Keenan L. Kolendo
Biography
Keenan Kolendo has experience in assisting clients with commercial real estate transactions, including acquisition, investment, development, financing, leasing and disposition of retail, office, datacenter, senior-assisted living/memory care and industrial projects.
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- Representation of sponsor in connection with the acquisition and financing of over $4B in multi-family assets.
- Representation of developer in connection with the development, programmatic joint venture and construction financing of multi-family, industrial and single-family to rent assets.
- Represent owner in connection with the development, finance and operations of office, high-rise condominium, hotel and mixed-use assets.
- Representation of investment funds in acquisition, management and disposition of retail, office and multi-family property portfolios.
- Representation of major U.S. financial institutions in leasing acquisition, development and operating matters related to bank-operated real estate.
- Representation of a REIT in connection with acquisition of 200+ property portfolio of senior-assisted living/memory care facilities.
- Representation of major U.S. financial institutions in connection with acquisition, development and tax incentives for an approximately 900,000 s. f. campus.
- Represented private equity real estate firm in connection with the joint venture and creation of a U.S.-Mexico cross border supply chain venture.
- Representation of a Fortune 10 corporation in its acquisition and development of retail and distribution center sites.
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- State Bar of Texas
- Dallas Bar Association
- The Real Estate Council, Executive Committee Board of Directors
- Downtown Dallas, Inc. Board of Directors
- Associate Leadership Council, The Real Estate Council
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- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc., for Real Estate Law, 2020-2026
- Selected for the Connect CRE’s 2021 Lawyers in Real Estate Awards Texas
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- "Restrictive Covenants: What's New, What's Hot and What's Not" co-author, presented July 10, 2010 at the 32nd Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course in San Antonio, Texas.
- "Options for Clients Facing the General Mineral Exception," co-author, Texas Lawyer, March 2010.
- "Conveying Real Property Without Damaging a Title Policy," author, Dallas Bar Association Headnotes, January 2010, Volume 34, Number 1.
- "OFAC and Money Laundering Regulations Bump Into Real Estate Transactions," co-author, presented at the 38th Annual William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute.
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Education
- J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, 2003, with honors
- B.A., Southern Methodist University, 1999
Admissions
- Texas
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