EXPERIENCE

Matt’s recent representations include:

• CIM Group, a full-service urban real estate and infrastructure fund manager, and its various funds and separately managed accounts in a variety of large transactions, including:
  • various co-investments in Terreva Renewables, an industry-leading developer, owner and operator of renewable natural gas projects
  • retail development in connection with “Miami World Center,” a 30-acre mixed use ground-up development in Miami
  • the development and financing of 85 Jay Street, Brooklyn, a full block mixed-use project comprised of residential, retail and community facility space in DUMBO
  • the acquisition, financing and disposition of Southern Towers, a 2,346-unit multifamily property comprised of five 16-story high-rise apartment buildings located at 4901-5055 Seminary Road in Alexandria, Virginia
  • the conversion of the iconic property on North Michigan Avenue into condominiums, and construction of Chicago’s second-tallest building, a 1,422-foot-tall mixed-use skyscraper in the vacant lot behind the iconic tower, as well as mixed retail/residential space
  • the sale to Related Fund Management of 265-275 Cherry Street, which consists of two 26-story towers with 490 units on Manhattan’s Lower East Side
  • the re-development of the iconic “Watchtower” building in Brooklyn into the "Panorama," a 5-building complex of modernized office, retail and restaurant space
  • the acquisition and financing of the Vistas at Annandale, a 1,065-unit apartment complex in North Virginia for a purchase price of $275.5 million
  • the development of a new residential condominium project near Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York
  • the potential acquisition of an industrial facility in the Adventure Crossing development in Jackson Township, New Jersey
  • the acquisition and residential/retail development of several land parcels adjacent to Fenway Park in Boston, continuing the expansion of CIM’s Boston investment portfolio
• Tricon Residential, a North American residential real estate investment company, in several transactions, including in:
  • a joint venture with two leading institutional investors in the creation of a portfolio of over 10,000 single-family rental homes in the United States
  • the formation of joint ventures to acquire single-family rental homes across the country (including a $1.5 billion venture with Pacific Life Insurance Company and a leading global investor and another with the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and a leading global investor), the recapitalization of a $1.3 billion portfolio of 23 multifamily properties, and a joint venture with two leading global investors to acquire multifamily properties across the country
  • a joint venture with Pacific Life Insurance Company and a leading global investor to acquire newly built single-family rental homes targeting the middle-market demographic in the U.S. Sun Belt
• Lendlease Group, an Australian multinational construction and real estate development company, in multiple transactions, including:
  • two construction loans to finance the development of a four-acre parcel of land situated at the intersection of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan in Chicago
  • the permanent financing for the Clippership Wharf project in East Boston. Clippership Wharf is a $300 million, 478-unit mixed-use waterfront project with climate resilient features including the restoration of a living shoreline and multi-modal transit access on one of “Eastie’s” historic wharfs
• Columbia University in negotiations with:
  • multiple developers of a potential ground lease development of a new life sciences facility in Washington Heights on land that is ground leased from the City of New York
  • the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative regarding the organization’s lease of 37,840 square feet of office and laboratory space in the Studebaker Building at 615 West 131st Street
• Marathon Digital Holdings in its acquisition of various data centers and data center development sites throughout the United States
• Fortress Investment Group in its acquisition of the non-digital real estate funds and related capital account assets of Colony Capital, representing approximately $2.7 billion in combined assets under management
• Holiday Retirement, an owner-operator of retirement communities controlled by Fortress Investment Group, in the restructuring of over 120 leases and lease guarantees with four different landlords
• Inspired Education, a leading global group of premium schools educating more than 85,000 students across 110+ schools on six continents in connection with the acquisition, financing and development of a new school in South Florida, which is Inspired’s first foray into the United States
• iStar Inc. in the sale of its triple net lease portfolio of office, industrial and entertainment assets to The Carlyle Group and certain of its affiliates for approximately $3 billion
• Rose Associates in a joint venture to acquire a development parcel on the Hudson River waterfront in Yonkers for the development of a 440-unit multifamily/retail project in the Getty Square neighborhood
• The Collegiate Churches of New York, the oldest operating church in the United States, in connection with its investment in a major commercial real estate development project in New York City