sale of a $22,500,000 apartment project in Atlanta, GA on behalf of a S&P 500 Multi-family REIT.
• Sale of a $55,075,000 apartment project in Jacksonville, FL on behalf of a S&P 500 Multi-family REIT.
• Sale of a $30,800,000 apartment project in Duluth, GA on behalf of a S&P 500 Multi-family REIT.
  
  

REAL ESTATE FINANCE »

• Represented lender in connection with senior and mezzanine loans aggregating $250 million secured by the renovated Dayton’s project in Minneapolis.
• Represented lender in an amendment to and advance under a revolving credit loan agreement.
• Represented lender in the modification of existing land loans for property in Aurora and Wisconsin.
• Represented lender in the financing of the acquisition and conversion of the Ebony and Jet magazines headquarters office building into a 150-unit apartment building located at 820 S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago.
• Represented lender in loan modification on the Pond Bay resort property in the US Virgin Islands.
• Represented lender in joint hotel and multi-family senior construction loans for a new project adjacent to the Xcel Center in Minneapolis.
• Represented lender in participation of $98 million in a $293 million Construction Loan secured by project to be built at 150 N. Riverside Drive, Chicago.
• Represented owner in the acquisition, financing and redevelopment of ten hotels in college towns, though separate transactions with a total investment in excess of $500,000.
• Represented borrower in connection with $6 million acquisition and $10 million financing for the development and construction of a 15-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.
• Represented lender in connection with a $50 million loan for the construction and development of a student housing center at the University of Chicago.
• Represented lender in connection with a $40 million loan for the construction and development of a student housing center at the University of South Carolina.
• Represented lender in connection with the negotiation and documentation of a $32 MM syndicated loan made to a multi-borrower group and secured by multiple parcels of real estate located in several states and a collateral assignment of stock in a banking corporation.
• Represented lender in $20 million loan for purchase of a 202,036-square-foot shopping center in west suburban Wheaton.
• Represented purchaser of 19 REO and NPL assets, in aggregate of $23 million, with negotiation of JV documents and seller financing.
• Represented lender in $55 million loan used to acquire and renovate student housing on the University of Virginia campus.
• Represented lender in $25 million loan used to acquire and renovate a portfolio of industrial properties throughout the Chicago area.
• Represented client in acquisition of Historic Hotel in New Orleans, including renovation financing of $20 million.

CORPORATE »

• Representation of i2A Fund in connection with its investment in Pangea Payments, Inc.

TAX CREDIT TRANSACTIONS»

• Represented developer in the New Markets Tax Credit financing and Historic Tax Credit financing of rehabilitation of the International Shoe Company.
• Represented telecomm company in the New Markets Tax Credit financing of the expansion of existing high capacity terrestrial microwave network that will provide long-term affordable broadband internet services to communities in remote and rural Alaska.
• Represented owner in the New Markets Tax Credit supplemental financing for its new headquarters in Sterling, IL.
• Represented food manufacturer/processor in connection with $50 million in in New Markets Tax Credit financing for plant expansions in South Dakota and Wisconsin.
• Represented a charter school organization in connection with $23 million New Markets Tax Credit and Historic Tax Credit financing for a rehabilitation project involving the conversion of historic structure into a charter school in Chicago.
• Represented a non-profit healthcare organization in connection with $22 million in New Markets Tax Credit financing for a community health facility development in Hawaii.
• Represented a Native American Tribe in connection with $42 million in New Markets Tax Credit financing for a rural sawmill operation.
• Represented a fine metal finishing and production company in connection with $13.5 million in New Markets Tax Credit financing for a plant expansion in Alabama.