Wayne B. Heicklen
Wayne Heicklen
New York
New York (NY)
Real Estate
Business/Corporate
Profile
Wayne B. Heicklen, Co-Chair of the Real Estate Group, concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate and corporate law, finance and general business transactions. Mr. Heicklen has a broad range of experience in such matters including development, sales, acquisitions, financings, joint ventures and commercial leasing. He also has extensive experience with Real Estate Investment Trusts and securitized ownership and financing of various real property interests, including tenant-in-common interests.
Mr. Heicklen has advised major financial institutions and real estate owners and developers in numerous sophisticated transactions involving office buildings, regional shopping centers, hotels, multi-family residential complexes, mixed-use projects, warehouse and industrial sites, and commercial and residential condominiums and cooperatives.
Recently, Mr. Heicklen has focused a large part of his practice in the restructuring and workout of commercial mortgage and mezzanine loans affecting distressed properties, including foreclosure of such loans, deeds in lieu of foreclosure and structuring complex reinvestment and repositioning of the real property affected by such loans.
Selected To
New York Super Lawyers 2011 - Metro Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2010 - Metro
About Wayne Heicklen
Admitted: 1983, New York
Professional Webpage: www.pryorcashman.com/attorneys-58.html
Honors and Awards:
- Named by The Best Lawyers In America as one of the leading attorneys in Real Estate Law (2012 edition)
- Named in “Super Lawyers” under the area of Real Estate in New York Super Lawyers – Metro Edition magazine (2010 and 2011 editions)
- Named Real Estate “All Star” in Real Estate Weekly’s published listing of “2008 All Stars”
- Named by The Legal 500 – Real Estate as being among the leading real estate lawyers in the United States (2007 edition)
- Featured as one of the "twelve most prominent real estate lawyers" in the September 2005 Real Estate New York cover story, Meet the Real Estate Lawyers
Bar/Professional Activity:
- New York State Bar Association
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Speaking Engagements: Speaker, Tri-State Real Estate Trends, New York University Real Estate Institute (November 2007); Speaker, Maryland Bar Association Annual Meeting; Speaker, ICSC Real Estate Convention.
Transactions:
- Workout of Senior Mortgage and Mezzanine Loans affecting various development sites in Manhattan, New Jersey, Connecticut and Florida
- Foreclosure of Senior Mortgage and Mezzanine Loans affecting various property asset classes in the New York Metropolitan Area
- Acquisition of Main Street Restaurant Group Public Company by The Briad Group
- Acquisition of Maxwell on the Hudson Development in Hoboken, New Jersey by Pinnacle Companies and Toll Brothers Joint Venture
- Acquisition and development of 305 East 85th Street, New York, New York by Ascend Group and The Carlyle Group Joint Venture
- Acquisition and development of 325 Fifth Avenue by Continental Properties and Levine Builders Joint Venture.
Educational Background:
- J.D., Syracuse University College of Law, 1982
- B.S., Queens College of the City University of New York, 1980
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