Chris Froeb

MA at Nixon Peabody

Speaker

Chris Froeb leads the firm's Real Estate &. Affordable Housing practice and focuses on representing local and national developers, investors, and owners in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including joint venture transactions, development and management agreements, acquisitions, sales, financings, and refinancings.

JOINT VENTURE TRANSACTIONS AND GENERAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

I work routinely with local and national developers and institution. investors to create joint venture companies that target a single property or portfolios across all real estate asset classes. In connection with any joint venture transaction, our team will also negotiate any applicable development agreement, construction management agreement, property management agreement and asset management agreement.
For any general real estate transaction, I assist clients in all aspects of a sale or purchase, including, without limitation, drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, leases and loan documents. In addition, I also manage and perform the due diligence and other site acquisition services needed to ensure my clients are protected and transactions close efficiently.

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES

Over the last couple of years, we have seen a significant rise in industrial property acquisitions and portfolio building. Over that time, I've represented core and opportunistic buyers of these industrial properties around the country.

MULTIFAMILY HOUSING

Multifamily housing acquisitions and development remain a key focus for many of our clients in certain key U.S. markets. I continue to represent buyers and developers of market-rate multifamily housing as well as institutional investors with continued interest in multifamily housing or mixed-use assets.

SENIORS HOUSING AND CARE

I am the head of our Seniors Housing & Care team. Our clients in the seniors housing industry remain focused on the development assisted living, memory care, and independent living (age­ restricted) assets. Those clients remain focused on the strong demand for seniors housing options. Our team regularly assists clients in the acquisition, development, and financing of all senior housing asset classes.

RESTRUCTURING AND WORKOUTS

My restructuring and workout experience includes representing borrowers, investors, subordinate lenders and institutional lenders in workouts of commercial and securitized loans, distressed prope sales, foreclosures, and deed-in-lieu transactions.

SALE/LEASEBACK

I have represented owners and investors in seniors housing, industrial, and office properties during the structuring and implementation of sale/leaseback transactions. My experience includes the formation of joint ventures and the creation of private real estate investment trusts (REITs) in connection with the sale/leaseback.