Practice Expertise

  • Acquisitions and Dispositions
  • Commercial Real Estate Lending
  • Construction
  • Finance and Restructuring

Areas of Practice

  • Acquisitions and Dispositions
  • Commercial Real Estate Lending
  • Construction
  • Finance and Restructuring
  • Land Use and Development
  • Leasing
  • Real Estate, Development and Finance
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Profile

Bethanys practice focuses on representing sophisticated lenders and investors in commercial real estate transactions.

Bethany is a seasoned lawyer, regularly representing some of the largest and most experienced lending institutions in their multi-faceted real estate transactions. Her practice includes a variety of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, construction and real estate finance, with a focus on mortgage lending, mezzanine lending, credit facilities and co-lending and participation arrangements, as well as real estate development and leasing, and loan workouts and restructuring.

In addition to her real estate experience, Bethany also has experience representing not-for-profit and tax exempt organizations on a variety of issues.

Relevant Experience

  • Represented an institutional lender in connection with a $310 million floating-rate refinancing of the ground-floor retail portion of a mixed-use retail and residential building located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The refinancing consisted of a mortgage loan and a mezzanine loan. The building is ground leased to the borrower, which in turn leased the floors above the ground floor to a residential cooperative. The building loan is to be used to fund tenant improvement and leasing commission obligations for future retail tenants.
  • Represented a life insurance company with a $41.2 million mortgage loan to finance the acquisition of a multifamily apartment complex in Florida.
  • Represented a life insurance company in connection with the origination of a mortgage in the amount of $75 million secured by multi-family residential building in New York City.
  • Represented an institutional lender in connection with the origination of a $210 million mortgage loan and a $140 million mezzanine loan, secured by fee and leasehold interests in four multi-family properties located in Manhattan, New York.
  • Represented two institutional lenders with the co-origination of an $88 million mortgage loan secured by a single tenant office building in San Francisco, California which was converting an existing parking garage to additional office space.
  • Represented an institutional lender in connection with a mortgage and mezzanine loan secured by warehouses in Illinois, and a balance sheet loan to a related borrower secured by a retail property in Pennsylvania.
  • Represented an institutional lender in connection with a Sharia compliant mortgage loan in the amount of $28 million secured by nine office buildings located in Illinois with a master lease structure.
  • Represented an institutional lender in connection with a $16 million Sharia compliant mortgage loan secured by an office center located in Texas.
  • Representation of a privately owned corporation in the sale of an 11-story office building located in a prime New York City location for $250 million.
  • Represented national real estate developers in the $125 million refinancing of the retail portion of a notable residential property in New York City as well as the restructuring of their partnership.
  • Represented a purchaser in the acquisition and financing of a former religious retreat house located in Brooklyn, New York.
  • Represented a client in their acquisition of a mortgage loan secured by a residential apartment building located on the Upper East Side and the contemporaneous restructuring of such mortgage loan.

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Education
BA, University of Delaware, 2008

Areas of Practice

  • Acquisitions and Dispositions
  • Commercial Real Estate Lending
  • Construction
  • Finance and Restructuring
  • Land Use and Development
  • Leasing
  • Real Estate, Development and Finance

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
  • Represented an institutional lender in connection with the origination of a $210 million mortgage loan and a $140 million mezzanine loan, secured by fee and leasehold interests in four multi-family properties located in Manhattan, New York.
  • Represented an institutional lender in connection with a mortgage and mezzanine loan secured by warehouses in Elgin and University Park, Illinois, and a balance sheet loan to a related borrower secured by a retail property in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
  • Represented an institutional lender in connection with a Sharia compliant mortgage loan in the amount of $28 million secured by nine office buildings located in Lombard, Illinois with a master lease structure.
  • Represented an institutional lender in connection with a $16 million Sharia compliant mortgage loan secured by an office center located in Frisco, Texas.
  • Representation of a privately owned corporation in the sale of an 11-story office building located in a prime New York City location for $250 million. The transaction is expected to be one of the largest property sales in New York this year. 
  • Representation of a not-for-profit corporation and all-girls Catholic school, in connection with obtaining a bridge loan and its purchase of 115 East 97th Street in New York, where it will later construct a school. This representation also includes a bond financing.
  • Represented national real estate developers in the $125 million refinancing of the retail portion of a notable residential property in New York City as well as the restructuring of their partnership.
  • Represented a real estate investment company in the acquisition and disposition of high-end office buildings, apartment complexes and retail centers.
  • Represented a purchaser in the acquisition and financing of a former religious retreat house located in Brooklyn, New York.
  • Represented a client in their acquisition of a mortgage loan secured by a residential apartment building located on the Upper East Side and the contemporaneous restructuring of such mortgage loan.
  • Represented a client in their sale of a multifamily apartment complex in Texas for $32 million.
  • Represented a client in its transfer of an interest in a restructured mortgage loan secured by an interest in a large hotel chain.
  • Represented clients in connection with real estate development, corporate formation and compliance issues.


Professional Associations
  • Member, New York State Bar Association, Real Property Law Section, Young Lawyers Section


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