A nationally recognized lifestyle developer turned to Dinsmore when it sought to purchase a 400,000-square foot lifestyle center in South Florida near the I-75 corridor just southwest of Fort Lauderdale. An affiliate of Duke Realty was seeking to divest itself of retail holdings as part of its asset allocation strategy. Serving as buyer’s counsel, we first structured a joint venture on behalf of our long-time client, Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estate, which together with a Heitman real estate entity, served as the buyer of the center, known as the Shops at Pembroke Gardens. Next, on behalf of the joint venture purchaser, we handled the real estate components including managing the due diligence and the closing of the transaction, as well as negotiating and drafting the purchase contract, various ECR and escrow agreements. Years earlier, Dinsmore had been responsible for the initial lease-up of the center and successfully negotiated leases with a variety of desirable lifestyle tenants, such as Sur La Table, White House/Black Market, Ann Taylor, Talbots, bebe, Z Gallerie, Chicos, BCBG, Barnes & Noble, Sephora, DSW, Victoria’s Secret, and Brio and Brimstone restaurants. Our extensive experience in serving as project counsel for lifestyle and shopping center projects throughout the country ensured that the buyer was able to proceed in an efficient and timely manner, thereby ensuring the achievement of its transactional objectives.

We were counsel on the acquisition of an $8.5 million office building in Dayton, Ohio for a rapidly growing, privately-owned company that provides services across the United States.

We represented the owner of a municipal arena/convention center complex in negotiations for a 15-year lease of the arena to a major college men’s basketball team.   

Served as project counsel to a design builder for the development of a medical office clinic location for a national dialysis services provider. Representation included structuring and closing on property acquisition, coordinating due diligence, negotiating development and construction agreements, obtaining governmental approvals and leasing out the completed facility in accordance with Stark Law and HIPAA requirements. Also negotiated and closed on a sale of the project following the completion of construction and lease commencement.

We represented a large consumer products company in the sale and leaseback of approximately 121 acres of real estate in the greater Cincinnati area. This included the preparation and negotiation of a complex separation plan and agreement involving various shared utilities and facilities.

We represented a client in the acquisition of 450-plus acres of real estate in Martinsburg, W.V. and the construction of a $500-plus million multi-category manufacturing facility. The project is the largest economic development project in the state’s history.  

We were lead attorney on five build-to-suit leases spread across the United States for projects valued at $100 million each in furtherance of a nationwide plant consolidation of a large international consumer products company.

Represented the owners of Tri-County Towne Center in the lease out and sale of the 200,000+ square foot, $24.3 million retail shopping center. Representation included the drafting and negotiation of reciprocal easement agreements involving access, parking and utilities rights, maintenance obligations and building limitations between the shopping center and separately-owned outparcels.

Representation of a Fortune 500 insurance company in its North American office leasing matters. Representative transactions range from single office suites to build-to-suit, 100,000+ square foot regional office headquarters locations.

Represented Fortune 100 company in various real estate matters, including the leasing, purchase, sale and development of its North American properties.

Served as owner’s counsel to Nicol Investment Company on The Banks project on the downtown Cincinnati riverfront. Representation involves leasing and development matters with national and regional tenants, including first-to-market occupants, as well as the completion of one of the first vertical subdivisions in Hamilton County, Ohio, which distinguished as separate tax parcels the upper floor luxury apartments from the street level retail businesses.