Professional Experience
Geoff's practice focuses on commercial real estate matters, commercial finance and lending transactions. Geoff works with commercial lenders in the structuring, negotiation and documentation of commercial real estate, asset-based, senior debt, mezzanine and HUD financing transactions, as well as loan workout and forbearance matters. In addition, Geoff has a broad range of experience in commercial real estate, including acquisition, development, leasing and disposition of retail, office, warehouse and general commercial property.
Areas of Emphasis
Geoff's real estate matters include:
- Advising lenders in connection with financing for acquisition, development,
mezzanine, construction, and permanent commercial real estate loans for vacant
land, office buildings, retail centers and multi-family residential projects.
- Serving as counsel to owner in development of 160,000 square foot building,
including ground lease; construction financing; and negotiation of letters of intent and
leases with the primary tenants.
- Representing a purchaser in acquisition, financing and subsequent leasing of a multitenant,
165,000 square mixed-use office and warehouse facility.
- Coordinating the acquisition, financing, leasing and environmental clearance of
750,000 square foot mixed-use manufacturing/office/warehouse facility.
- Leading the negotiation of multiple build-to-suit, in-line leases for regional franchisee
of national furniture retailer.
- Representing a developer in acquisition and development of retail center with
multiple big-box retailers, including negotiation of lease, development agreements
and easement agreement.
- Counseling a landlord on leasing of a transportation and distribution facility.
- Negotiating, on behalf of a tenant, the lease for a portion of a redeveloped, 350,000
square foot, automobile manufacturing facility; including shared facilities and space
agreement.
- Counseling a developer on the conversion, redevelopment and leasing of a 115,000 square foot technical school facility into fitness center and multi-tenant office facility.
Professional & Community Associations
- American Bar Association
- Ohio Bar Association
Education
The Ohio State University College of Law, J.D. , 1998,
with Honors
Washington and Jefferson College, B.A. , 1991
Licensed to Practice
- Ohio
