A Partner in the Firm’s Real Estate Practice, Ari Goldman regularly represents private equity firms and portfolio companies on a broad range of commercial real estate financing transactions (including CMBS, balance sheet, mezzanine, agency and construction financings) across a variety of asset classes (including industrial, life science, data center, office, studio, hospitality, self-storage and retail).
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Work Highlights
- Multiple CMBS, balance sheet and mezzanine loans in connection with Blackstone’s acquisition of the U.S. logistics business of Global Logistics Properties (GLP) for a purchase price of $18.7 billion
- CMBS and mezzanine financings in connection with Blackstone’s acquisition of the industrial real estate assets and affiliated industrial operating platform of Colony Capital, for an aggregate purchase price of $5.9 billion
- CMBS financing in connection with Blackstone’s acquisition of 49% of Hudson Pacific Properties Hollywood Studio and Office Portfolio
- CMBS and balance sheet financings in connection with Blackstone’s acquisition of PS Business Parks, Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $7.6 billion
Education
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Columbia Law School, 2015 J.D.
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Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2009 B.A.
A Partner in the Firm’s Real Estate Practice, Ari Goldman regularly represents private equity firms and portfolio companies on a broad range of commercial real estate financing transactions (including CMBS, balance sheet, mezzanine, agency and construction financings) across a variety of asset classes (including industrial, life science, data center, office, studio, hospitality, self-storage and retail).
Ari’s representative transactions have included:
- Multiple CMBS, balance sheet and mezzanine loans in connection with Blackstone’s acquisition of the U.S. logistics business of Global Logistics Properties (GLP) for a purchase price of $18.7 billion
- CMBS and mezzanine financings in connection with Blackstone’s acquisition of the industrial real estate assets and affiliated industrial operating platform of Colony Capital, for an aggregate purchase price of $5.9 billion
- CMBS financing in connection with Blackstone’s acquisition of 49% of Hudson Pacific Properties Hollywood Studio and Office Portfolio
- CMBS and balance sheet financings in connection with Blackstone’s acquisition of PS Business Parks, Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $7.6 billion
- CMBS financing in connection with Blackstone’s acquisition of the real estate assets of Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand for approximately $4.6 billion
- Balance sheet financing in connection with the acquisition by Centerbridge Partners, L.P. of all of the outstanding shares of INDUS Realty Trust, Inc.
- Lindsay Goldberg in connection with its acquisition and financing of a portfolio of select service hotels
Ari received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2015, and his B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2009.