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Jonathan G. August

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Real Estate
Real Estate Finance

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California, U.S.A.

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Jonathan August is a member of the Firm’s Real Estate practice group in the San Francisco office. He represents a wide variety of clients, including major financial institutions, banks, developers, landlords, and tenants in commercial real estate matters ranging from acquisitions and dispositions to leasing and financing.

Mr. August comes to Buchalter having significant experience in representing financial institutions on complex real estate financings, including in drafting assumption and origination documents for commercial mortgage-backed securities loans, representing master servicers on parcel releases, and working with clients on equity transfers related to securitized financings.

In addition, Mr. August’s expertise includes representing and advising retail landlords and commercial tenants on leases throughout the United States. Mr. August also has a substantial background in advising developers and land owners on title and survey concerns relating to the construction and renovation of shopping centers and multifamily buildings.

Professional Memberships and Associations

International Council of Shopping Centers, Member
Bar Association of San Francisco, Member

Bar Admissions

California

Education

University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Columbia University

Areas of Practice

Real Estate | Real Estate Finance

Professional Career

Articles

Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: San Francisco Provides New Evidentiary Presumption in Continued Push to Provide Rent Relief to Limited Commercial Tenants
Buchalter, August 2021

Following the passage of its commercial eviction moratorium for certain qualified tenants in December 2020,[1] the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, on August 4, 2021, provided additional assistance to the same class of “Covered Commercial Tenants” by establishing a new evidentiary presumption aimed at excusing payment of past due rent. To the extent applicable, the presumption applies to all past due rent as of March 16, 2020...

Buchalter COVID-19 Alert: California is Reopening, Will Commercial Evictions Remain on Hold?
Buchalter, May 2021

In early April as the statewide vaccination rate began to rise and major population centers across California began to see significant decreases in positive COVID cases and hospitalization rates, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the State plans to reopen in full on June 15, 2021. As of the date of this Alert, California has one of the lowest number of COVID cases per 100,000 people and the fourth lowest number of COVID hospitalizations in the United States...

Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: DFPI Reminds Debt Collectors about Rental Protections for COVID-19 Rental Debt
Buchalter, April 2021

Acting under its new Debt Collection Licensing Act licensing administration and enforcement authority granted by SB 908, the DFPI Commissioner issued a public statement on April 9th reminding all future license applicants under the Debt Collection Licensing Act of California’s renter protections associated with COVID-19 rental debt...

Additional Articles

Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: San Francisco Provides New Evidentiary Presumption in Continued Push to Provide Rent Relief to Limited Commercial Tenants
Buchalter COVID-19 Alert: California is Reopening, Will Commercial Evictions Remain on Hold?
Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: DFPI Reminds Debt Collectors about Rental Protections for COVID-19 Rental Debt
Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: Mind the Gap: No Rent Relief for The Gap in New York
The Constitutionality of Rent Relief in the Age of COVID: Did the City of San Francisco Go Too Far?
Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: Regional Stay-at-Home Orders Lifted as California Returns to Tiered COVID System; Companies and Landlords Consider Ramifications of Mandatory Vaccine Programs
Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: San Francisco Commercial Eviction Moratorium Update
Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: San Francisco Extends Commercial Eviction Moratorium and Provides Repayment Relief for Qualified Small Businesses
2020 Election Results Confirm California’s Cautious Approach to Sweeping Ballot Provisions, While the Bay Area Remains Progressive and Ready to Tax
Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: San Francisco Moves to Lowest COVID Tier in California, Begins Process of Reopening Non-Essential Offices; Other Bay Area Counties Slower to Follow
Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: California Extends Local Ability to Enact Commercial Eviction Moratoriums and Questions Abound for Local Governments, Tenants and Landlords
Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: The Future of California Evictions in the COVID Era: California Judicial Council Votes to End Statewide Eviction Moratorium
Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: Excusing Contractual Performance in Real Estate Agreements in the Age of COVID
Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: Bay Area Businesses Face Uncertainty Over Conflicts Between State and Local Reopening Guidelines
Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: San Francisco Continues “Shelter in Place” Order with Limited Expansion of Essential Business Operations
Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: San Francisco Announces Plan for Phased Reopening
Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: Extension of San Francisco Commercial Tenant Eviction Moratorium and Impact of Proposed California Senate Bill 939
Buchalter Client Alert COVID-19: Planning for Re-Opening: What Owners, Property Managers and Users of Office and Retail Properties Should Consider
Buchalter Client Alert COVID-19: California and Selected State, City, and County Moratoria List
Impact of San Francisco’s Commercial Tenant Eviction Moratorium

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