Jerald M. Goodman
jerald.goodman dbr.com
Phone:
(215) 988-2563
(215) 988-2563
Fax: (215) 988-2757

About
Experience
Jerry has extensive experience with a wide range of commercial real estate transactions. His representative matters include:
- Represented a publicly traded REIT in connection with the sale of 12 regional shopping malls, ranging from 500,000 square feet to 900,000 square feet, located in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
- Represented a major communications company in connection with its leases for the nationwide rollout of a retail store concept.
- Represented a major communications company in connection with leases for office, warehouse and operational space, including a 245,000-square-foot single-tenant office building in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Represented a health system in a built-to-suit lease for a 120,000-square-foot single-user medical office building.
- Represented a health system in the sale of a multi-building hospital campus in downtown Buffalo, New York.
- Represented a developer in its acquisition, development and financing of a mixed-use project that included 195 market rate residential units and street-level retail space in the Old City area of Philadelphia.
- Represented a developer in its acquisition of a development site for a proposed mixed-use project containing 500 residential units and retail space in Center City, Philadelphia.
- Handled a number of anchor tenant leases for a publicly traded retail REIT, including a 55,000- square-foot building with a national organic supermarket and café, as part of a redevelopment of an existing mall.
- Represented an institutional purchaser of a 70-unit apartment building in Philadelphia’s University City area.
- Represented the senior debt lender in a $90,000,000 construction financing for a 22-story luxury condominium tower in Center City, Philadelphia.
- Represented a privately held national developer of industrial properties in connection with the acquisition, permitting, development and financing of a 255,000-square-foot warehouse and office project in Northeast Philadelphia.
- Represented a health system in the acquisition and leasing of several medical office buildings.
- Represented a private equity fund manager in connection with the drafting and negotiation of all construction and design agreements for its portfolio of properties, including the construction of a 450,000-square-foot industrial facility in Virginia and a 350-unit multifamily housing project in Pennsylvania.
- Represented the purchaser of a 225,000-square-foot retail power center in Northeast Philadelphia.
Recognitions
Chambers USA, Pennsylvania, Leaders in Their Field, Real Estate (2009-2017)
Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (2015)
Awards Methodology (www.drinkerbiddle.com/content/awards)
Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (2015)
Awards Methodology (www.drinkerbiddle.com/content/awards)
Jerald Goodman counsels clients on development and leasing, and is also noted for his strengths in joint ventures and secured matters. A satisfied client comments: ‘He's great. I find him very personable, smart and experienced. He's also very practical and very responsive.’
Chambers USA (2017)
Credentials
Bar Admissions
- Florida
- Pennsylvania
Education
- University of Miami School of Law, J.D., 1984, cum laude, Journal of International Law – Editor-in-Chief
- Temple University, B.A., 1981, cum laude
Organizations
- American Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Anti-Defamation League, Philadelphia Chapter, Board Member