Edward S. West

Development

• The RLA Revitalization Corporation's mixed-use redevelopment of its 3.2 acre site at 5th and K Streets, NW in Washington, DC now known as CityVista. This project has 441 residential condos and 244 apartment rental units, and 129,000 square feet of retail space, including a 55,000 feet Safeway grocery store. This $222 million project won the Washington Business Journal's award for "Best Financing of 2005."

• The D.C. Sports & Entertainment Commission's negotiations with Major League Baseball and Baseball Expos, L.P. to relocate the former Montreal Expos to Washington. He also represented the DCSEC in its subsequent lease negotiations with MLB for the Nationals’ new stadium lease, its negotiation of two ground leases related thereto, and its review of construction and other multi-party stadium agreements. The Commission’s stadium project shared the Washington Business Journal's award for "Best Overall Real Estate Deal of 2005."

• The acquisition, development, and construction of Potomac Electric Power Company's $92 million Washington, D.C. headquarters building (which was a finalist for the Washington Business Journal's award for "Best Urban Land Sale of 1999") and Pepco's headquarters office lease for 335,000 square feet; and Pepco's subsequent involvement in its affiliate's $151 million sale/leaseback of Pepco's headquarters (which won the Washington Business Journal's award for "Best Sale/Leaseback of 2003").

• The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's ground leasing and joint development of Rhode Island Station, a 5.9 acre mixed-use site in northeast Washington, D.C. containing 270 residential apartment units and 70,000 square feet of retail space.

Lease-Related Advice

• Office lease negotiations for RREEF Management, Covington & Burling LLP (new office space in New York, San Francisco, London, and Beijing), UBS Warburg, and The JBG Companies (including its 1601 K Street project which was a finalist for the Washington Business Journal's award for "Best Urban Office Development of 2005" and its 155,000 square feet lease with Kirkpatrick & Lockhart which was a finalist for the Washington Business Journal's award for "Best Urban Office Lease of 2003").

• Leases from 3,000 to 150,000 square feet in size for other landlords and tenants such as Fortune 500 companies, real estate developers, owners, property managers, law firms, trade associations, and other private businesses.  He has also negotiated more than a dozen space leases in excess of 300,000 square feet.

• Representation of Lockheed Martin in its management of its national real estate portfolio of 21 million square feet of leased and owned properties.

• Negotiation of retail leases with Blockbusters, McDonalds, J. Crew, Patagonia, Giant Stores, Frugal Fannies, Giorgio Armani, S.p.A., Herman Miller, Thrift Drug Stores, Dollar Stores, Café Atlantico, Au Bon Pain, and Vie de France.

• Negotiation of numerous joint ventures and ground leases (including a 10 developer joint venture also involving a ground lease of a municipality-owned site) and selection as an arbitrator of a ground lease dispute involving 41 acres of improved Northern Virginia property containing over 800 multi-family residential units.

Acquisitions and Dispositions

• Represented The Communications Workers of America in its sale of 1925 K Street, N.W. in Washington, D.C.

• Represented JLG Industries, Inc., now a subsidiary of OshKosh Truck Corp., in several manufacturing facility acquisitions and dispositions, land purchases, and purchase-money financings in MD, PA, CO, OH, GA, and elsewhere, and negotiated economic incentives with state and local governments.

• Represented Itochu International, Abbott Labs, and Chiron in their respective acquisition of manufacturing facilities in CA, NC, PA, and SC, and negotiated economic incentives with state and local governments.

• Negotiated a $280 million sale/leaseback (including a 4.7 million square feet master lease) for a manufacturer's six main North American distribution facilities in five states.

• Hanesbrand Inc.’s spin-off from parent Sara Lee Corporation, including negotiating a company-wide real estate matters spin-off agreement, reviewing diligence documents, and structuring the transfer of over 400 leased and 50 owned properties.

• Advised a private investor in its intended acquisition of a $48 million promissory note related to a bank’s impending foreclosure upon a Pittsburgh PA office building leasehold mortgage.

• Advised UBS Securities LLC in its diligence review for its potential acquisition of Enron’s $200 million national headquarters in Houston, Texas from Enron’s bankruptcy estate.

Financing

• Bank of America's $110 million refinancing of the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.

• Goodyear's 2003 restructuring and six subsequent refinancings of more than $10 billion in secured credit facilities and private placement of senior secured notes, secured in part by real property in seven states.

• Representation of the National Football League in real estate-related stadium financing and leasing issues arising from the Redskins, Eagles, Ravens, and Saints stadia, and Barclays in its sponsorship of the new Brooklyn Nets sports arena.

• Cafritz Interests' $56 million public financing of its 850,000 feet Security West Building near Baltimore containing the largest regional offices of the Social Security Administration.

• Union Station Redevelopment Corporation's tax-exempt and conventional financings totaling $39 million.

• A $20 million tax exempt bond financing for a private school in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and a $31.5 million tax exempt bond refinancing for The NHP Foundation involving nine multi-family residential projects in Texas.

Design and Construction

• Negotiation of architectural and construction-related contracts for more than 30 major office buildings such as The Warner Theatre and Office Building, 1201-1225 New York Avenue, N.W. in Washington, D.C., and 1525 Wilson Boulevard in Rosslyn, VA.

• Negotiation of architectural and construction-related contracts for more than 20 special-use and educational facilities for clients such as Goodyear, Chiron, Abbott Labs, Ann Taylor Stores, Riptech (now part of Tellabs), a foreign government’s Washington, D.C. embassy, Cafritz Interests, Inc., St. Albans School, National Cathedral School, Beauvoir School, St. Patrick’s School, The Madeira School, the Cesar Chavez Public Charter School, and several other D.C.-area public charter schools.

Litigation-Related

• Advice to clients involved in landlord/tenant litigation and complex real estate-related business disputes involving issues such as breach of fiduciary duty, self-dealing, and other claims.

• Representation of eight affiliated companies in the real estate-related aspects of litigation over their respective right to own, manage, and sell their properties in two states.

Pro Bono

• Rebuilding Together of Washington, D.C., Inc., Member of the Board of Directors (2000–2008) and Corporate Secretary/General Counsel (2000–2008).

• Advised the Latin American Youth Center in its leasing and rehabilitation of retail space adjacent to the Avalon Theatre in Chevy Chase, D.C. that enabled it to open a Ben & Jerry’s “PartnerShop.”

• Represented the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation in matters related to its operation of the Wm. H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek National Park, 16^th and Kennedy Sts., N.W. in Washington, D.C. and its negotiation of a long term ground lease for the operation of a second tennis center in Washington, D.C.

• Counseled Rebuilding Together, Inc. in its acceptance of a gift of valuable Maryland real estate.