Focus Areas
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Development and Finance
- Urban and Historic Tax Credits
- Public and Structured Finance
- Leasing
- Business Services
Education
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D.
- Cum laude
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute, B.A.
Licensed to Practice
- Ohio
Overview
As a partner with Walter | Haverfield’s Real Estate Group and Business Services Group, Jennifer has extensive experience in a wide range of commercial transactions and the development and redevelopment of commercial properties. On the corporate side, she represents commercial banks and other lending institutions in construction and permanent financing, mezzanine financing and asset-backed financing. Jennifer’s real estate experience includes the acquisition, disposition, development, and leasing of retail, mixed-use, office, warehouse, and general commercial space. Furthermore, she represents clients in sale lease-back transactions and urban and historic renovation projects, which include the use of historic and new markets tax credits.
Experience
REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE
- Represents owners, developers, corporations, lending institutions, nonprofit institutions and individuals in the purchasing, selling, leasing, financing and developing of real property for a variety of uses
- Prepares and negotiates purchase agreements, promissory notes, leases, license agreements and easements
- Represents creditors in loan restructurings, forbearance agreements, note sales, deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure and other work-out matters
- Assists clients on land assemblage and ground-up developments
- Reviews and analyzes surveys, title commitments and other due diligence materials related to such transactions
- Represents clients in operating company financing and bond financing
URBAN & HISTORIC RENOVATION EXPERIENCE
- Counsels and assists lender and borrower clients in use of historic and new market tax credits
- Represented develop in connection with the redevelopment and financing of a mixed-building complex in Akron, Ohio involving new markets tax credits, federal and state historic tax credits, taxable capital lease revenue bonds, tax increment financing, and direct construction
- Represented lead lender and agent in connection with the redevelopment of an office building in Cleveland, Ohio, involving historic and state tax credits, PACE financing, and direct and bridge lending
BUSINESS SERVICES EXPERIENCE
- Skilled in the formation of limited liability companies, joint ventures and limited partnership
- Counsels clients in the disposition of privately held businesses through stock and asset sales
Recognition
- 2022 – Jennifer Beer received a 2022 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognition for Corporate Law; Real Estate Law.
- Nearly Half of All Walter | Haverfield Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers®
- Nearly Half of All Walter | Haverfield Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Best Lawyers®
Articles
- Walter | Haverfield Elects Two New Partners
- Air right parcels: An alternate way to structure mixed-use developments
Associations
- Member, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
- Member, Ohio State Bar Association
- Member, American Health Lawyers Association
- Member, Urban Land Institute’s Women’s Leadership Section
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Cleveland
The Tower at Erieview
1301 East Ninth Street, Ste 3500
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1821
Columbus
175 On The Park
175 South Third Street, Ste 290
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Mayfield Heights
Parkland Terrace
6120 Parkland Boulevard, Suite 100
Cleveland, OH 44124