Profil
Austin Wyker advises clients on the legal, business and tax aspects of joint ventures with a focus on joint ventures in real estate. Austin represents both investors and sponsors in joint ventures and regularly negotiates, structures, and prepares complex joint venture agreements.
Concentrations
- Joint Ventures
- Partnerships and limited liability companies (LLCs)
- Real estate tax planning
Kompetencje
Doświadczenie
- Represented a developer in a development joint venture with an institutional investor for a $64 million project to build and develop ten residential buildings totaling 296 apartments located in Ooltewah, Tennessee.
- Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with another institutional investor for a $138.5 million recapitalization of a 384-unit multi-family residential property in Tempe, Arizona.
- Represented an institutional investor in a programmatic investment joint venture with a joint venture partner that will allow for multiple preferred equity investments in single-family build-to-rent communities for a combination of ground-up development projects, acquisitions, refinances and rescue capital on behalf of third-party sponsors.
- Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a sponsor for a $43 million acquisition of an industrial warehouse totaling 204,780 square feet located in Freehold, New Jersey.
- Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a sponsor for a $69 million acquisition and renovation of a portfolio of five industrial buildings totaling 384,335 square feet located in Hainesport and Lumberton, New Jersey.
- Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for an $81 million redevelopment of two Class “A” cross-dock industrial buildings totaling 759,273 square feet located in Livermore, California.
- Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a manufactured housing operator for a $233 million acquisition of six separate manufactured housing communities located across the United States.
- Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $27 million development of an industrial building totaling approximately 220,000 square feet in Laredo, Texas.
- Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $160 million two-phased development (involving a separate land joint venture agreement and vertical joint venture agreement) of an industrial facility located in Northlake, Texas.
- Represented a family office investor in a four party co-invest joint venture and represented the co-invest joint venture in a joint venture with an institutional investor in an $80 million development of a 756,688 square foot industrial center located in Mesquite, Texas.
- Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a sponsor in a $96.8 million acquisition of a 353,665 square foot retail shopping center located in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Represented a family office investor in a co-invest joint venture with a sponsor and the co-invest joint venture entered into a joint venture with an institutional investor in a $52 million acquisition of a 490,024 square foot industrial office and warehouse center located in San Antonio, Texas.
- Represented a developer in a programmatic joint venture agreement with an institutional investor to build single family for-rent real estate projects throughout Texas.
- Represented an institutional investor in a development joint venture with a developer in a $23 million project to build and develop a mid-rise residential building containing approximately 31,390 rentable square feet located in New York, New York.
- Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $400 million redevelopment of approximately 130,000 square feet of retail and a 454 space parking garage and development of approximately 400 multi-family units located in Denver, Colorado.
- Represented an institutional investor in a development joint venture with a developer in an $85 million project to build and develop three mid-rise residential buildings containing approximately 137,000 square feet totaling 179 apartments located in New York, New York.
- Represented an institutional investor in a development joint venture with a developer in an $87 million project to build and develop a 283,000 square foot Class A logistics facility located in in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Represented an institutional investor in the formation and negotiation of a tri-party co-invest joint venture involving the institutional investor and two sovereign funds and represented the co-invest joint venture in the formation and negotiation of a joint venture REIT with a pension fund for the acquisition of a $1.1 billion, 1.82 million square foot Class A logistics distribution center located in California.
- Represented a developer in an acquisition joint venture with an institutional investor in a $48 million project to acquire, renovate, own and manage a multifamily property located in Dallas, Texas.
- Represented an institutional investor in an acquisition joint venture with a sponsor in a $74 million project to acquire, own and manage a 365,000 square foot retail shopping center and adjacent land located in Longmont, Colorado.
- Represented an institutional investor in a development joint venture with a developer in a $78 million project to build and develop a build to rent project of single-family homes in Madison, Alabama.
- Represented a developer in an acquisition joint venture with an institutional investor in a $45 million project to acquire, manage and renovate an industrial property located in Memphis, Tennessee.
- Represented an institutional investor in an acquisition joint venture with a sponsor in a $135 million acquisition of four medical office buildings located in Mission Viejo, California.
- Represented a developer in a development joint venture with an equity partner in a $66 million project to build and develop a Class A 288-unit multifamily residential property in Cibolo, Texas.
- Represented an institutional investor in a development joint venture with a developer in a $214 million two-phased development of five Class-A warehouse and distribution facilities totaling over 1.5 million square feet in Glendale, Arizona.
- Represented an institutional investor in an acquisition joint venture with a sponsor in an $80 million project to acquire, renovate and manage an 88-unit luxury multifamily residential property located in West Village, New York, New York.
- Represented an institutional investor in a development joint venture with a developer in a $284 million project to build and develop a 758,000 square foot Class A warehouse and distribution park located in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
- Represented a developer in a development joint venture with an equity partner in a $102 million project to build and develop a 444-unit multifamily residential property in San Antonio, Texas.
- Represented an institutional investor in a development joint venture with a developer in an $11 million project to renovate and develop a marina located in Key West, Florida.
Sukcesy i wyróżnienia
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America
- Tax Law, 2022-2025
- Real Estate Law, 2025
- Team Member, a Law360 "Real Estate Practice Group of the Year," 2023
- Board Member, SMU Dedman School of Law Executive Board, 2025-Present
- Board Member, Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation, 2024-Present
- Advisory Board Member, SMU Cox – Folsom Institute for Real Estate, 2024-Present
- Advisory Board Member, Act, 2024-Present
- Member, Turtle Creek Breakfast Club, 2024-Present
- Member, Dallas Bar Association
- Member, State Bar of Texas, 2009-Present
Kwalifikacje
Wykształcenie
- LL.M., Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center
- J.D., cum laude, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
- B.B.A., Southern Methodist University
Posiadane uprawnienia
- Texas
- U.S. Tax Court