Bradley N. Ruwe

Experience

Project Counsel for $150 million Mixed-Use Project

Client: Multi-Family Apartment Developer

We served as project counsel for a regional multi-family apartment developer in connection with the re-development of a $150 million mixed-use project containing approximately 330 residential units, a boutique hotel, approximately 200,000 sq. ft. of office space, and a 1,400 space public parking garage on the Scioto Peninsula in downtown Columbus. Over a two year period, our team negotiated the purchase, sale and development agreement, and various interrelated land use agreements necessary for facilitating the creation of a new “festival street;” assisted in forming a new community authority which utilized a tax-exempt bond issuance to finance the public improvements supporting the project; collaborated with the Columbus Franklin County Finance Authority to issue tax exempt bonds, utilizing a ground lease/capital lease structure, to receive sales tax exemption savings on the materials used in construction of the apartment buildings; formed a joint venture entity to utilize capital contributions of equity investors and to take advantage of the project’s location in a qualified opportunity zone; and negotiated terms of an approximately $60 million construction loan. Further, our development team negotiated an option of right of first offer as to the public parking garage and laid the groundwork for phase II expansion in the event our client wishes to expand its development footprint.Throughout the project, our team collaborated with the city of Columbus, Columbus Downtown Development Corporation, Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority, and counsel for two collaborative developers.  

Counsel Children's Hospital

Client: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Representative transactions include financings for capital improvements to the medical center, the Tower Project, parking garage projects, and other research and development infrastructure.

Provide a Bank Ongoing Counsel

Client: Fifth Third Bank

Representative transactions include lease-purchase and installment payment financings involving political subdivisions and non-profit entities.

Provide a Bank Ongoing Counsel

Client: Huntington National Bank

Representative transactions include lease-purchase and installment payment financings involving political subdivisions and non-profit entities.

Provide a Bank Ongoing Counsel

Client: Flagstar Bank, FSB

Representative transactions include lease-purchase and installment payment financings involving political subdivisions and non-profit entities.

Provide a Bank Ongoing Counsel

Client: Capital One Bank

Representative transactions include lease-purchase and installment payment financings involving political subdivisions and non-profit entities.

Provide Ongoing Counsel for School District

Client: Oak Hills Local School District

Representative transactions include financings for Oak Hills High School, the district’s middle schools and elementary schools, and tax levy and economic development matters.

Provide Ongoing Counsel to School District

Client: Northwest Local School District

Representative transactions include financings for Colerain High School and Northwest High School, the district’s middle schools and elementary schools, and tax levy and economic development matters.

Provide Ongoing Counsel to School District

Client: Winton Woods City School District

Representative transactions include financings for Winton Woods High School as well as the district’s middle school, intermediate school, elementary and primary schools, and tax levy matters.

Represent Career Campuses

Client: Great Oaks Career Campuses

Representative transactions include financings for the benefit of the Great Oak Career Campuses, as well as tax levy matters.

Represent Lifestyle Community and Senior Living Services

Client: Life Enriching Communities

Representative transactions include financings for Twin Towers and Twin Lakes, including financings for Manor Homes, villa homes, apartment homes, and memory care facilities.

Represent Municipality through Multiple Transactions

Client: Hamilton County, Ohio

Representative transactions include financings for The Banks Project, Stadia financings, General County Infrastructure, Sewer Infrastructure, Special Assessment Projects, and Economic Development.

Represent Municipality through Multiple Transactions

Client: Greene County, Ohio

Representative transactions include financings for General County Infrastructure, Water and Sewer financings, Special Assessment Projects, and Economic Development.

Represent Port Authority through Multiple Transactions

Client: Greene County Port Authority

Representative transactions include financings for non-profit entities, PACE financing, and economic development.

Represent School District

Client: Princeton City School District

Representative transactions include financings for the high school, the middle school, and the elementary schools, as well as tax levy and economic development matters.