- Representing public companies and other entities in plant acquisitions and sales, including chemical, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and other industrial.
- Representing a public company with respect to real estate matters arising from proposed acquisition of energy company based in Houston, including 25 owned or leased facilities in nine states and two Canadian provinces.
- Representing national manufacturer in connection with acquisition of land to facilitate $80 million pilot plant project.
- Representing a non-U.S. insurance company in a $240 million sale involving 43 retail and office properties in 14 states.
- Representing purchaser on real estate aspects of acquisition of major U.S. steel plants in Illinois and Ohio.
- Representing a public company in the $260 million sale of a division involving the disposition of leased and owned properties in 22 states.
- Representing corporate owners with the sale of excess real estate assets, including assets with complex environmental, title and property separation issues.
- Representing owner of a 380-acre vacant parcel, from designating the parcel as a planned development, consisting of office, commercial, residential, and “green space” properties with a market value in excess of $200 million.
- Representing chemicals company in various refinancings with Wells Fargo involving property in multiple states throughout the United States.
- Representing purchasers in straw man acquisition of properties in Seattle, Washington through third party intermediaries.
- Representing company in connection with evaluation of corporate HQ relocation, selection of architect, broker and project manager, review of lease and purchase opportunities.
- Representing Fortune 500 manufacturer in acquisition, development and financing of $56 million global headquarters in Ohio, including off-balance sheet bond financing.
- Representing Fortune 500 manufacturer in $170 million headquarters relocation project situated on 53 acres of land.
- Representing company with Section 1031 tax-deferred exchange transaction of current corporate headquarters for newly constructed corporate headquarters, with refinancing of new headquarters pursuant to $5 million tax-free bond issuance.
- Representing international airlines company in new 40,000 sq. ft. world headquarters, located at the Port Columbus International Airport.
- Representing financial institution in sourcing of facilities and portfolio facilities management for 400+ properties.
- Representing an electronics manufacturer in the sourcing and negotiation of a global supply agreement for components and the sourcing of design services.
- Representing a public company in numerous multimillion-dollar, supplier-side envelope printing and manufacturing procurement contracts with a wide variety of Fortune 500 and governmental entity buyers.
- Representing a Fortune 500 company in a wide array of sourcing matters, including leasing, capital equipment procurement and maintenance and repair part purchasing, as well as the procurement of various industrial services.
- Representing underlying owner of major HQ facility in preparing RFP and contracts for security, janitorial and related agreements.
- Representing numerous procurement contracts between a large publicly held consumer office product supplier and a Fortune 500 office supply retailer.
- Representing major paper manufacturer in due diligence on thousands of acres of timberland throughout the United States and foreign countries.
- Representing developer and providing due diligence and environmental investigations necessary for the completion of a sports complex and associated commercial development.
- Representing to the seller in the simultaneous transfer of approximately 400 properties in multiple jurisdictions in a proposed sale-leaseback, including coordinating the review and analysis of surveys, the title commitment and other due diligence materials.
- Representing a U.S. manufacturer in selling plant facilities in multiple foreign jurisdictions, including creating complex plant separation, plant service and reciprocal easement agreements.
- Representing a major industrial firm in selling a portion of its existing Canadian plant, including developing the shared services and corresponding easement agreements.
- Representing an international tire manufacturing company in plant separation programs throughout the U.S. and Brazil, Chile, Slovenia, Australia and China.
- Representing corporation in the purchase and sale of operating plants, including drafting plant services and reciprocal easement agreements to separate retained and sold facilities.
- Representing manufacturers on how to strategically deal with closed manufacturing plants to minimize long-term environmental risks and maximize real estate value.
- Representing manufacturer in negotiating the terms and conditions of a planned development overlay created for a remediated brownfield site.
- Representing manufacturer on brownfield redevelopments of a manufacturing facility converted to a transportation, logistics and warehousing complex.
- Representing sellers of contaminated sites, including representation of Massachusetts company in sale of contaminated property with post-closing remediation obligations, and representation of seller of contaminated industrial site in Anaheim, California.
- Representing companies on the development, financing and operation of utility scale solar, wind, biomass and geothermal projects, including business formation and organization, funding and regulatory authorizations, renewable energy credits (RECs), carbon emission reduction contracts and transmission access.
- Representing corporate clients in the Midwest region with respect to development of wind farms (both owned and leased).
- Representing and negotiating a wind easement, lease and renewable energy credit purchase agreement for a paper mill project in West Virginia.
- Representing national telecom company in various leasing transactions, including warehouse, office, conduit and equipment leases, and lease termination agreements in 14 states including Maryland, New York, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois, District of Columbia, Ohio, Massachusetts, West Virginia, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa and Delaware.
- Representing a major wireless communication company in several multitranche, multistate transactions, including the sales, leases and other transfers of cellular towers.
- Representing wireless communications company in obtaining zoning board approvals for the siting of cell phone towers across multiple U.S. Midwestern counties, and handling appeals.
- Representing two communication tower owners in their acquisition and financing of over 175 tower sites.
- Representing seller of communications towers in portfolio sales including separate sales of 161 towers, 17 towers and 21 towers.
- Representing an international health care services company in the negotiation of a master real estate brokerage services agreement with a global brokerage firm, for real estate holdings worldwide.
- Representing a financial services company in the development and implementation of a broker RFP and interview process and the negotiation of a brokerage services agreement for full-service tenant representation (including leasing services and construction coordination), relating to a corporate headquarters office in downtown Chicago.
- Representing a Japanese automaker on joint venture and ground lease financing for an engine manufacturing plant.
- Representing a corporation in the $650 million purchase of paper mills plus 650,000 acres of timberland in several New England and Midwestern states.
- Representing a manufacturing company with over 40 national and international warehouse, distribution and manufacturing facilities with lease forms and lease administration.
- Representing foreign insurance company in a $240 million sale involving 43 retail and office properties located in 14 states.
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