Experience

• • Providence Equity Partners in its investment in a multi-decade lease for nine marquee billboards at Two Times Square and 1600 Broadway from Universal Branding Group.
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in the formation of a programmatic joint venture between CPPIB and affiliates of Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC to pursue single-family rental opportunities in the U.S. and subsequent acquisitions.
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in the formation of a programmatic joint venture between CPPIB and Bridge Industrial to develop industrial properties in several core markets across the U.S.
  • J.P. Morgan Asset Management in the formation of a co-GP entity with Sterling Bay Companies and a subsidiary vertical joint venture with Harrison Street Real Estate, as well as the closing of a construction loan, all relating to the acquisition and development of a life sciences building at Lincoln Yards in Chicago, IL.
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in its joint venture with Greystar Real Estate Partners to pursue life science real estate development opportunities in leading U.S. life science markets and subsequent acquisitions.
  • J.P. Morgan Asset Management in the sale of The Girard, a multi-family development in Boston’s South End neighborhood, to Equity Residential.
  • JPMorgan Asset Management in its sale of The Rivington, a luxury apartment building in Hoboken, NJ.
  • J.P. Morgan Asset Management in the $510 million acquisition and related financing of Groupon’s headquarters located in Chicago, IL in a joint venture with Sterling Bay.
  • International Paper in the $1.8 billion combination of its North America Consumer Packaging business with Graphic Packaging.
  • Westfield in the transfer of Westfield Carlsbad, a 1.1 million-square-foot super regional enclosed mall located in Carlsbad, CA, to Rouse Properties.
  • JPMorgan Asset Management in its joint venture acquisition and financing of Ink Block, a mixed-used project on the site of the old Boston Herald headquarters in Boston, MA.
  • JPMorgan Asset Management in its acquisition of Edgewater Apartments, a luxury apartment building in Philadelphia, PA.
  • A foreign investor in the acquisition of an interest, recapitalization and construction financing for an investment vehicle sponsored by Tishman Speyer Properties that is developing The Spiral, a 2.85 million-square-foot tower in the Hudson Yards district of New York City.
  • JPMorgan Asset Management in its acquisition of Calhoun Square, an urban retail center in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis, MN.
  • JPMorgan Asset Management in its joint venture acquisition and financing of an office building located at 195 Broadway in New York City.
  • J.P. Morgan Asset Management in the acquisition of an office building located at 125 West 55th Street in New York City.
  • Westfield in the acquisition of the Port Authority’s remaining 50% interest in the World Trade Center retail facilities for $800 million.
  • Westfield in its purchase of additional property and the modification of its existing joint venture relating to Valencia Mall.
  • Mitsui in establishing a significant joint venture with Celanese to manufacture methanol at Celanese’s plant in Clear Lake, Texas.
  • GE Asset Management, DRA Advisors, Prosperitas Investimentos and other fund sponsors in the formation and management of various real estate private equity funds.
  • General Electric Pension Trust in various joint venture investments and investments in real estate private equity funds.