Andrew represents clients in the acquisition, development, financing, leasing, and disposition of commercial properties, including multifamily and mixed-use developments, office buildings, shopping centers, industrial sites, and hotels. His clients include commercial real estate developers, banks, pension funds, private equity groups, real estate investment trusts, and various non-real estate-related companies.
Much of Andrew's practice is concentrated in Arizona, Colorado, and the broader southwestern United States, where he has played a key role in some of the region's marquee development projects. He advises developers on site acquisition, entitlements, construction financing, and lease-up across master-planned communities and other large-scale projects. He also represents institutional lenders — nationally chartered banks, life insurance companies, and pension fund lending groups — in secured lending and related workouts, and negotiates headquarters and ground leases for landlords and corporate tenants.
Representative Experience
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Commercial Development
- Represented a developer in the acquisition of multiple parcels and the development of over 600 luxury multifamily residential units within a master planned community in Phoenix.
- Represented a developer in the acquisition and development of an 88-acre master planned development in Peoria, Arizona, including negotiating over $500,000,000 in equity investments and construction financing for multiple residential and industrial projects within the master planned development.
- Represented a developer in the acquisition of airport-adjacent agricultural land and the development of a multi-phase 2,000,000-square-foot industrial development in Mesa, Arizona.
Secured Lending
- Represented a nationally chartered bank in the origination of a $115,000,000 loan secured by a retail property within Times Square in New York.
- Represented a New York-based life insurance company in the origination of a $60,000,000 acquisition loan for a Class-A office building in Phoenix.
- Represented a pension fund’s secured lending group in the origination of a $75,000,000 acquisition and construction loan for a historic building in downtown Los Angeles.
Acquisitions and Dispositions
- Represented a land owner in the disposition of 25,000 acres of raw land valued at approximately $187,500,000 slated to be developed as a master-planned community.
- Represented a homebuilding company in the sale of its real property and related assets as it exited from a major market in Texas.
- Represented a chemical and industrial products company in the acquisition of a 1,050,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in eastern Washington.
Leasing Matters
- Represented a large health care company in a 360,000 square-foot office lease for its new corporate headquarters in Phoenix.
- Represented a group of land owners in the negotiation of an oil and gas lease and surface use agreement on 250 acres of land slated for residential development in Aurora, Colorado.
- Represented a developer in the negotiation of a ground lease for a 100,000 square-foot skilled nursing facility on a hospital campus in Tucson, Arizona.
Settlements and Loan Workouts
- Represented a state agency in the settlement, termination, and release of certain claims and rights related to the development of lands held in a public trust arrangement.
- Represented a lender in the origination and work out of an approximately $40,000,000 debtor-in-possession loan related to the bankruptcy of a large health care facility.
- Represented a lender in the work out and settlement of a $26,000,000 credit facility secured by five full-service car wash and convenience store locations throughout Arizona.
Honors & Awards
- Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America® for Real Estate Law, 2021-Present
- Selected to Arizona Super Lawyers – Rising Stars, 2020-Present
- Named to “The Valley’s Next Generation of Legal Leaders” by Phoenix Business Journal, 2021
