John P. Schwartz

• Represented one of America’s wealthiest family office companies in connection with the development of multiple industrial buildings located throughout the United States. Transaction size of approximately $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 per development. Transaction duties included negotiation of construction loan documents as borrower’s counsel and general due diligence related thereto.
• Represented a major U.S.-based REIT in connection with its potential acquisition of a retail mall located in the Philadelphia suburbs for redevelopment as mixed use development. Transaction size of redevelopment approx. $150,000,000. Duties included negotiation of purchase agreement and general due diligence related to planned redevelopment.
• Represented a major U.S.-based private equity company in connection with the development of a mixed use project in the Philadelphia suburbs. Transaction size of project approx. $350,000,000. Duties include negotiation of purchase and sale agreements, negotiation of construction loan documents, and general due diligence related thereto.
• Represented a major Philadelphia-based real estate private equity company in connection with its acquisition, redevelopment and sale of an industrial project located near the Philadelphia airport. Transaction value of approx. $180,000,000. Transaction duties included negotiation of acquisition agreement, related ground lease, joint venture agreement and sale agreement as well as general due diligence related thereto.
• Represented the subsidiary of a major insurance company and several related affiliates in a series of acquisition, joint venture and development transactions pertaining to office, industrial and mixed-use projects located throughout the United States.
• Advised the court-appointed liquidators of an insolvent Hong Kong-based subsidiary of a major U.S. investment bank on the structure, composition and legal status of the real estate-related debt and equity positions of the subsidiary, and served as transaction counsel for the liquidation of such positions.°
• Represented a real estate company headquartered in Southeastern Pennsylvania in connection with its acquisition and financing of a $98 million office building located in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.°
• Served as lender’s counsel to a major insurance company in connection with the origination a $75 million mortgage loan secured by approximately 600,000 square feet of Class A office and amenity space located in a mixed-used development in Southeastern Pennsylvania.°
• Represented the subsidiary of a major pension trust in connection with a $75 million mortgage loan secured by the subsidiary’s interest in a fully-leased, 390,000-square-foot, Class A office building in Atlanta, Georgia.°
• Represented a private equity fund in acquiring a $58 million office building in Alexandria, Virginia.°
• Represented the subsidiary of a major pension trust in connection with its obtaining construction financing to develop a project in Madison, Wisconsin consisting of 228 residential units and 15,000 square feet of commercial space.°
• Represented a major U.S.-based REIT in acquiring various subordinate debt positions – mezzanine loans, B-notes and participations among them – secured by retail properties across the United States.°
• Represented a private equity real estate fund in a series of joint venture transactions pertaining to office and mixed-use projects located throughout the United States.°
• Represented a private equity real estate fund in acquiring, financing and selling two Mid-Atlantic industrial property portfolios.°
• Represented a real estate investment management firm in investing and financing its acquisition of the majority interest in a $2.5 billion joint venture formed for the development or redevelopment of a 93-asset, 42-site portfolio of office, retail, hotel and multifamily residential properties located in the Washington, D.C. metro area.°
• Served as lender’s counsel in the origination of a $700 million mortgage loan secured by 119 office and research and development properties located in Silicon Valley.°
• Represented a private equity fund in acquiring and financing a $135 million portfolio consisting of 15 office buildings located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.°

°The above representations were handled by Mr. Schwartz prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

• Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law, 2022-2023
• Listed, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers “Rising Stars,” 2013-2016

• Member, Philadelphia Bar Association
• Member, New York State Bar Association