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Adam N. Saurwein

Partner
Cleveland
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216.363.4462
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Adam focuses his national real estate practice on acquisitions, dispositions, development, redevelopment, investment, management, and finance of all types of multifamily residential, office, retail, hotel, mixed use and industrial properties in both single-asset transactions and multi-state, multi-property portfolio transactions.

Adam regularly represents Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), developers, investors, lenders, private equity funds, and other institutional and non-institutional investors, developers and owners of commercial real estate. He has counseled clients on all aspects of debt and equity in real estate transactions, including complex joint ventures, general and limited partnerships, permanent financing, CMBS financing, and mezzanine financing transactions. Adam also brings significant experience in construction finance, guiding clients through the intricacies of AIA construction documents and managing the transactional aspects of construction projects, from contract negotiation to project completion.

Representative Experience

  • Represent NRP in the sale of a multifamily property located in in Bee Cave, Texas for $49 million.
  • Represented KeyBank in connection with its $23.85 million loan for the acquisition of two industrial properties in Lugoff, South Carolina.
  • Represented The Mid-America Management Corporation in its acquisition of a shopping center in northeast Ohio for more than $12 million.
  • Represented The NRP Group LLC in a joint venture formation to allow for the construction and development of 3 multifamily projects in Texas.
  • Represented The NRP Group LLC in a more than $45 million joint venture financing for the construction and development of a multifamily project in Princeton, Texas.
  • Represented The NRP Group LLC in its $7 million purchase of unimproved land in Travis County, Texas, and the subsequent $53 million loan for the construction of a multifamily project on the land.
  • Represented one of the largest multifamily developers in the country as the seller in its disposition of a Class A multi-family project in Florida totaling $93,500,000.00.
  • Represented a leading international investment and management firm by performing all diligence and related needs for their purchase of loans in default for a total of over $600 million and subsequent foreclosures, involving over 70 properties in California.
  • Represented the borrower in connection with a $1,100,000 bridge loan refinance of a senior living facility in Toledo, Ohio.
  • Represented one of the nation’s largest multifamily housing developers in a multiple-layered joint venture including a contributing landowner and a large, institutional investor and construction financing for the development of a $99+ million apartment community with a mix of market-rate and affordable units located in White Plains, New York. This complicated development included negotiation of a reciprocal easement agreement with an adjacent office owner for certain shared infrastructure and negotiation of certain affordable housing incentives through the county’s Industrial Development Agency.

  • Real Estate
  • Construction Financing
  • Leasing
  • Mortgage Financing
  • Purchase & Sale
  • Distressed Asset, Workout & Restructuring Strategy
  • Mezzanine Financings
  • Sale & Leaseback
  • Zoning, Land Use & Eminent Domain
  • Construction
  • Corporate & Securities
  • Government Relations
  • Public Finance
  • Private Equity
  • Not-for-Profit
  • Cannabis
  • Cleveland State University College of Law, 2009, J.D.
    • magna cum laude
    • Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Law and Health
  • Cleveland State University, 2009, Masters, Urban Planning, Design and Development
    • Certificate of Specialization, Real Estate Development and Finance
  • University of Dallas, 1999, B.A.
  • Ohio
  • Listed, Ohio Super Lawyers - Rising Stars 2016-2019
  • Member, Ohio State Bar Association
  • Member, Cleveland Leadership Center's Bridge Builders, Class of 2014
  • Member, Outreach Committee, Urban Land Institute
  • Member, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
  • Member, International Council of Shopping Centers
  • Former Member, Benesch Associate Development Committee, 2013-2016
  • Board Member, Monroe Street Historic Cemetery Foundation
  • Former Ambassador, Partners in Justice, The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
  • Mentor, Ohio Supreme Court Lawyer to Lawyer Mentorship Program
Articles and Presentations
September 21, 2022
Recent Trends in the Real Estate and Construction Sectors | Adam N. Saurwein
June 30, 2021
My Benesch My Team - NRP Group
July 11-12, 2012
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January 5, 2018
Benesch Names Nine New Partners in 2018
October 27, 2016
Recruiting Brochure: Adam Saurwein
September 30, 2016
Benesch Ranks in Midwest Real Estate News
Beyond the Office
Did you know?
Adam was a classical languages major in college and taught Latin for two years.
Did you know?
Adam enjoys running and cycling. He is also an avid traveler and recently went on a trek through the Himalayas.
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