Michele C. O'Dowd
michele.odowd dbr.com
Phone:
(973) 549-7031
(973) 549-7031
Fax: (973) 360-9831
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About
Experience
- Represented a real estate investment fund in connection with a $185 million secured term loan involving a portfolio of 23 properties located throughout the United States.
- Represented a startup real estate private equity organization in the acquisition, joint venture, financing and leaseback of a retail/mixed use project in New Jersey.
- Represented a national developer in connection with the disposition of a retail building in Alabama, anchored by the largest employee-owned supermarket chain.
- Represented a joint venture in the formation of an 106,000 square foot medical office condominium, construction financing and subsequent sales of individual medical condominium units in New Jersey.
- Represented a real estate developer in connection with the sale of a New Jersey shopping mall anchored by a leading regional supermarket chain.
- Represented a regional developer in the sale of a Pennsylvania property approved for the development of a mixed density, age-qualified project consisting of 350 single family homes.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in a $49 million construction financing of a LEED-certified office building in New Jersey, which will serve as headquarters for a global provider of real estate and relocation services.
- Represented a lender in connection with mortgage financing to a franchisee of an international doughnut and coffee retailer.
- Represented a borrower in connection with a $10 million refinancing of a New Jersey shopping mall as well as a $5 million loan under the New Jersey Clean Energy program for the design and installation of a solar-powered energy generation system on the rooftop of the mall.
- Represented an institutional real estate investment fund in connection with a syndicated $40 million senior secured revolving credit facility and $5 million syndicated senior secured term loan secured by a portfolio of 13 properties located throughout the United States.
- Represented a borrower in connection with a refinancing secured by an indemnity deed of trust on a Maryland shopping center.
- Represented a commercial real estate finance and investment company in a financing secured by a portfolio of four distressed, mid-rise apartment buildings containing 270 apartments.
- Represented a national developer and operator of continuing care retirement communities in obtaining development approvals for a 2,000-unit community in New Jersey and a $69 million bond financing.
- Represented a national developer in connection with obtaining development approvals for 1,800,000 square feet of warehouse and distribution facilities as well as a 190,000 square foot warehouse expansion in New Jersey.
- Represented a real estate developer in connection with the acquisitions and dispositions of outdoor advertising structures.
Credentials
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
Education
- Widener University School of Law, J.D., 2004, magna cum laude, Widener Law Journal
- Wellesley College, B.A., 1995, cum laude
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey