Jennifer L. Katzakis
Partner
She / Her / Hers
Overview
Jennifer represents clients in real estate acquisitions, financings, development, leasing and dispositions, as well as advises on managing complex real estate-related issues.
Experienced in all types of commercial properties, with a focus on retail, Jennifer has successfully negotiated deals involving offices, shopping center and store leases, industrial properties, multifamily housing, mixed-use facilities and raw land. She also has advised on and negotiated deals for the development and redevelopment of properties and property parcelizations, including the impact of preexisting agreements, easements and other rights and restrictions on property use or development.
A former in-house counsel at a publicly traded real estate investment trust, Jennifer has an insider’s perspective and firsthand experience dealing with the day-to-day challenges and managing the business and legal risks and concerns that arise regarding real estate interests. Representing both buyers and sellers, she understands the issues on both sides of deals and knows how to limit discord, achieve consensus and get deals done.
What I Do
Experience
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 a privately owned REIT in the disposition of a 1.1 million-square-foot mall for $57.5 million.
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 a publicly traded real estate investment trust specializing in convenience real estate in the acquisition of a 5-property convenience portfolio in Pennsylvania for nearly $15 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 real estate agency in the acquisition of a medical center in Ames, Iowa for $2.75 million.
Represented a real estate agency in the purchase of a single tenant commercial building in Belleville, IL.
Represented a real estate development and investment firm in the sale of multifamily development located in Salisbury, MD for $15 million, which required a loan assumption by the buyer and a joint venture with the buyer.
Represented a REIT in the sale of outparcel land in Lake View Plaza, Orland Park, IL for $2.6 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 a seller in its sale of three office buildings in New Jersey and New York, with a transaction value in excess of $300 million.
Represented a seller in its sale of two New England shopping centers to a publicly traded REIT, with a transaction value in excess of $300 million.
Represented a client in the portfolio review of dozens of shopping centers located throughout the United States with respect to the proposed subdivision of multiple outparcels to be split from existing shopping centers; ensuring the client maintained flexibility while retaining certain portions of the shopping centers.
Represented buyer in its $32,500,000 acquisition of 22.6-acre shopping center located in Loganville, Georgia, with 26 tenants and anchored by Kroger.
Represented a seller in its $4,100,000 sale of a four-tenant strip center outparcel located in Missoula, Montana.
Represented a buyer in its $1,935,000 acquisition of a 0.5-acre property in Michigan leased to a tenant operating a pet neurology facility.
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.
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. The transaction involves complicated leasing matters that Benesch is working with the client to satisfy, while also addressing complex title, survey, leasing and diligence matters.
Represented an NYSE-listed REIT in the sale of an American casual dining restaurant chain in Kentucky and Delaware.
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Credentials
Education
- Cleveland State Law Review
- summa cum laude
- summa cum laude
Clerkships and Bar Admissions
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Member, Ohio State Bar Association
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Member, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
- Member, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
- Associate Board Member, Recovery Resource