Grant Puleo

About Grant Puleo

Grant Puleo is a lawyer practicing real estate, finance. Grant received a B.A. degree from San Diego State University in 1990, and has been licensed for 31 years. Grant practices at Duane Morris LLP in San Diego, CA.

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Areas of Law

  • Real Estate
  • Finance

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Partner
    Firm Name
    Duane Morris LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Representative Matters: Represented an operating partner in connection with winding up an $800 million joint venture with its investor, including disposition of more than 20 multifamily properties in 16 states.
    Represented a private investment firm focused on commercial real estate in the U.S.
    Europe in all aspects of the June 2020 acquisition
    financing of a San Antonio-based property management firm with a portfolio including 30,000 apartment homes
    the acquisition exp
    s the investment firm's integrated real estate platform of capital raising, acquisitions
    property management, as well as its holdings in the necessity housing market.
    Assisted a national bank's trust department in the short term refinance
    subsequent sale of a luxury apartment complex in San Diego, California for approximately $98 million.
    Assisting student housing owner/developer/operator with the ground up development of two off campus student housing projects at a California state university.
    Assisted bank clients in originating dozens of acquisition
    construction loans
    revolving lines of credit, totaling over $250 million.
    Represented owner/operator in $183 million bulk financings through KeyBank National Association by Fannie Mae covering improved real property in Texas, Iowa, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Kansas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida
    Georgia.
    Represented multi-family owner/operator in more than $100 million in loans through Holliday, Fenoglio, Fowler, LP (HFF) under the Freddie Mac CME
    Portfolio loan program, covering multi-family properties in West Virginia, Oklahoma, California, North Carolina, Arizona
    others states.
    Assisted one of the nation's largest student housing owners/operators with acquisitions over totaling over $450 million of student housing projects throughout the country.
    Assisted client with acquisition
    financing of off campus student housing projects servicing U.C. Riverside, ASU, University of Oklahoma, East Carolina University
    University of Akron.
    Assisted private equity client in acquiring
    financing $25 million purchase of chain of 30 family style restaurants in the Midwest
    an $8 million purchase of a chain of seven barbeque restaurants in Texas as well as representing the client with franchise, real property, finance, leasing,
    franchise litigation regarding other restaurant chains owned by the client.
    Assisted client with acquisition
    financing of $20 million off campus student housing project servicing University of Arizona.
    Represented hotel owner in all aspects of the sale or repositioning of three l
    mark hotel resort properties in Southern California (totaling over $100 million)
    including negotiating the real estate, finance
    joint venture for a l
    mark hotel
    convention center
    other marquee hotel properties in Southern California, negotiating a ground lease transfer with the Port of San Diego, employee transfer for union
    non-union hotels
    closing real estate, finance, liquor
    bulk sale escrows.
    Represented one of the leading buyers, owners
    managers of student housing in the U.S. in acquiring over $500 million in student housing (over 7,000 beds of off-campus, purpose built student housing) including drafting
    negotiating purchase
    sale documents, joint venture agreements with institutional partners, co-invest documents, revolving lines of credit
    obtaining new debt or assuming existing loans secured by such projects
    ongoing legal issues in the ownership
    management of the assets
    drafting all commercial leases for projects with a retail component.
    Represented client in negotiating a $300+ million joint venture with a major venture partner for a 10-year programmatic joint venture investment in over $600 million in core
    value add student housing projects around the country
    a $50+ million joint venture with another venture partner for a value add joint venture to acquire up to $100 million in student housing projects around the country.
    Represent several trustees in administration of large trusts which contain real estate assets under trust (current clients have over $200 million in real estate trust assets).
    Assisted California finance lender in origination of approximately 25 first trust deed loans for acquisition
    /or construction financing for projects in California
    throughout the United States.
    Represented a prominent local bank in connection with over $100 million of financings including several large revolving lines of credit
    multiple draws secured by real property, pledge of distressed Notes or REO around the country as well as multiple A&D
    construction loans for hospitality, multifamily
    senior housing projects secured by first trust deeds in California, Florida, Oregon,
    other major markets.
    Represented sellers, buyers
    lenders of all classes of income producing properties such as multi-family, student housing, fractured condo projects, office buildings, resort properties
    retail centers in all markets in the United States, including h
    ling acquisition, financing, private equity, joint venture formation
    disposition
    ongoing leasing.
    Represented traditional
    non-traditional lenders in secured
    mezzanine loan originations
    workouts, totaling billions of dollars in financing.
    Represented private equity
    opportunity fund clients in acquisition
    financing of distressed promissory notes
    REO properties (representing original principal amounts well exceeding $500 million)
    draft private placement
    subscription documents for such funds
    h
    ling the acquisitions
    financings of assets closing into such funds.
    Represented major tenants in leasing/subleasing of millions of square feet of office, retail, industrial, R&D
    lab facilities.
    Represented several charter school
    healthcare district clients with unique issues presented in the leasing
    acquisition
    disposition of charter school
    hospital facilities.

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1995, California
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
    U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
    Memberships

    Professional Activities

    •American Bar Association
    - Advisory Panel
    •Trusted Charitable Advisor at the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego

    •Endeavor Bank
    - Advisory Board

    •Pro Bono legal counsel for various charitable organizations

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
    J.D.
    1995 Notes Editor

    University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
    J.D.
    International Law Journal

    University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
    J.D.
    Order of the Coif
    Other Education
    San Diego State University
    Class of 1990
    B.A.
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1968
    1968

Grant Puleo

Partner at Duane Morris LLP
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750 B Street, Suite 2900San Diego, CA 92101U.S.A.

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