Eugene J.M. Leone

Gene's representative experiences prior to joining the Firm include:

The negotiation of a development agreement for a casino and related improvements in Portsmouth, Virginia.

The divestment of 16 hotels in multiple states from a large institutional investor's portfolio.

Land acquisition, entitlement, development, financing and construction matters for multi-family developments in Highland Park, Evanston and Oak Park, Illinois.

An institutional investor in the acquisition of a recently-developed Class A multi-family property in Charlotte, North Carolina. The developer and seller was Crescent Communities, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs.

The US$1.05 billion acquisition of eight regional malls in a joint venture format.

The financing of 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City, New York.

The acquisition of a US$425 million Class A office property in Boston, Massachusetts.

The restructuring of assets owned by Cadillac Fairview.

The acquisition of the ground lease interest underlying the Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.

A large institutional investor in the purchase of four Marriott-flagged hotels, having a value in excess of $250 million, from Host Properties.

The acquisition of a 1,000 acre lakeside resort in Delavan, Wisconsin. The purchase included the resort, golf course operations, vehicles, concessions, liquor licenses, an airfield and Indian burial mounds.

One of the earliest public-to-private transactions - the acquisition by merger of Chateau Properties to create the largest privately-held owner of manufactured housing.

A sixteen-year odyssey involving the acquisition, financing (mortgage, mezzanine and preferred equity), redevelopment, leasing and sale of 401 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.

The ground-up development of Union Tower, a 320,000-square-foot office property, in Chicago, Illinois. The successful acquisition, development, lease-up, financing and sale led to a follow-on project, Congress Center, a 550,000-square-foot ground-up development in Chicago's west loop.

The restructuring of an investment in 110,000 acres of timberland in northern Ontario, Canada.

The assemblage and acquisition from multiple sellers of the real estate comprising the Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, Illinois.  The transaction was followed by the creation of a complex network of leases underlying the Rivers Casino and Resort in Schenectady, New York.

The acquisition and simultaneous financing of a ninety-six property portfolio of industrial assets having a gross asset value of US$2.8 billion.

The acquisition by a joint venture of a real estate investment trust in order to facilitate the purchase of the Chicago Board of Trade Building.

The assemblage of a complete city block in Chicago's west loop for mixed-use development.

The acquisition of a US$165 million retail development in the Chicago suburbs, made possible by the assumption of special service area sales tax bonds.

The subdivision and partitioning of office parks in Columbus, Ohio, Fort Wright, Kentucky and Skokie, Illinois to create stand-alone medical office properties.

The assemblage of a downtown Atlanta site for development with office, residential and hotel properties.