Howard B. Goldman

Representative Client Work

• Represents clients in a variety of financing and refinancing issues that are related to loans made by Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMIC), including the acquisition of raw land and commercial properties, long-term lease negotiations with public and private entities, commercial lease negotiations with tenants and property management issues
• Advises developers with numerous matters involving industrial properties, office buildings, apartment buildings, retail centers and residential lots
• Assisted with financing related to notes acquired in the sale of residential lots, loan workout negotiations, the acquisition of properties by deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure, and the negotiation of construction loans and loans with multiple participants
• Represented a tenant with the lease and renovation of a 100,000 sq. ft. research facility in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, which included grants from the City and state of Michigan
• Represented a tenant, including the relocation of their offices, with leasing two and a half floors of a major downtown Detroit office building
• Represented an owner of multiple medical office properties with a CMBS refinancing loan
• Counseled a purchaser in the acquisition of a defaulted loan and fee title involving a medical office building
• Advised a special servicer with a workout of a Michigan State Housing Development Authority apartment complex
• Represented a property owner with two separate lease transactions with both office spaces exceeding 50,000 sq. ft.
• Represented an owner of two medical office buildings with an insurance company refinancing loan
• Represented the owner of a medical office building with a loan restructuring
• Represented the owners of two television stations with term and revolving loans
• Represented several owners with the sale of industrial properties in South Carolina and Miami, Florida
• Represented an owner with construction financing of a hotel/condominium project in Honolulu, Hawaii
• Represented an owner with the sale of an industrial property to a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
• Represented a property owner with an industrial lease extension and expansion to a major freight company for premises exceeding 100,000 sq. ft. 
• Represented an owner with the refinancing of a retail property with an insurance company 
• Represented a tier-one automotive parts supplier in a build to suit lease transaction, including the construction of an additional building
• Represented a tier-one automotive supplier in connection with multiple real estate acquisitions and lease transactions ranging in size from 25,000 to 300,000+ sq. ft.
• Represented an owner of a local major medical office building with a major local hospital tenant in connection with the sale of the building

Professional Affiliations

• Illinois State Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan (Real Property Law Section)
• American College of Mortgage Attorneys (Michigan Chair)

Certifications

• Certified Public Accountant

Articles and Lectures

• Using Interest Rate Hedge Products to Minimize Interest Rate Risk, dbusiness.com, April 10, 2023