Jeffrey Meltzer

• Counsel for numerous lenders and borrowers in CMBS and conventional mortgage financings.
• Counsel for New York City-based real estate fund in bridge loan and mezzanine loan financings, as well as preferred equity investments.
• Represented developer of apartment complex in Bergen County, New Jersey in $52,000,000 refinance of mortgage loan purchased by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”).
• Represented lender in $49,000,000 credit facility to contractor performing rehabilitation, reconstruction and new construction of residential homes in Texas damaged by Hurricane Harvey and the 2015 and 2016 Texas flood events. The credit facility was secured by an assignment of grant payments issued in connection with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program.
• Represented national insurance company in $104,000,000 purchase of a portfolio of seven grocery-anchored shopping centers located in Central Pennsylvania involving the assumption of securitized mortgage debt.
• Represented real estate investment company in $62,500,000 sale of Somerset Financial Center in Bedminster, New Jersey.
• Represented a family real estate company in the $47,500,000 portfolio sale of three industrial properties located in Carlstadt and East Rutherford, New Jersey to an institutional buyer. The sale included the conveyance of an existing solar system and assumption of solar loans by the buyer.
• Represented developer in $28,000,000 purchase of low income housing apartment building in Newark, New Jersey with preferred equity investment from institutional investor.
• Represented developer in $16,510,000 purchase of former Verizon building located in Newark, New Jersey to be redeveloped into a mixed use residential building.
• Represented asset manager in $32,250,000 sale of retail shopping center in Easton, Pennsylvania.
• Represented REIT in $15,760,000 acquisition of office building in Princeton, New Jersey.
• Represented regional developer in $12,950,000 sale of office buildings located in Middlesex County, New Jersey involving defeasance of existing mortgage loan.
• Represented national insurance company in $20,350,000 purchase of multi-family apartment building located in Essex County, New Jersey.
• Represented purchaser in $7,100,000 acquisition of boutique hotel in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
• Represented national organization in the $38,200,000 sale of its New York City headquarters building and purchase of office condominium unit to serve as its replacement headquarters.
• Represented family group in tax deferred exchange of investment property pursuant to section 1031 of Internal Revenue Code.
• Represented regional financial institution in sale/leaseback of branch location in Union County, New Jersey.
• Counsel for national financial institution in leasing of branch and office locations throughout the United States.
• Represented national home products retailer in shopping center leases throughout the United States.
• Represented REIT in leases of retail space in newly redeveloped shopping center located in Bronx, New York to a national restaurant chain and national telecommunications company.
• Represented developer in lease of commercial store in Bronx, New York to a national retailer.
• Represented tenant in lease of newly constructed manufacturing and warehouse facility to serve as new company headquarters in Carteret, New Jersey.

U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1994