Assisted real estate operator who inherited over 50 syndicated real estate assets manage governance of all partnership agreements, restructure certain partnerships, investor reporting, draft form agreements, build office infrastructure, hire staff and grow portfolio to over 200 real estate assets within a three-year period.  

Assisted real estate operator who inherited over 50 syndicated real estate assets manage governance of all partnership agreements, restructure certain partnerships, report to investor, develop form agreements, build office infrastructure, hire staff and grow portfolio to over 200 real estate assets within a three-year period.

Counsel to Catholic church located on West 31st Street in Manhattan in connection with the contribution of the church’s air rights to the development of a 60-story mixed-use residential tower in exchange for a developer delivering a new facility for the church including a newly constructed six story building adjacent to the tower with a multipurpose community hall, a library, a private meditation garden and living suites for the clergy.

Counsel to church in connection with the acquisition and development of a street level commercial condominium with a subterranean sanctuary located in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan.

Counsel to church located in Washington Heights in connection with the ground lease and redevelopment of its property into a mixed-use building comprised of residential units and a community facility component for the church.

Counsel to Developer for redevelopment of a property owned by a church in Queens in connection with the sale, leaseback, redevelopment and conversion of its property into a condominium regime composed of a community facility space to house the church, commercial retail units and a residential component to be rented and/or sold as individual apartment units by the Developer.

Counsel to Developer for redevelopment of a property owned by a church on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in connection with the ground-lease and redevelopment of the property into a mixed-use building comprised of a community facility component for the church and residential units to be rented by the Developer.

Counsel to synagogue located on upper west side of Manhattan in connection with the sale, leaseback, redevelopment and conversion of its property into a condominium regime composed of, among other things, a community facility space to house the synagogue, and a residential component to be rented and/or sold as individual apartment units by the Developer.

Counsel to synagogue located on upper west side of Manhattan in connection with the sale, leaseback, redevelopment and conversion of its property into a condominium regime composed of, among other things, a community facility space to house the synagogue, commercial retail units and a residential component to be rented and/or sold as individual apartment units by the Developer.

Counsel to various institutional lenders in connection with financing transactions secured by first mortgage liens owned by non-for-profit organizations throughout the Tri-State area.

Counsel to various not-for-profit organizations in connection with the donation of appreciated real property by donors and the subsequent sale or auction by the organizations to raise proceeds to fulfill the organizations’ charitable purposes.

Counsel to various private schools located throughout New York City in connection with mortgage financings, acquisitions for expansion and development of new facilities.

Formed and launched residential real estate brokerage focusing on only on home sales and development parcels costing in excess of $10 million, negotiating departures from previous employer, competitor litigation, hiring of new agents, negotiating financing agreements, listing agreements, consulting agreements, and office space leases.

Handled spin-off of a division of client’s company in order to later dispose of company as an independent operating business by establishing independent systems, practices and procedures, form documents, staff and executive agreements, and third-party outsourcing agreements.  During the following year, Federman served as interim general counsel, working out of the client’s headquarters 2 days per week and obviating client’s need to hire a general counsel for such a short period.  Ultimately, client sold the company to a private equity fund and Federman remains outside general counsel to the portfolio company.

Negotiated 400,000 sf build-to-suit headquarters/switch-site lease in Dallas, Texas located in three separate buildings. Negotiated option agreement for the purchase of an adjacent parcel upon which tenant intends to build a fourth headquarters building.

Negotiated a joint venture agreement between client and public service development agency for the purpose of purchasing certain real estate assets, including certain government-assisted affordable housing properties throughout the United States, consisting of approximately 171 projects.

Negotiated development ground lease on behalf of New York based real estate family for the development of a hotel by ground lessee in the Times Square neighborhood of Manhattan.

Negotiated joint venture agreement on behalf of New York based real estate developer for the development of a 313-unit residential building located on the west side of Manhattan. Negotiated for credit enhancement provided by German based lender for $82,500,000 in tax-exempt bonds and $27,500,000 in taxable bonds issued by the New York State Housing Finance Agency, the proceeds of which were used to finance construction.