Gorospe, Gregory A.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Greg Gorospe represents clients in the areas of real estate joint ventures, lending, leasing, acquisitions and dispositions, and corporate finance. He has significant experience in the development, financing, and lease out of retail centers and multifamily projects. Greg also counsels clients in the issuance of publicly traded notes.

Greg has advised a variety of clients such as Brush Engineered Materials, Charter One Bank, Continental Real Estate, Greystar Real Estate Partners, Meadowlands Development, Sprint Nextel, and Trammell Crow Residential. Representative transactions include the lease out of Meadowlands Xanadu, the 2.3 million square foot entertainment and retail complex located in the Meadowlands of New Jersey; numerous joint ventures, loans, and dispositions for various apartment and condominium projects for Trammell Crow Residential and Greystar Real Estate Partners; and the issuance of billions of dollars of publicly traded debt for Sprint and Nextel.

Greg chairs the Diversity Task Force in Jones Day's Columbus Office. He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and has spoken at their annual conventions. Greg is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Columbus Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate
• Real Estate & Property Companies
• Corporate Real Estate Services
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Financial Services

Representative Cases

• Brush amends credit agreement
• Brush negotiates precious metals financing arrangements
• Brush obtains credit facilities from Bank One and Guggenheim
• Continental Real Estate enters into joint venture for the operation of movie theaters
• Continental Real Estate participates in joint venture and sells retail portfolio
• Georgia Gulf acquires Royal Group Technologies for $1.6 billion , (2009)
• Georgia Gulf completes $700 million of Senior Notes in Rule 144A and Regulation S offering in connection with acquisition of Royal Group Technologies
• Meadowlands Xanadu coordinates and negotiates leases for 4.8 million square feet of entertainment/retail space , (2009)
• Meadowlands Xanadu negotiates lease of in-line tenant space to A'gaci , (2009)
• Meadowlands Xanadu negotiates lease of in-line tenant space to Oakley , (2009)
• Meadowlands Xanadu negotiates lease of major tenant space to Off Broadway Shoes , (2009)
• Nextel acquires assets of WorldCom
• Nextel completes a public offering of $500 million of Senior Serial Redeemable Notes
• Nextel completes a public offering of $823 million of Senior Serial Redeemable Notes
• Nextel merges with Sprint and resolves related disputes involving put shares and branding issues , (2009)
• Sprint Nextel acquires FCC Licenses
• Sprint Nextel completes $1.3 billion public offering of Senior Notes
• Sprint Nextel completes public offering of $750 million of Floating Rate Notes
• Sprint Nextel issues $2 billion of Notes in take-down public offering
• Sprint Nextel sells 3,300 cell towers to TowerCo for $670 million
• Trammell Crow provides loan to builder

West Practice Categories

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

• Ohio State University

Address

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

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Faxes

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