Experience

Retail

• Represented supermarket chain in acquisition and development of shopping centers in Oregon.
• Represented shopping center owner in sales and leases of pad sites in shopping centers located in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
• Represented hotel, restaurant, and pub retailer in connection with acquiring, leasing and developing hotel and restaurant/pub properties in Oregon and Washington.
• Represented third largest national jeweler on its leases at malls and shopping centers across United States.
• Represented natural foods grocery store in acquisitions of grocery store properties and in leases of grocery store spaces.
• Represented shopping center developer in land acquisitions in Portland and southwest Washington.
• Represented garden store and plant nursery retailer on leases in retail centers in Oregon and California.
• Represented shopping center owner on leases to retail tenants in retail center in Medford, Oregon.
• Represented developer on retail leases in mixed use projects.
• Represented credit union on ground leases in retail centers.

Office

• Represented national sportswear company on acquisition of Company’s headquarter building.
• Represented animation studio on leasing of 30,000-square-foot space for its offices in Hillsboro, Oregon.
• Represented medical clinic on leasing of 130,000-square-foot office space.
• Represented national sportswear company on leasing of 24,000 square feet of space for offices in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Healthcare

• Represented hospital in the acquisition of a medical office building in Eastern Oregon.
• Represented medical clinic on its leases of medical office buildings in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
• Represented physician group in acquisition and leasing of medical office building in Milwaukie, Oregon.
• Represented healthcare company in leases of medical office spaces in Portland, Oregon.

Finance

• Represented regional real estate company on loan transactions totaling more than $500 million and secured by commercial properties located in Oregon, Washington, and California.
• Represented life insurance company on loans secured by commercial properties in Oregon.
• Represented national bank on loan secured by theatre property.
• Represented commercial developer as borrower on $7 million refinancing of Oregon coast hotel property.
• Represented private lender on commercial loan secured by 55 lots in residential subdivision

Industrial-Warehouse

• Represented investor in acquisition of $9.5 million industrial property in Clackamas, Oregon.
• Represented owner/landlord on build-to-suit lease for 80,000-square-foot warehouse/office building in Lebanon, Oregon.
• Represented global athletic footwear, apparel, and equipment company in leases for warehouse spaces.
• Represented manufacturer of metal components in leases for warehouse properties.

Multi-Family

• Represented national real estate development firm in the acquisition of land in the South Waterfront area in Portland, Oregon, for the development of a 274-unit apartment project.
• Represented investment firm in connection with acquisition of multi-family apartment property in Beaverton, Oregon.

Civic Activities

• Represented homeless youth services organization on ground lease and space leases.
• Represented children services organization in real property acquisitions and commercial leases.

Honors & Activities

• Included in The Best Lawyers in America^® (currently: Real Estate Law, Economic Development Law), 2022–2023
• Member, Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section, American Bar Association
• Member, Real Estate and Land Use Section, Oregon State Bar Association
• Advisory Board Member, Portland State University Center for Real Estate, 2017–present

Insights & Presentations

• Co-author, “A Force to Consider in Real Estate Transactions,” Daily Journal of Commerce, May 2022
• Presenter, “Issue Spotting for Higher Ed Institutions: Campus Planning & Development,” Stoel Rives seminar, April 2019
• Co-author, Chapter on Contract of Sale in Documentation of Real Estate Transactions, Oregon Real Estate Deskbook, Oregon State Bar Legal Publications (2008, 2015 Revisions)

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