Arnold & Porter is reputed for its depth of expertise across a range of residential and commercial real estate assets, as well as representing owners and developers. The team has extensive experience handling private and public real estate projects across the country, including data centres, office buildings, residential, and mixed-use projects. The team is co-chaired by New York-based Stephen Gliatta, who specializes in representing investment banks in the workout and restructurings of large commercial real estate properties, New York-based Jeffrey Kapner, who handles acquisitions, financing, and dispositions of hospitality, retail, and residential projects, and Washington, DC-based Amy Rifkind, who focuses on complex real estate development and partnerships across the full spectrum of asset classes.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Key clients
- Host Hotel & Resorts
- Florida Rock Properties
- America Real Estate Partners
- Crowell & Moring LLP
- CoreSite
- FitzWalter Capital
- Affinius Capital
- Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, Inc.
- Instant Offices Holdings, Ltd.
Work highlights
Represented Florida Rock Properties, Inc. (FRP) in its acquisition of the business operations and development pipeline of Altman Logistics Properties, LLC, a subsidiary of BBX Capital, Inc., including five properties in various stages of development in Florida and New Jersey, and FRP’s assumption of an agreement by Altman to purchase a sixth property located in Florida.
Acted for CoreSite, the leading owner of colocation facilities, in the acquisition of the Denver Gas and Electric Building, a historically important carrier hotel and meet-me room (MMR) facility in downtown Denver, Colorado.
Advising FitzWalter Capital, a global private investment firm, in the acquisition and financing of multiple multifamily properties, along with multiple programmatic joint ventures with various operating partners.
Practice head
Stephen Gliatta; Jeffrey Kapner; Amy Rifkind
Other key lawyers
Marisa Bocci; Matt Kirsch; Kari Larson