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Jared E. Oakes

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Chief Culture Officer; Vice Chair, Real Estate Practice Group
Cleveland
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216.363.4156
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“Jared is outstanding to work with. He is practical, sharp and enjoys his work, which makes working with him a pleasure.” - Benesch client, Chambers USA

“Jared is outstanding to work with. He is practical, sharp and enjoys his work, which makes working with him a pleasure.” - Benesch client, Chambers USA

"[Jared] is a fantastic real estate practitioner, who has particular skill in handling complex development and sophisticated financing work, including distressed debt." - Benesch client, Chambers USA

Jared represents Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), institutional investors, lenders, private equity funds, family offices and other public and private investors, developers and owners of commercial real estate, with a particular focus on large scale development projects and corporate real estate.

This work includes counseling clients in the acquisition and sale of commercial properties, entity planning (including formation and structuring with respect to joint ventures, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and corporations), leasing, development, corporate facilities management, asset management, commercial lending and debt restructuring.

Representative Experience

  • Represented a large West Coast REIT in the disposition of a large multi-family property in Los Angels, California for a purchase price of approximately $240 million.
  • Represented a publicly traded real estate investment trust specializing in grocery anchored shopping centers in its nearly $37 million acquisition of the Westgate North Shopping Center in Washington.
  • Represented a publicly traded real estate investment trust specializing in multifamily in the sale of apartments in California for more than $125 million.
  • Represented a shopping center REIT specializing in retail in its sale of an enclosed mall in West Virginia for $12.5 million.
  • Represented guarantor and its subsidiary borrowers in connection with a $530,000,000 syndicated mortgage loan secured by a portfolio of 35 shopping center assets located across the nation.
  • Represented one of the largest multifamily owners in the country in its disposition of an apartment complex in San Mateo, California for over $250 million.
  • Represented the buyer in its acquisition of a grocery anchored shopping center in a suburb of Chicago, IL for $16,650,000.
  • Represented a large national shopping center developer in its $58,000,000.00 disposition of a shopping mall located outside of Denver, Colorado.
  • Represented client in the acquisition and development of two future Popeye's in Colorado for a total of $5,357,143. Drafted and negotiated all loan documents, joint venture documents, acquisition documents and all other documents required in connection with the acquisition of the properties and loan.
  • Represented a fully-integrated real estate developer, owner and manager of retail properties in the conversion of enterprise-level equity held by an international institutional investor to senior debt held by that investor, which included redemption of the existing equity interests, creation of new debt instruments, modification of existing senior and junior debt documents, and amendment and restatement of the client’s joint venture agreement with the institutional investor.

  • Real Estate
  • Corporate & Securities
  • Distressed Asset, Workout & Restructuring Strategy
  • Environmental
  • Powered Land & Data Centers
  • Family Offices & Direct Investing
  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 2005, J.D.
  • Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, 2005, MBA
  • Mercyhurst University, 2000, B.A.
  • Ohio
  • Listed, Crain’s Cleveland Notables in Law, 2022
  • Listed, The Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law, 2017-2021, 2023-2025
  • Listed, Ohio Super Lawyers, Real Estate, 2014-2021, 2024-2025
  • Listed, Ohio Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Real Estate, 2012-2013
  • Listed, Chambers USA Leading Lawyers, Real Estate, 2010-2024
  • Listed, Legal 500, Real Estate, 2011 and 2014
  • Urban Land Institute (ULI); Past-Chairman - Cleveland District Council; Advisory Board Member - ULI Building Healthy Places Initiative
  • International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)

Highlights

Oakes Chambers 2017
Oakes Chambers 2016

Oakes Chambers 2017
Oakes Chambers 2016

Oakes Chambers 2017
Oakes Chambers 2016
Articles and Presentations
June 10, 2024
2024 ICSC Recap
November 7, 2022
Jared E. Oakes co-authored in article in The Practical Real Estate Lawyer | "Real Estate Joint Ventures Involving Private Equity Funds: Regulatory, Structuring, and Practical Considerations"
June 30, 2021
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132 Benesch Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Best Lawyers® Rankings
July 25, 2024
Benesch Partner and Chief Culture Officer Jared Oakes Selected to 2025 Leadership Cleveland Class

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