Cohen, Linsey N.
Represents an impressive list of national retail tenants including:Advising one of the nation’s largest drugstore retailers, by helping to execute its plans for strategic store development through leasing, acquisition or, when appropriate, repurposing assets.Assisting Philz Coffee, a neighborhood-centric, hand-crafted coffee maker, in its strategic nationwide expansion.Representing a discount supermarket chain with an aggressive nationwide expansion, negotiating leases, serving as outside counsel for all company lease administration matters and serving as outside counsel for various other real estate matters.Representing a micro food hall in negotiating leases as a part of its strategic nationwide expansion.Assisting a Bay-area brewery and tasting room in their expansion efforts.Represents a Pennsylvania-based national media company and radio network, including advising on office leases, tower leasing and acquisitions, dispositions, sales and vendor agreements.Represents a large national private institutional investor in multifamily housing, helping on complex matters including the acquisition and disposition of more than $1 billion in assets from its securitized portfolios, as well as the acquisition of large portfolios of apartment complexes around the country.Represented a national private institutional investor in the $450 million acquisition of two multifamily properties in Texas.Represented a national private institutional investor in the $75 million acquisition of a multifamily property in the Chicago suburbs.Represented a client in a series of “build-to-suit exchange” transactions, which entailed selling two properties for $25 million and $46 million, respectively, and using those funds to complete leasehold improvements.Represented a variety of parties in multiple facets of distressed properties, including ongoing representation of several court-appointed receivers and representation of borrowers in asset restructuring.Represented shopping center developer in the acquisition and development of an approximately 450,000-square foot shopping center, including the negotiation of the purchase and sale agreement, acquisition of property, review of plat of subdivision and associated easement agreements, negotiation of site development agreement with big box anchor, and negotiation of reciprocal easement and operating agreement.Represented shopping center developer in the acquisition and re-development of a 20,000-square foot strip center development, including the negotiation of the purchase and sale agreement, acquisition of property, negotiation with existing tenant to buy-out existing lease, and drafting of reciprocal easement and operating agreement.Represented regional developer in negotiation, drafting and review for purchase of a partially constructed 735,000-square foot “lifestyle center” with three major big box anchor tenants.Represented national retailer in its development, leasing, acquisition and construction of over 50 sites. These projects range from fee purchases to ground leases, reverse build-to-suit and build-to-suit leases to leasehold acquisitions, including due diligence review, drafting and negotiation of all transaction documents, and the negotiation and resolution of construction disputes.Represented junior anchor tenant in relocation efforts for retail store, including negotiation, drafting and review of lease termination agreement, and review of relocation lease.Represented real estate investor in acquisition of fee interest in property encumbered by long-term, triple-net retail leases, including the acquisition of triple-net leases with a local banking institution as well as a national office supply store.Represented one of the largest private institutional apartment owners in the disposition of approximately $1 billion of assets from its securitized portfolios.Represented and negotiated multiple borrowers in a distressed debt workout.
