Represented client in connection with its sale of a Starbucks location in Florida. Our client owned real estate, of which we helped negotiate and facilitate the sale of to a buyer for approximately $1.4 million.

Represented Samaritan Health Partners in the sale of a $14,500,000 skilled nursing facility located in Dayton, Ohio

As one of the world’s largest and most trusted companies, Procter & Gamble has no shortage of legal needs. Whether seeking counsel on corporate strategy, navigating real estate transactions or protecting their shareholders’ assets, P&G relies on its legal counsel to keep its business running efficiently. That’s why, for nearly 100 years, the consumer products giant has turned to Dinsmore.

“Dinsmore knows our business and understands our culture,” said Debbie Majoras, Chief Legal Officer for P&G.  “They remain a trusted ally for us because they are committed to our goals, our company’s success and meeting our legal needs. They bring tremendous value, and we enjoy working with them.”

Dinsmore works closely with P&G’s in-house lawyers to provide an array of services, from advising on all manners of contracts and agreements to corporate and securities counseling to handling real estate matters throughout the country. Dinsmore has also represented P&G in a variety of litigation matters over many years, including handling sophisticated product liability, class action, intellectual property and other complex commercial matters.

“Dinsmore is efficient and responsive, and we can count on great partnership and top quality work when we come to them,” said Majoras. “We truly value the special relationship we have built with them."

Represented the client in the filing of a Board of Revision complaint to contest the Preble County Auditor’s valuation of commercial real estate property originally valued at over $8 million and in a hearing held by the Board of Revision regarding such complaint; achieved a 73% reduction in the taxable value of the property.

We served as counsel to developer EAB DMM LLC, who was seeking permanent financing for the development of a 241-unit multifamily project valued at approximately $32 million. We advised the client at every step of the transaction, including securing a non-recourse real estate loan coupled with a mezzanine loan in the total loan amount of $27.2. Our role included not only handling the loan process, but also advising the client on numerous organizational changes that were necessary to meet the mezzanine loan requirements, including the creation of new companies and accounting for the organizational structure. We further handled title matters and issuance of title insurance for the project. Our efforts enabled the client to efficiently secure the permanent financing needed for the project.

Our client, a national retail services company, undertook a major national facilities expansion. Mr. Hahn prepared the construction contracts for the design professional and contractor, and tailored them to work for a national rollout of each retail location.

A nationally recognized lifestyle developer turned to Dinsmore when it sought to purchase a 400,000-square foot lifestyle center in South Florida near the I-75 corridor just southwest of Fort Lauderdale. An affiliate of Duke Realty was seeking to divest itself of retail holdings as part of its asset allocation strategy. Serving as buyer’s counsel, we first structured a joint venture on behalf of our long-time client, Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estate, which together with a Heitman real estate entity, served as the buyer of the center, known as the Shops at Pembroke Gardens. Next, on behalf of the joint venture purchaser, we handled the real estate components including managing the due diligence and the closing of the transaction, as well as negotiating and drafting the purchase contract, various ECR and escrow agreements. Years earlier, Dinsmore had been responsible for the initial lease-up of the center and successfully negotiated leases with a variety of desirable lifestyle tenants, such as Sur La Table, White House/Black Market, Ann Taylor, Talbots, bebe, Z Gallerie, Chicos, BCBG, Barnes & Noble, Sephora, DSW, Victoria’s Secret, and Brio and Brimstone restaurants. Our extensive experience in serving as project counsel for lifestyle and shopping center projects throughout the country ensured that the buyer was able to proceed in an efficient and timely manner, thereby ensuring the achievement of its transactional objectives.

Served as project counsel to a group of physicians for the development of medical office clinic locations for a national dialysis services provider. Representation included structuring and closing on property acquisitions, coordinating due diligence, negotiating development and construction agreements, obtaining governmental approvals and leasing out the completed facility in accordance with Stark Law and HIPAA requirements.

Seth Schwartz represents a large private property management company in a variety of matters including drafting contracts, litigation, alleged construction defect cases and alleged tort cases.

Representation of a Fortune 500 insurance company in its North American office leasing matters. Representative transactions range from single office suites to build-to-suit, 100,000+ square foot regional office headquarters locations.

Represented the owners of Tri-County Towne Center in the lease out and sale of the 200,000+ square foot, $24.3 million retail shopping center. Representation included the drafting and negotiation of reciprocal easement agreements involving access, parking and utilities rights, maintenance obligations and building limitations between the shopping center and separately-owned outparcels.

Served as project counsel to a non-profit health care provider for the development of its new $5.25 million community health center located in the West End of Cincinnati. Representation included securing federal grants and community development financing to facilitate the project, site selection services to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements, coordinating due diligence, title services to clear over $150,000 in liens from the property, negotiation with the City of Cincinnati to obtain a release of over $250,000 in additional liens burdening the property, structuring and closing on property acquisitions, negotiating construction contracts, obtaining governmental approvals, leasing out portions of the completed facility in accordance with Stark Law and HIPAA requirements and obtaining real estate tax exemption for the completed project.

Dinsmore & Shohl represented Rookwood Partners in obtaining PUD approval for 12 acre mixed use project in the City of Norwood, Ohio.

Dinsmore & Shohl represented Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estate, Inc. with respect to the acquisition, development, zoning, leasing, financing and sale of Rookwood Tower in the City of Norwood, Ohio.