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Real Estate & Community Development

OUR EXPERIENCE

BurgherGray’s real estate attorneys are seasoned practitioners with extensive experience in the ownership, financing, development, and use of real property. Our practice spans real estate finance, commercial leasing, acquisitions, dispositions, and complex development projects.

We represent commercial banks, institutional lenders, developers, investment funds, and public and quasi-public entities in connection with mortgage loans, construction and permanent financings, mezzanine loans, and structured credit facilities. A core component of our practice is advising on the financing of affordable housing, including transactions involving state and city agencies, institutional participants, and public-private partnerships.

Our leasing practice is equally robust. We represent both landlords and tenants in sophisticated office and retail leasing transactions across major markets, advising on build-outs, operating covenants, assignment/subletting, and long-term portfolio strategies.

We also regularly advise on workouts, restructurings, and foreclosures, as well as all aspects of development, from site acquisition through project completion.

OUR ATTORNEYS

Our real estate team includes attorneys with experience handling complex transactions at major law firms and in-house at real estate investment, development, and financial institutions. The team brings deep, practical expertise across finance, leasing, acquisitions, and development, allowing us to deliver strategic, business-oriented counsel on highly structured and time-sensitive matters.

OUR CLIENTS

We represent a broad and sophisticated range of participants across the real estate industry, including leading financial institutions, public sector and quasi‑governmental entities, and institutional market participants. Our clients include:

  • Commercial banks, insurance companies, and other institutional lenders
  • State and city agencies, as well as public and quasi‑public authorities
  • Nonprofit organizations and affordable housing sponsors
  • Institutional real estate investors and private investment funds
  • Commercial landlords and tenants, including national office and retail platforms
  • Commercial and residential developers and property owners
  • Hospitality companies and healthcare systems

Our practice is distinguished by its depth of experience advising both private and public sector clients, particularly in complex transactions involving the financing and development of affordable housing and other institutional-grade real estate assets.

Patrick Valentino

Practice Area Lead

Patrick Valentino

Partner
(646) 513-3231
pvalentino@burghergray.com