Real Estate Law
Jonathan M. Perry
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2014 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Jonathan M. Perry's practice includes the representation of real estate owners, developers, investment firms, institutional and private lenders, and business entrepreneurs in virtually all phases of commercial real estate transactions such as the acquisition, development, finance and disposition of commercial office buildings, hotels and resorts, transit-oriented developments, mixed-use developments, tax increment, and downtown and historic redevelopment and financing.
Overview
- Spanish
- Emory University, J.D., graduated 1997
- Florida, The Florida Bar
- Georgia, State Bar of Georgia
- Leadership Orlando, 2007 - Member
- Mary Hall Freedom House, Inc., Advisory Board, 2005-Present - Board Member
- Mayor's MLK Commission, 2006-Present - Committee Member
- Mye-Dash Consulting, Inc., Advisory Board, 2009-Present - Board Member
- United Negro College Fund (Central Florida Region), Advisory Council - Vice-Chair
- United Negro College Fund Leadership Council - Chair
- United Negro College Fund, Inc. (UNCF), Advisory Board, 2009-Present - Board Member
- Spanish
- Florida, The Florida Bar
- Georgia, State Bar of Georgia
- Leadership Orlando, 2007 - Member
- Mary Hall Freedom House, Inc., Advisory Board, 2005-Present - Board Member
- Mayor's MLK Commission, 2006-Present - Committee Member
- Mye-Dash Consulting, Inc., Advisory Board, 2009-Present - Board Member
- United Negro College Fund (Central Florida Region), Advisory Council - Vice-Chair
- United Negro College Fund Leadership Council - Chair
- United Negro College Fund, Inc. (UNCF), Advisory Board, 2009-Present - Board Member
- Emory University, J.D., graduated 1997
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Real Estate Law
Awards:
- Orlando Business Journal, "40 Under 40," 2009
- Law360 "Real Estate Practice Group of the Year," 2011 and 2012
- Winning Team, Chambers USA Award for Excellence, Real Estate, 2010 and 2013
- The Legal 500 United States, "Top Tier" Firm in Real Estate, 2013
News & Media
Case History
Cases
- Areas of Concentration
- Real estate finance, including construction, mezzanine, bridge and permanent loans, tax-exempt financing, and hotel and resort financing and cash management
- Real estate acquisition, development, and disposition, including commercial and medical office buildings, portfolio property acquisition, hotels and shopping centers, and downtown and historic landmark redevelopment
- Transit-oriented developments
- Real estate workouts and restructurings, including distressed loans and distressed Community Development District (CDD) bond financing
- Real estate leasing, including office, retail, industrial, build to suit drug store and ground leases
- Significant Representations
- Represented private real estate investment firm in $123 million acquisition and financing of portfolio of 32 office/industrial properties in Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas.
- Represent private real estate investment firm in $383 million acquisition and financing of portfolio of 16 office properties in Georgia, Florida and Virginia.
- Represented private real estate investment firm in disposition of over $100 million in office property assets in Georgia, Florida, Virginia and the Carolinas.
- Represented private real estate investment firm in acquisition of $30 million apartment property in South Florida.
- Represented private real estate investment firm in service acquisitions of office properties totaling more than $188 million in Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas.
- Represented public hotel company in $285 million refinancing for hotel properties in New York and Los Angeles, California.
- Represented public hotel company in $500 million construction and development financing for 1,000-room resort hotel, and 498-room luxury hotel, with condo-hotel component in Orlando, Florida.
- Part 2
- Represented public hotel company in $400 million construction and development financing for 1,400-room hotel and conference center in Orlando, Florida.
- Represented private hotel company in $160 million refinance of three major hotel properties in California, Oregon and Texas.
- Represented New York institutional investor in the acquisition of an 80% membership interest in a newly formed joint venture for conversion and operation of condo hotel property, and negotiation of hotel management, pre-opening and technical services agreements for a $56 million hotel conversion in South Beach, Miami.
- Represented private hotel company in acquisition of a loan for a hotel property located in New Orleans and workout/restructure of the loan with the borrower.
- Represented real estate development and management company in apartment component of $500 million mixed-use transit-oriented development (TOD) in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Represented municipal development authority in $27 million revitalization and redevelopment of historic downtown district in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Represented municipal development authority in connection with special tax increment funding with respect to $500 million urban redevelopment project in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Represented indenture trustee and bondholders in real estate-related aspects of failed CDD projects in Florida, Alabama and South Carolina.
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