




The attorneys in our Real Estate Group are an active and knowledgeable force in structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing a wide spectrum of real estate transactions in the New York area and nationwide. We routinely handle real estate acquisitions, dispositions and financings of all shapes and sizes, many valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. We represent, among others, developers, lenders, investment banks, pension funds, real estate investment trusts (REITs), domestic and foreign investors, major corporations and individuals. We are particularly expert in the purchase, sale, construction, financing, development, management and operation of commercial, industrial and residential projects throughout the U.S.; securitized lending transactions; leasing on behalf of landlords and major tenants; real estate litigation; and restructurings on behalf of lenders and borrowers.
Our Real Estate Group has the ability to assemble a cross-discipline integrated team to work together to accomplish our client's goals. In 2007, our Real Estate, Corporate and Banking and Finance groups successfully represented Kushner Companies in the purchase of 666 Fifth Avenue for $1.8 billion, the largest sum ever paid for a single office building in the United States.
Pryor Cashman's transactional real estate work has involved such matters as:
In the event of litigation, our real estate litigators are well-known specialists in the field and are recognized for ground-breaking legal precedents in real estate law.
Our real estate clients include individual and corporate real estate owners and operators as well as institutional investors. We represent landlords and tenants in negotiating and restructuring office, retail and shopping center leases as well as commercial and investment banks, pension funds and other financial institutions which are active in developing new financing techniques. For a list of our representative clients, please click here.