Marc Lazar

• Represented a data center platform in a joint venture to develop and expand a 61-acre data center campus in Nashville, Tennessee.°
• Represented a joint venture in connection with a $520 million construction loan to develop a 600,000 square foot Class A office tower in Bellevue, Washington.°
• Represented a real estate investment trust in its agreement to form a partnership to acquire a 50% interest in a portfolio of eight Massachusetts based acute care hospitals.°
• Represented a real estate investment trust in the buy-out of a 45% joint venture interest in a $1 billion portfolio of multifamily housing in California.°
• Represented a Boston-based real estate investment firm in connection with the recapitalization of Terrell Place, an 11 story, 450,000 square foot office building in Washington, D.C.°
• Represented a real estate investment firm in the $111 million acquisition and $72 million financing of a 435,000 square foot class A office tower located in Nashville, Tennessee.°
• Represented a real estate investment management company, having over $20 billion of real estate assets, in connection with a preferred equity investment for the development and construction of a 1.35 million sf class A office tower in Chicago, including the negotiation of an approx.. $500 million construction loan.°
• Represented an institutional investor in connection with a joint venture to acquire Marathon Oil Tower, a 1.9 million square foot class A office tower in Houston, Texas, including the negotiation of senior secured and mezzanine financings for the acquisition.°
• Represented a preeminent global hedge fund in the San Francisco market’s largest-ever multifamily portfolio financing. The portfolio is owned by a joint venture between the preeminent global hedge fund and its operating partner, Veritas Investments Inc. The $685 million recapitalization involved CMBS financing, 32 traditional mortgage term loans, and two tiers of preferred equity investments.°
• Advised a private real-estate investment company and its capital partner, a large investment fund, in the purchase of the New York LaGuardia Airport Marriott hotel from Capmark Financial Group Inc. The purchase of the 438-room hotel in Queens was one of the first large acquisitions for the Connecticut-based investment company and was cited as a Wall Street Journal Deal of the Week.°
• Provided strategic startup advice and represented a real estate investment and development firm in a joint venture with Walton Street Capital and with respect to several acquisitions of land parcels throughout the United States.°
• Representation of a real estate investment firm for the acquisition, development, and financing of a hotel in Boston’s Seaport District.°
• Counseled a hedge fund in the purchase of distressed commercial and residential loans from various banks and other institutions, having an aggregate unpaid principal balance in excess of $3 billion.°
• Represented one of the country’s largest private camping clubs in connection with the sale/leaseback of approximately 50 membership-based campgrounds in 16 states.°
• Negotiated the sale/leaseback and expansion of a furniture retailer’s approximately 630,000 square foot warehouse and distribution center.°
• Represented a petroleum distribution company in connection with the sale of a petroleum terminal.°
• Represented private equity funds in connection with the acquisition and financing of companies that have significant real estate interests throughout the United States.°
• Represented a client in the San Francisco market’s largest-ever multifamily portfolio financing.°
• Represented client in a joint ventures for a $1.5 billion mixed use project in Atlanta.°
• Represented a client in an 820 lot residential subdivision in Tennessee.°
• Represented a client on a high rise condominium in Honolulu.°

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

• Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate, 2014-2024
• Listed, The Legal 500 United States
• Listed, Chambers USA, Real Estate, 2014-2023
• Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Massachusetts Super Lawyers

• Member, Cornell Real Estate Council
• Member, International Conference of Shopping Centers
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, Real Estate Finance Association
• Counsel, Schodack Campership Initiative