Nakasian, William E.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Bill Nakasian advises corporations, developers, equity investors, and large private equity real estate funds in complex real estate transactions. He has extensive experience structuring joint ventures, sale-leaseback transactions, and portfolio acquisitions and dispositions. He regularly negotiates industrial, office, and retail leases; primary and mezzanine financings; and public/private partnerships and economic incentive programs.

Representative transactions include a $1.4 billion sale of more than 21 million square feet of industrial buildings in 18 cities for CalEast Industrial Investors, a sale-leaseback transaction of more than 50 office and retail buildings in 13 states for a major financial institution, and a sale-leaseback transaction of more than 3,000 cell tower sites for Sprint Nextel.

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate
• Real Estate & Property Companies
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Real Estate Funds

Representative Cases

• Bank of New York leases more than 1.5 million square feet of space in 15 New York locations after September 11 , (2009)
• CalEast sells 12 U.S. industrial warehouse facilities
• CalEast sells 200-property warehouse/distribution portfolio for $1.4 billion
• Capitol Square forms joint venture to acquire Kauai Lagoons Resort in Lihue, Hawaii
• Capitol Square forms joint venture to acquire Waikiki Terrace Hotel in Honolulu
• Capitol Square forms joint venture to develop 1,400 acres of industrial land , (2009)
• DDR acquires 107 shopping centers from Benderson Development for $2.3 billion , (2009)
• Major property owner participates in sale-leaseback involving 53 properties
• Micron Technology forms MeiYa Technology Corporation, a joint venture with Nanya Technology Corporation , (2009)
• Sprint Nextel sells 3,300 cell towers to TowerCo for $670 million

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Eminent Domain, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Real Estate Law, Residential Real Estate, Title Insurance

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• Case Western Reserve Univ
• Ohio State University

Address

P.O. Box 165017
325 John H. McConnell Boulevard
Suite 600
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

1.614.281.3867 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

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