Nicholas Melillo, a partner and leader of the real estate team at BakerHostetler, is a specialist in commercial real estate and transactions in the New York area. Melillo has handled many important and notable ventures on behalf of prominent lenders and developers. His current practice encompasses a range of services, including restructuring, joint ventures, bulk loan sales, ground leases, and bond redemptions.
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Work Department
Real Estate
Position

Partner, BakerHostetler

Career

Nicholas Melillo is the leader of the firm’s New York Real Estate team. He oversees and manages a diverse group of talented real estate attorneys who are well-versed in substantially all aspects of commercial real estate transactions. Nick focuses his practice on the representation of institutional and private lenders, owners, developers and investors in real estate development and financing transactions. Representing both lenders and developers, he brings a complete spectrum of services to the table.

Nick is known for his grit and zealous advocacy for clients, as well as his practicality and efficiency in getting the deal done.

His matters frequently include environmentally contaminated sites, Brownfield Tax Credits, Historic and New Market Tax Credits, Opportunity Zones, the 421-a Affordable New York program, Inclusionary Housing Credits, ICAP benefits, and Industrial Development Agency sale- and lease-leaseback transactions. Nick also assists clients with the structuring and formation of opportunity zone and other investment funds and vehicles (including Sharia compliant funds), working very closely with his tax, investment funds and environmental teams to bring the highest and most comprehensive level of service to clients.

Memberships
  • American Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)
  • Young Mortgage Bankers Association (YMBA)
  • International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
Education
  • J.D., Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, 2006, magna cum laude; Managing Editor, Touro Law Review
  • B.A., University of Vermont, 2002

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Key clients

  • Turnbridge Equities
  • Nova Bus (US) Inc.
  • Mama Hospitality LLC

Work highlights

Represented Nova Bus Inc. in connection with the sale and leaseback of their bus manufacturing plant in Plattsburgh, New York.
Represented Mama Hospitality Inc. in connection with the development of two nightlife projects in Montauk, New York and West Palm Beach, Florida.
Represented an affiliate to Turnbridge Equities in connection with the acquisition of an assemblage of four separate parcels located in Baryonne and New Jersey.