Commercial Real Estate

Shopping Centers

Transportation Law

• Ohio, 1979
• Kentucky, 1980

• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1980

• St. Louis University School of Law, J.D., 1979
• Georgetown University, A.B., 1976
• Xavier University, no degree
• • Graduate School of Business Administration
  • Selected courses in Finance and Accounting

Chuck is a member of Frost Brown Todd LLC and practices in the areas of commercial real estate, shopping center and development law, and transportation.  He has had extensive experience in the acquisition, financing, construction, leasing, management and sale of office, retail and mix-use projects and industrial sites.  Chuck served as general counsel to the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority from 1996 to 2002.  He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers.  Chuck is a current Trustee and a former President of the Cincinnati Preservation Association.

Experience

Significant achievements from 1994 to the present:

Leased over 1.5 million square feet of office space

Sold multiple department store locations as a single transaction for a price in excess of $55 million

Negotiated a Design/Build construction contract in excess of $20 million for a theme and entertainment complex

Acquired anchor store leasehold interests from debtor in U.S. Bankruptcy Court and negotiated major downtown department store lease with a municipal corporation and private developers

Purchased in excess of 30 miles of railroad corridor

Negotiated purchase and sale agreements and all related ancillary agreements for the acquisition of several retail and office sites

• The Best Lawyers in America® Real Estate Law, 2009-2012

• Ohio State Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association
• International Council of Shopping Centers, Member

• Cincinnati Preservation Association, Trustee, 1989-1995, 2000- present
• United Way, Account Manager, 1998

Chuck has spoken several times, on both the local and national level, at various ICSC Conferences; he was the Co-Chairman for ICSC Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana Law Symposium (1998-1999).