Eugene Leone

Gene's representative experiences include:

The programmatic divestment of 117 hotels throughout the United States from a large institutional investor's portfolio.

The acquisition, development and financing of an integrated hotel, office and residential project in Atlanta, Georgia with a value of more than US$1 billion.

The reorganization of one of the United States' largest real estate development companies.

The development of the Rivers Casino Portsmouth, the first full-service permanent casino in Virginia.

The purchase of four Marriott-flagged hotels with a value of more than US$250 million from Host Properties.

Principal outside counsel to one of the United States' largest developers of single family homes for rent.

The US$2 billion sale of interests in 245 Park Avenue in New York City and the sale of 181 West Madison Street in Chicago in connection with a chapter 11 plan confirmed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

The joint venture acquisition and sale of distribution and logistics facilities in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Columbus, Ohio and Sacramento, California.

The acquisition and simultaneous financing of a ninety-six property portfolio of industrial assets with a gross asset value of US$2.8 billion.

The US$1.05 billion acquisition of eight regional malls in a joint venture format.

The assemblage and acquisition from multiple sellers of the real estate comprising the Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, Illinois. The transaction was followed by the creation of a complex network of leases underlying the Rivers Casino and Resort in Schenectady, New York.

The joint venture acquisition of four distribution and logistics facilities in Pennsylvania. The developer and joint venture partner is one of the largest developers of industrial properties in the United States.

Land acquisition, entitlement, development, financing and construction matters for multi-family developments in Highland Park, Evanston and Oak Park, Illinois.

An institutional investor in the acquisition of a recently developed Class A multi-family property in Charlotte, North Carolina. The developer and seller was Crescent Communities, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs.

The acquisition of a data center business headquartered in New York City.

The financing of 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City.

The acquisition of a US$425 million Class A office property in Boston, Massachusetts.

The restructuring of assets owned by Cadillac Fairview.

The acquisition of the ground lease interest underlying the Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.

The development, purchase and sale of a distribution and logistics facility in Louisville, Kentucky.

The acquisition of a 1,000-acre lakeside resort in Delavan, Wisconsin. The purchase included the resort, golf course operations, vehicles, concessions, liquor licenses, an airfield and Indian burial mounds.

One of the earliest public-to-private transactions – the acquisition by merger of Chateau Properties to create the largest privately-held owner of manufactured housing.

A 16-year odyssey involving the acquisition, financing (mortgage, mezzanine and preferred equity), redevelopment, leasing and sale of 401 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.

The ground-up development of Union Tower, a 320,000-square-foot office property, in Chicago, Illinois. The successful acquisition, development, lease-up, financing and sale led to a follow-on project, Congress Center, a 550,000-square-foot ground-up development in Chicago's west loop.

The restructuring of an investment in 110,000 acres of timberland in northern Ontario, Canada.

The acquisition by a joint venture of a real estate investment trust to facilitate the purchase of the Chicago Board of Trade Building.

The assemblage of a complete city block in Chicago's west loop for mixed-use development.

The acquisition of a US$165 million retail development in the Chicago suburbs, made possible by the assumption of special service area sales tax bonds.

The subdivision and partitioning of office parks in Columbus, Ohio, Fort Wright, Kentucky and Skokie, Illinois to create stand-alone medical office properties.