About Kathryn Yankowski

Kathryn focuses her practice on commercial real estate transactions, including the acquisition, disposition, financing, developing and leasing of retail, office, industrial, hotel and mixed-use property on behalf of private equity funds, REITs, developers, health care providers and various other institutional clients. Her vast experience in drafting and negotiating commercial leases also includes built to suit leases, ground leases and flex space leases for national retailers, shopping center developers, restauranteurs and major office park owners. She routinely handles complex financings for the ground-up construction of commercial projects, involving both senior and mezzanine loans, and negotiates and prepares related development, management, and joint venture agreements.

Kathryn’s previous experience includes working for a capital investment and private equity firm managing international finance transactions, giving her a unique business perspective and helping her to accommodate the needs of institutional clients.

Concentrations

•Commercial leases
•Land development
•Franchise agreements
•Covenants, restrictions, easements and development agreements
•Hospitality assets
•CMBS loan servicing transactions

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Florida Super Lawyers, 'Rising Stars,' 2023-2024
•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 'Ones to Watch,' Real Estate Law, 2023-2026
•Team Member, Chambers & Partners USA Real Estate Law Firm of the Year, 2018 and 2022
•Team Member, a Law360 'Real Estate Practice Group of the Year,' 2023

 

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Areas of Law

  • Real Estate

Practice Details

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  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Representative Matters: Representation of Sunbeam Properties in drafting
    negotiating office, industrial
    retail leases for large-scale developments throughout the United States, including Miramar Park of Commerce
    Cove Miramar in South Florida
    Exit Five
    HUB 1-65 Industrial Park in Indiana, involving tenants such as Amazon, FedEx, Garmin, Spirit Airlines, Amerant Bank
    Siemens.
    Representation of Swire Properties in leasing over 400,000 square feet of retail
    restaurant space at Brickell City Centre in Miami, Florida, including the negotiation of leases with H&M, Dior, Abercrombie & Fitch, Starbucks, Artizia
    Urban Outfitters br
    s.
    Represented national REIT in pre-construction retail
    restaurant leases for The Esplanade in Aventura, Florida.
    Representation of L3 Capital in securing the initial lease-up of +/- 30,000 square feet of newly constructed retail in Coconut Grove, Florida.
    Representation of The Kolter Group in negotiating construction financing, including: A $240,000,000 syndicated construction loan for Selene Oceanfront Residences in Fort Lauderdale, FL, which is the city's largest recorded construction loan, involving Wells Fargo Bank, City National Bank, Bank Hapoalim
    MidFirst Bank
    A $127,000,000 construction loan for a mixed-use residential
    hotel development on Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale
    A $115,000,000 construction loan with CIBC Bank USA, Emigrant Bank
    BMO Harris Bank for the luxury Ritz-Carlton br
    ed condominium residences in Sarasota, Florida
    Representation of Royal Palm Multifamily in connection with l
    acquisitions, construction loans, capital structuring, joint ventures
    other debt placements, including: The acquisition of +/- 22 acres in Sanford, Florida,
    the closing of a $68,000,000 construction loan with City National Bank of Florida
    Abanca for a 420-unit Class-A multifamily development, including preferred equity
    joint-venture capital
    The purchase of +/- 16 acres in Orl
    o, Florida,
    a $56,550,000 construction loan with Kennedy-Wilson as lead lender for the assemblage
    development of a 320-unit Class-A apartment project, including joint-venture
    preferred equity components
    Representation of Related Group in h
    ling real estate purchases, dispositions, leases
    financing transactions, including, the negotiation of a $68,180,000 construction loan with First Horizon Bank for a 396-unit Class-A multifamily development in Ft. Myers, Florida,
    the sale of Wynwood 26 in Miami, Florida for more than $75,000,000.
    Representation of The Easton Group in drafting, negotiating
    closing purchases
    sales, loans, leases
    other development
    corporate transactions, including: The $28,500,000 acquisition of a multi-tenant office building in Doral, Florida with a $19,600,000 acquisition loan,
    the negotiation of complex ownership-interest option agreement with limited partners
    $25,000,000 loan origination (
    subsequent loan split) for the acquisition of warehouse property in Doral, Florida
    The acquisition
    financing of a large industrial site in Austell, Georgia
    The ground lease of l
    in Miami, FL for development of an international hotel chain, including the negotiation of hotel flag documents.
    Represented a national Real Estate Investment Manager in closing a $60,000,000 senior loan
    $2,000,000 mezzanine loan to acquire a 340-unit duplex development in Tampa, Florida.
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    Florida
    New York
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, Commercial Real Estate Women
    •Member, Dade Legal Aid
    •Put Something Back Pro Bono Program
    •Member, International Council of Shopping Centers

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of Miami School of Law
    Class of 2014
    J.D.
    magna cum laude
    Other Education
    Member, Student Note Selection Committee, University of Miami Law Review

    Dean's Certificate of Achievement, Legal Communications & Research II and Patent Law

    University of Miami
    Class of 2010
    B.B.A.
    International Finance and Marketing, magna cum laude

    Member, Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society

    Recipient, Henry King Stanford Scholarship

    Member, Board of Directors for Business Administration Scholar Students

    Member, Students for Free Enterprise Club
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