Commercial Real Estate Transactions

Shopping Center Development

Real Estate Finance

Commercial Leasing

Acquisitions and Sales of Commercial Properties

• Ohio, 1989

• George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1989
• University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1986, cum laude

John is a member of Frost Brown Todd LLC, based in the Cincinnati office. He focuses his practice on commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and sales, development projects, financing, leasing and construction contracting. He also represents a number of privately held corporate clients on general business matters.

John has served as developer’s counsel in the site acquisition, financing and leasing of shopping center projects in multiple states, and in acquiring and repositioning existing centers. He has also represented project anchors in lease and REA negotiations.

John’s experience in the health care industry includes representation of a non-profit operator of continuing care retirement communities, in collaboration with members of the firm’s zoning and land use practice, in the re-zoning and expansion and redevelopment of two major campuses, and acquiring and redeveloping a site for a groundbreaking person-centered care community.

John’s leasing experience includes representation of both landlords and tenants in significant office, industrial and retail leases. He has represented both public and privately held companies with regard to their ongoing real estate needs, including due diligence investigation and acquisition of new sites, office and warehouse leasing and disposition of excess property. John has represented several regional banks in negotiating and closing construction loans for retail, office, hotel and apartment projects.

John has significant experience negotiating and drafting construction-related agreements, including construction contracts, site development agreements, architect agreements, construction management agreements and design-build contracts.

John is a licensed title insurance agent in the State of Ohio, and a Manager of the Firm’s affiliated title agency, Multi-State Title Agency, Ltd.

Experience

Representation of developer in land acquisition, anchor parcel sale, development and leasing of 500,000+ square foot shopping center in suburban Cincinnati

Representation of national banks in numerous acquisition, construction and mini-perm loans for hotel, office, land development and multi-family projects

Representation of owner in negotiating $63MM design-build construction contract for corporate operations center

Representation of multi-family developer in land acquisition, construction financing and permanent financing of new apartment communities

Representation of anchor retailer in renegotiation of enclosed mall REA to accommodate redevelopment of site as a mixed-use project

Representation of publicly-traded manufacturing company in disposition of closed plants and leasing of bulk warehouse/distribution space

Representation of non-profit operator of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) in site acquisition and development of a new-to-the-market clustered housing community

Representation of non-profit corporation in real estate and development issues relating to significant expansions of two CCRC facilities, in acquiring sites for development of low-income senior housing, and in coordinating multi-site title policy in connection with bank-qualified bond financing

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