Real Estate

For generations, communities in the San Gabriel Valley have relied primarily on car travel to access jobs and higher education in Los Angeles and in the region, leading to heavy congestion on Interstates 10 and 210 – a problem worsened by the steadily growing population farther east. The success of Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority’s historic A-Line Expansion will now provide a new and alternative connection to the rest of Los Angeles County, including Long Beach and Downtown LA.

We helped our clients obtain city approval to convert a shuttered hospital into an affordable senior housing and health center.

Nossaman advised the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) on drafting a $2.6 billion transportation bill, Proposition L, that voters approved in the November 2022 election.

We successfully concluded a bankruptcy proceeding after a 15-year-long battle that involved numerous related legal disputes for a family that had farmed the land for generations.

Whether traveling by car, bus, train, bike or plane, we firmly believe transportation provides people with better access to opportunities, strengthens economies and helps foster a greater sense of community.

We represented the Port of Long Beach in acquiring 28.6 acres of waterfront and submerged lands that comprise three parcels in Pier D in the Long Beach harbor.

We successfully defended the County of Los Angeles against a $20 million lawsuit brought by a Malibu landowner embroiled in a quiet title action.

Assisting Opteon with regulatory and corporate/contractual due diligence, as well as the preparation and negotiation of the purchase agreement and ancillary documents, we helped bolster Opteon’s footprint in the U.S. market, and marked another milestone in a period of significant international growth for the company.

We helped the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) advance joint development and transit-oriented projects in the Bay Area. We negotiated three agreements involving development of mixed-use projects next to VTA’s Blossom Hill, Tamien and Evelyn Stations.

We assisted a corporate technology company client with securing a 10-year lease of a data center in the Pacific Northwest from a leading national data center provider, with the option to renew the space for two additional five-year periods.

Amid government office closures, we assisted the Port of Long Beach in selling its interim administrative office building.

We negotiated a new lease with a reduced footprint and construction contract for a U.S. tech company for its Canadian office.

We represented four independent oil producers in litigation against a non-profit mutual water company that had assisted our clients in disposing of wastewater produced in the operation of their oil, gas and hydrocarbon businesses.

After multiple years of hard-fought and contentious litigation, we negotiated a full resolution of the dispute that included the sale of a country club to a homeowner’s association.

We represented a public pension system in its acquisition of a multi-floor office building for use as its headquarters.

We represented a real estate company in leasing out three buildings.

We helped a regional real estate developer and an institutional investor form a new entity to jointly develop projects in the Mid-Atlantic.

We helped our client to acquire, lease out and finance a former Playboy production studio.

Nossaman assisted a large public pension system in its acquisition of a largely vacant office building in an underserved neighborhood to be used for its new retirement system headquarters.

We represented the Port of Long Beach in the forced divestiture of a leasehold interest in the Port by its most significant tenant, at the behest of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).

We assisted Oakmont Senior Living LLC, a leading provider of assisted living and memory care facilities in California and Nevada, in the $399 million sale of eight senior living facilities to HCP, Inc.

We assisted the Arizona Department of Transportation in a build to suit and forward purchase matter when it sought to replace its Flagstaff office and other facilities.

We represented a public agency in negotiating a long-term ground lease with a developer so new housing can be constructed near a transit hub.

We negotiated a favorable dispute resolution for a government agency concerning the impact of nearby construction on their downtown San Francisco office building.

We represented a public pension plan in forming a joint venture project as part of its build-to-core strategy to redevelop a historic industrial building in the Pacific Northwest into a mixed-use retail/office project.

In a period of five months in 2019, Nossaman closed 13 loans totaling more than $302 million for a client who develops, constructs, owns, and operates multifamily housing on the West Coast.

Nossaman assisted a California public pension system in the portfolio sale of six properties to a commingled real estate fund and the reinvestment of the proceeds. 

We represented an investor group in the acquisition of a property used as a sound studio.

Nossaman represented client Ag Land Trust in suing a developer for breach of a contract to deed a 200-acre mitigation parcel to Ag Land.

We represented a foreign real estate fund, sponsored by an Asian investor, in the acquisition of the office building at 555 Montgomery Street in San Francisco.

Nossaman helped a senior assisted living and memory care facility to refinance a $17.5 million credit facility with Freddie Mac.

We assisted Downtown Properties with a significant Silicon Valley real estate acquisition.

We advised clients regarding real estate transactions involving the Pasadena AT&T building as well as the Plaza Las Fuentes.

We won a favorable settlement for a public pension plan in a construction defect matter associated with the purchase of a building for investment.

When a start-up with valuable patents needed help forming and organizing the company so they could market their products, it turned to Nossaman for legal advice.

An international real estate developer turned to us to help close San Francisco's biggest commercial real estate deal in three years.

We helped the a public pension plan realize profits from a LEED-certified commercial building by shepherding the project from an idea to reality.

Helping hold a developer, general contractor and numerous subcontractors responsible for major construction defects in an investment property.

We helped real estate developers succeed in breathing new life into old buildings, despite declining prices.