Partner Ari Tran, a member of Pryor Cashman’s Real Estate Group, concentrates his practice on commercial real estate transactions.
He has extensive experience representing clients in connection with the acquisition, financing, structuring, development, and disposition of real property across a wide variety of asset classes, including hotels and hospitality venues, office buildings, retail shopping centers, storage facilities, multi-family properties, and condominiums. His clients include developers, owner-operators, private equity funds, REITs, publicly traded corporations, banks, and non-institutional lenders.
Ari’s recent experience includes representing:
- A private equity fund in connection with its acquisition, financing, and disposition of hotel assets located in New York City, Pittsburgh, New Orleans and Fairfax.
- An institutional lender in connection with its granting of construction financing for the development of the Virgin Hotel located in the NoMad neighborhood of New York City.
- The owner of a development site in Austin, Texas, in connection with the obtaining of mortgage financing and preferred equity investments to fund the development of luxury branded townhomes and apartments.
- A private equity fund in connection with obtaining of construction financing for the development of residential condominium towers located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
- A family-owned real estate company in connection with the refinancings of its portfolio of multi-family properties located in the New York City, Miami, and Dallas metropolitan areas.
- A private equity fund in connection with its granting of construction financing for the development of a condominium building in Brooklyn, New York.
- A corporation in connection with its acquisition of and joint venture partnership for a hotel located in Clearwater, Florida.
- A private equity fund in connection with the acquisition and financing of a portfolio of shopping centers located in the mid-Atlantic region.
Education
- Brooklyn Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2011)
- University of Michigan (B.A., 2005)
Recognition
- Recognized by Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch” in Real Estate Law (2026)
- Named to the Super Lawyers – New York Metro list as a “Rising Star” in Real Estate (2015-22)
Admissions
- New York
Professional Affiliations
- New York State Bar Association
- Westchester County Bar Association
