Deborah C. Ryan

Residential and Mixed-Use (Master) Condominiums

• Represent PetroCorrigan Towers, L.P. in connection with the structuring of a mixed-use (hotel, retail and apartment) Master Condominium development, known as the St. Elm Master Condominium, located in downtown Dallas, Texas.
• Represented Forest City and City Place Development in connection with the structuring of a mixed-use (apartment and retail) Master Condominium development located at 3700 McKinney Avenue, in uptown Dallas, Texas.
• Represented Forest City and City Place Development in connection with the structuring of a mixed-use (hotel, retail and apartment) Master Condominium development located on Block L adjacent to 3700 McKinney Avenue, in uptown Dallas, Texas.
• Represented an affiliate of Lincoln Property Company in connection with the new construction of a mixed-use (office, retail and residential condominiums) Master Condominium development at 2000 McKinney Avenue, in uptown Dallas, Texas.
• Represented an affiliate of Lincoln Property Company in connection with the structuring of the Residential Condominiums at 2000 McKinney Avenue, known as ParkSide Condominiums, in uptown Dallas, Texas.
• Represented Post Properties with the 127-residential unit conversion to condominiums at The Rise, Houston, Texas.
• Represented Marquis Group in connection with the structuring of mixed-use (condominiums and retail) adaptive re-use development of Montgomery Plaza, Fort Worth, Texas.
• Represented Post Properties in connection with new construction at Mercer Square, in uptown Dallas, Texas.
• Represented Harwood International in connection with the development of the Azure Condominiums in uptown Dallas, Texas.
• Represented Lehman Brothers in connection with a conversion to condominiums of 1200 Main Street, an office building in downtown Dallas, Texas.
• Represented TLC Green Property Associates I in connection with the purchase, redevelopment and subsequent sale of the Tower at Sundance, formerly known as Bank One Tower in Fort Worth, Texas, including acquisition and construction financing, construction, documentation, creation of vertical mixed-use condominiums and other development-related legal work in downtown Fort Worth, Texas.

Acquisitions

• Represented an institutional real estate fund in connection with the acquisition of Katy Green II Shopping Center located in Houston, Texas.
• Represented an institutional real estate fund in connection with the purchase of Royal Palms on 4th Shopping Center located in St. Petersburg, Florida.
• Represented an institutional real estate fund in connection with the purchase of Regal Showplace Strips Shopping Center located in Crystal Lake, Illinois.
• Represented an institutional real estate fund in connection with the purchase of Touhy Marketplace Shopping Center located in Skokie, Illinois.
• Represented an institutional real estate fund in connection with the purchase of Willow Bend Crossing II Shopping Center located in Plano, Texas.
• Represented an institutional real estate fund in connection with the purchase of Federal Shoppes Shopping Center located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
• Represented Lehman Brothers in connection with a conversion to condominiums of 1200 Main Street, an office building in downtown Dallas, Texas.

Leases

• Represent a tenant in connection with a 116,000-square-foot lease of office space in the then under construction office tower now known as 2000 McKinney Avenue, Dallas, Texas.
• Represent a tenant in connection with a 100,000-square-foot lease of office space in the office tower known as Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, Texas.
• Represent Palm Harbor Homes in connection with the renegotiation of its existing headquarters office lease in the Colonnade Building, Dallas, Texas.
• Represent First Choice Emergency Rooms in connection with its headquarters office sublease in Lewisville, Texas.

Renewable Energy

• Represent Mizuho Corporate Bank, Banco Espirito Santo, Bayerische Landesbank, Commerzbank, HSH Nordbank and ING Capital as Texas real estate and Texas and federal regulatory counsel (including FERC, NERC, FAA and environmental) in connection with a loan to an affiliate of San Francisco-based Pattern Energy Group, secured by a 283 megawatt wind farm project commonly known as Texas Gulf Wind, located in Kenedy County, Texas.
• Represent Mizuho Corporate Bank, Bayerische Landesbank, HSH Nordbank AG, Banco Espirito Santo, S.A., Bayerische Landesbank and Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale as Texas real estate and Texas and federal regulatory counsel (including FERC, NERC, FAA and environmental) in connection with the renewal, modification and extension of a loan to an affiliate of NRG Energy, Inc., secured by a 101 megawatt (44 units of 2.3 megawatt Siemens wind turbines) South Trent wind farm located in Nolan and Taylor counties, near Sweetwater, Texas.

Workouts

• Represent JPMorganChase, as successor in interest to WaMu, in connection with construction lending, workouts, foreclosures and modification of debt and post-default analysis and strategy for projects located throughout the US. Many of these loans involve complexities associated with mid-construction defaults, syndicated debt and mezzanine financing.

Investment

• Represent Daiwa House of Texas in connection with the following investment in ventures with Lincoln Property Company: (i) 582 multifamily apartment units, known as Water’s Edge Apartments, located in Farmers Branch, Texas; (ii) 661 multifamily apartment units, known as Esterra Park Apartments, located in Redmond, Washington; (iii) 373 multifamily apartment units, known as 833 North Clark St, located in Chicago, Illinois; and (iv) 264 multifamily apartment units, known as Cooper Street Apartments, located in Waltham, Massachusetts.
• Represented a sovereign wealth fund in connection with the restructure of its partnership agreement and financing arrangement with Lehman Brothers and TPG regarding a portfolio of office buildings located in downtown Austin, in a transaction worth more than US$1.4 billion, which was approved by the bankruptcy court for the Lehman bankruptcy.
• Represented a sovereign wealth fund in connection with its majority interest investment in a partnership with a major New York real estate development firm and the related acquisition and financing by that partnership of an iconic New York City building.

Public/Private Development

• Represented DFW International Airport in connection with the repositioning of its relationship with the owners of the DFW Hyatt West Tower and the construction of the new International Terminal D with a new 380-room luxury Hyatt Hotel.

Construction Lending

• Representation of an affiliate of Levy International in connection with a US$35 million loan for the refinancing of a shopping center in Hermosa Beach, California, with a CMBS loan from RBS Financial Products, Inc., a division of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
• Represented JPMorganChase in connection with a construction loan to PNL Companies relative to the repositioning of the Tandy Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
• Represented JPMorganChase in connection with a US$38 million construction loan and a subsequent US$38 million tenant improvement loan to an affiliate of Archon Development for the redevelopment of a warehouse located in Philadelphia to be used as the administrative office of the Philadelphia Independent School District.
• Represented JPMorganChase in connection with a US$45 million loan to an affiliate of Macfarlan Development for a build-to-suit for Intel Corporation in Parsippany, New Jersey.

Tax Increment Financing

• Represented Palladium, a division of The Related Companies, in connection with obtaining a US$45 million TIF financing for public improvements in a high-density, mixed-use urban development surrounding the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas, Texas.

Real Estate Finance and Refinance

• Represent a sovereign wealth fund, as borrower, in connection with the US$83 million refinance of a portfolio of office buildings in Austin, Texas.
• Represent a sovereign wealth fund, as borrower, in connection with the US$80 million refinance of the McPherson Building in Washington DC.
• Represented JPMorganChase in connection with a US$178 million financing secured by downtown Fort Worth Office Towers and other collateral.
• Represented Bank of America in connection with a US$35 million loan to an affiliate of Cardinal Capital Corporation secured by a portfolio of Circuit City stores located in 12 states.