Labry Welty

• 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 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 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 an institutional investor in a joint venture with developers for a $498 million redevelopment project for a 500,000 square foot Class A office building with supporting retail space and affordable residential units located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• Represented an institutional investor in a $250 million programmatic single-family rental joint venture with properties located in California, Nevada, Georgia, Indiana and Florida.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $228 million project to develop a 211,000 square foot Class A life science/office building located in San Francisco, CA.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $280 million project to develop a 212,000 square foot Class A life science/office building located in San Francisco, CA.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $155 million project to develop a 164,500 square foot Class A life science/office building located in San Francisco, CA.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $130.5 million project to develop a 160,000 square foot life science/office building located in San Francisco, CA.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $500 million project to develop a 484,500 square foot life science/office building located in San Francisco, CA.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $47 million project to develop approximately 133,000 square feet office building and future development of 250 mid-rise multi units located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $106 million project to develop two industrial buildings totaling approximately 1.5 million square feet located in Wilmer, TX.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $96 million project to develop two industrial buildings totaling approximately 955 thousand square feet located in Fort Worth, TX.
• Represented an institutional investor in numerous joint ventures with a developer to acquire and/or develop industrial buildings in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Utah.
• Represented an institutional investor in a $1.05 billion co-investment joint venture with a non-US pension fund to invest in joint ventures with a developer for the acquisition and/or development of industrial buildings in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Utah.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $127 million project to develop a mixed-use office/retail building and the renovation of 190-unit apartment building located in Austin, Texas.
• Represented an institutional investor in a tri-party joint venture with a sovereign fund and a publicly traded REIT for the acquisition of a $1 billion life sciences building in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture for the $265 million acquisition of a 368,000 square foot apartment building located in New York, New York.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture for the $415 million acquisition of a 524,000 square foot apartment building located in New York, New York.
• Represented an institutional investor in a tri-party joint venture for the acquisition of a $185 million residential high-rise project located in Nashville, Tennessee.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a state employee pension fund for the acquisition of a baby REIT holding a $332 million industrial project located in New York, New York.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $284 million project to build and develop a 758,000 square foot Class A warehouse and distribution park located in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
• Represented an institutional investor in a programmatic joint venture with a developer for the acquisition, development, and/or renovation of multi-family properties in targeted markets throughout the United States.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer in a $340 million mixed-use project to develop a 362-unit multi-family residences, 435 units of student housing and 101,000 square feet of commercial space located in Phoenix, AZ.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer in a $100 million project to build and develop a 326-unit residential building located in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Represented an institutional investor in a 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 an institutional investor in a joint venture with a publicly traded REIT for the $135 million acquisition of four medical office buildings located in Mission Viejo, California.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for 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 a joint venture with a developer for a $113.5 million development of a 360 units/773 parking spaces multifamily asset located in Roseland, New Jersey.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $81 million development of a 392-unit multifamily asset located in Houston, TX.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $48 million redevelopment of a Class “A” advanced manufacturing building totaling 121,300 square feet located in Dublin, CA.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $23 million development of a self-storage asset located in Montville, New Jersey.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a developer for a $403.7 million development of four cold storage buildings totaling approx. 1.6 million square feet located in Atlanta, GA; Jacksonville, FL; Hazleton, PA; and Burleson, TX.
• Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a sponsor for the acquisition of a $74 million, 365,000 square foot retail shopping center and adjacent land located in Longmont, Colorado.

• Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law, 2018-2025
• Listed, D Magazine, "Dallas 500, The Most Powerful Business Leaders in Dallas – Fort Worth," 2024
• Listed, D Magazine, "Best Lawyers in Dallas – Tax Law," 2012, 2015-2024
• Team Member, a Law360 "Real Estate Practice Group of the Year," 2023
• Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Texas Super Lawyers, 2018-2024
• Rated, AV Preeminent^® 5.0 out of 5.0

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• Member, American Bar Association
  • Tax Section
  • Real Estate, Trust and Estate Law Section
• Member, Dallas Bar Association
  • Tax Section
• Member, State Bar of Texas
  • Tax Section
• Member, Texas Federal Tax Institute Board of Directors
  • Treasurer