About John
John Santa Lucia focuses his practice on real estate acquisitions, dispositions, development, and financing of multifamily residential, office, retail and mixed-use projects and other commercial and industrial facilities. He represents regional, national, and international developers and investors and works frequently with some of the nation’s largest privately owned and public institutional real estate entities (including real estate investment trusts (REITs)), as well as the investment arms of public employee pension funds, private investment funds, and individuals.
John also has substantial experience in structuring and forming investment funds and joint ventures, including in connection with public-private partnership opportunities, with a focus on military-housing privatization projects involving all three branches of the U.S. armed forces.
John’s sole goal is to provide pre-eminent legal services to achieve a desired outcome at minimal risk and with maximum benefit—in as economically efficient a manner as possible. His philosophy in counseling clients is to stress the importance of practical cooperation and reasonable accommodation in transactional negotiations—in recognition of the fact that the real estate community is small, reputation is of paramount importance, and even the most discrete transactions give rise to ongoing relationship considerations—while intently focusing on recognizing, assessing, and addressing areas of risk, and creatively developing solutions to unique or complex problems.
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