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Evan M. McLaughlin

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Managing Associate
Cleveland
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216.363.4694
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Evan is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group and focuses his practice on a wide range of commercial real estate matters, including acquisitions, dispositions, leasing and development.  

Representative Experience

  • Represented a publicly traded REIT as buyer’s and landlord’s counsel in a more than $22 million sale-leaseback transaction involving five auto repair properties in Nebraska, Tennessee, Illinois and Alabama.
  • Represented the seller in a $35.5 million disposition of a 600-unit apartment complex in Battle Creek, Michigan.
  • Represented a privately owned REIT in the disposition of a 1.1 million-square-foot mall for $57.5 million.
  • Represented a publicly traded REIT in its acquisition of a Tires Plus auto repair property in Peoria, Illinois.
  • Represented a publicly traded REIT in a $150+ million acquisition of 23 strip shopping centers in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arizona, Texas, Virginia and Indiana.
  • Represented publicly trade REIT in connection with a sale-leaseback transaction in which it acquired five Christian Brothers Automotive sites in Ohio, Florida, Illinois, and Nebraska for $21,000,000 +.
  • Represented Blackstone in connection with its acquisition of a portfolio of 228 mortgage loans from Atlantic Union Bank for approximately $2 billion.
  • Represented a large privately owned REIT in connection with its sale of a shopping center in Ann Arbor, Michigan for over $53 million.
  • Represented one of the largest multi-family owners in the country in connection with its acquisition of two commercial properties located outside San Francisco, California for an aggregate purchase price of $26 million. This transaction was in connection with a new multi-family development planned on the property.
  • Represented a buyer in connection with its acquisition of three gas stations in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Mississippi for an aggregate purchase price of $74 million.

  • Real Estate
  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2021, J.D.
    • cum laude
    • Notes and Comments Editor, Chicago-Kent Law Review
    • Harold J. and Nancy F. Krent Excellence Award, 2019
  • Lawrence University, 2018, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government
    • Men’s Basketball Team Captain, 2017-18
  • Illinois
  • Ohio
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June 30, 2021
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June 9, 2023
Evan McLaughlin and Hannah Kraus mentioned in Crain's Cleveland People on the Move
February 28, 2023
Benesch Adds Associate to Real Estate Team in Cleveland
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