"[Jeffrey is] a very strong lawyer and a good communicator."
- Benesch client, Chambers USA
Jeffrey focuses his practice on commercial real estate matters, with an emphasis on development, acquisitions, dispositions, financing and joint venture work.
Jeffrey has extensive experience in structuring, drafting and negotiating all types of complex development, redevelopment and financing documents. He is currently very active in the formation and documentation of complex joint venture relationships, as well as multiple levels of private and public project financing, as part of large multi-phased development projects, in addition to the representation of clients in connection with large one-off and portfolio acquisitions.
Representative Experience
- Represented a multi-faceted redevelopment of an existing shopping center located in the Chicago, IL area that encompasses nearly 700,000 square feet. The project includes a land sale to a prominent national retailer that owns an adjacent parcel to allow for a store expansion by that retailer, as well as significant related site work. Benesch is coordinating all aspects of the redevelopment and transaction for the client.
- In 2020, Benesch exclusively represented Site Centers Corp. on all lease amendments throughout Site’s portfolio required as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Represented a large, family office which made very substantial investments in the cannabis business, including corporate structure for the entity into which the family office made its original investments and eventually raised additional equity which allowed the original investor to receive a return of a portion of its original investment.
- Serving as lead real estate legal counsel to Toys "R" Us Property Company I, LLC ("Propco I"), a subsidiary of Toys “R” Us, Inc., in an effort to maximize the value of Propco I’s portfolio of approximately 284 properties in 46 states.
- Benesch represented one of the world’s largest international real estate private equity firms and that firm’s prominent joint venture partners, including two of the largest retail property owners in the country
- Benesch represented one of the country’s largest retail property owners in connection with the sale of a prominent regional power center located in Texas to a Wall Street based international investment fund.
- Benesch is representing one of the country’s largest retail property owners in connection with the sale of a large 400,000 square foot regional shopping center to a private investment company.
- Benesch is representing one of the world’s largest international real estate private equity firms and a large public REIT, as joint venture partners, in the sale of large centrally located urban power center to a prominent national REIT.
- Represented a purchaser in the acquisition and financing of two separate multi-family portfolios.
- Represents one of the nation's largest multi-family housing developers in various development projects on a national basis.