Christopher L. Hartmann, P.C.
Overview
Chris has extensive experience representing clients in all aspects of complex commercial real estate transactions, including joint ventures, preferred equity investments, acquisitions, financings and sales.
Chris was recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. as a “Next Generation Lawyer” for real estate and was also acknowledged for his REITs work. He was also named a “Rising Star” by Law360.
Experience
Representative Matters
Joint Ventures
- Represented a sovereign wealth fund in its acquisition of a 44.5% limited partnership interest in a programmatic joint venture that currently owns and operates seven multifamily assets located throughout the U.S. with a gross asset value of approximately $692 million and that will acquire other multifamily assets located throughout the U.S.
- Represented a sovereign wealth fund in connection with its joint venture and construction loan financing for the $400 million development of a multifamily apartment complex located in Washington, D.C.
- Represented a sovereign wealth fund in connection with its joint venture and construction loan financing for the $280 million development of a mixed use office building located in Washington, D.C.
- Represented a sovereign wealth fund on the formation of a $233 million programmatic joint venture with a U.S. sponsor to acquire active adult multifamily assets located throughout the U.S.
- Represented a sovereign wealth fund in connection with the formation of a $255 million programmatic joint venture with a U.S. sponsor to acquire active adult multifamily assets located throughout the U.S.
- Represented a U.S. private equity fund sponsor in connection with its joint venture acquisition and financing of 50 triple net leased industrial assets located throughout the U.S. having a gross asset value of approximately $250 million, together with the formation of a programmatic joint venture to acquire triple net lease industrial assets located throughout the U.S.
Acquisitions
- Represented a sovereign wealth fund in connection with its acquisition of an equity interest in a private REIT platform that owned a portfolio of manufactured housing facilities having a value of approximately $2.05 billion.
- Represented an Australian superannuation fund in connection with its acquisition of a 49% interest in a portfolio of eight office buildings located in Washington, D.C., and Bethesda, Maryland and having a value in excess of $1.3 billion.
- Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $540 million acquisition of a hotel located in Times Square, New York.
- Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $487.5 million joint venture acquisition of (and its $400 million acquisition financing for) a 3.1 million square foot flex and office space portfolio located in New York and Connecticut.
- Represented a U.S. real estate investment firm in connection with its $340 million acquisition of the Standard Highline Hotel in New York, New York.
- Represented a U.S. private equity fund sponsor in its joint venture purchase of a portfolio of 9 multifamily assets located throughout the U.S. having a gross asset value of approximately $480 million.
Financings
- Represented a publicly-traded department store company in connection with its $1.3 billion bond offering secured by 48 of its real estate assets.
- Represented a U.S. developer in connection with its $1.24 billion construction financing for the development of a $2+ billion, mixed-used five-acre development on New York’s Upper West Side.
- Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $875 million construction financing for the development of a $1.5 billion multiphase, mixed-use (office, retail and residential) project in Boston, Massachusetts
- Represented InterVest Capital Partners Inc. on its $778.6 million construction loan for the office-to-residential conversion of 111 Wall Street in New York
- Represented a U.S. real estate investment firm in connection with its $730 million CMBS first mortgage and mezzanine financing secured by 30 hotels located throughout the U.S.
- Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $600 million CMBS first mortgage financing secured by a portfolio of showroom properties located in North Carolina and Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Represented a foreign real estate investment firm in connection with its $503 million first mortgage financing for the St. Regis Bal Harbour, Miami, Florida, the St. Regis D.C., Washington, D.C., and the Manhattan Times Square, New York, New York.
- Represented Elad Canada in connection with its $403.4 million first mortgage and mezzanine financing (and subsequent $434 million first mortgage and mezzanine refinancing) of a portfolio of 46 industrial and suburban office properties located in the U.S. that Elad Canada acquired as part of its take private acquisition of Agellan Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust.
- Represented a U.S. developer in connection with its $116.1 million construction financing for the development of a 590-unit multifamily apartment complex in Houston, Texas.
- Represented a private equity sponsor in connection with its single family residential credit facilities having an aggregate principal amount of $3.3 billion.
Sales
- Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its sale of 284 multifamily assets located throughout the U.S. in 130 transactions and for an aggregate gross purchase price of approximately $15.15 billion.
- Represented a private U.S. private equity fund sponsor in connection with its $1.118 billion sale of a portfolio of 12 multifamily assets located in Florida.
- Represented a sovereign wealth fund in connection with its $900 million sale of an office building located in New York, New York.
- Represented a U.S. private equity fund in connection with its $835 million sale of 16 multifamily assets located throughout the U.S.
- Represented a joint venture among a Canadian pension fund, a sovereign wealth fund and a U.S. private equity sponsor in its $475 million sale of REIT shares in a portfolio of 24 industrial assets located throughout the U.S.
- Represented a joint venture among a Canadian pension fund, a sovereign wealth fund and a U.S. private equity sponsor in its $1.655 billion sale of REIT shares in a portfolio of 65 industrial assets located throughout the United States.
- Represented a real estate private equity investment company in connection with its $528 (CAD) million sale of itself to a Canadian real estate private equity investment company.
Prior Experience
University of Iowa Henry B. Tippie College of Business — Teaching Assistant / Accounting (August 2003–May 2006)
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Recognition
Recognized in Lawdragon’s 2024 and 2025 lists “500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers”
Recognized in The Legal 500 U.S. for Real Estate, including as a “Next Generation Lawyer”
Recognized in The Legal 500 U.S. for REITs
Recognized in Law360’s Rising Stars
Certified Public Accountant (Iowa only) — Active from 2005 through 2008
Publication — Gholl v. eMachines'. Creating Predictability and Consistency in Appraisal Actions, Journal of Corporation Law, Volume 32, No. 1, Fall 2006
Memberships & Affiliations
Illinois State Bar Association
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- Illinois
- New York
Education
- University of Iowa College of LawJ.D.with Distinction2006
- University of Iowa Tippie College of BusinessM.Acc.2004
- University of Iowa Tippie College of BusinessB.B.A., Accountingwith Highest Distinction2003