Overview
Katy represents owners, developers and investors in real estate transactions covering all asset types, with a focus on retail, office, life sciences and healthcare real estate.
Katy’s practice encompasses a broad range of transaction-types, including financing, leasing, acquisition, disposition, construction and development of improved and unimproved single asset and portfolio properties. She leverages her broad real estate practice with a creative, energetic and solution-oriented mindset to be a true partner with her clients; understanding the delicate balance between developing and negotiating terms and structures to protect them, and getting the deal done.
Experience
- Represented one of the largest publicly traded multi-family companies in the United States in the acquisition and disposition of multi-family properties located across the nation.
- Represented a developer in the preparation and negotiation of acquisition, construction financing, development and ground lease documentation for the development of an inpatient rehabilitation facility in Georgia for a health system and operator joint venture.
- Represented a developer in preparation and negotiation of acquisition, construction financing, development and ground lease and subleasing documentation for the development of a medical office building in Arizona.
- Represented a REIT fund in the preparation and negotiation of construction financing, development, joint venture and operational documents for the development of a senior housing project in California.
- Represented a landlord in the documentation and negotiation of various leases to biotech companies for a life science hub development located in Texas.
- Represented a publicly traded healthcare REIT in connection with the disposition of a $1.1 billion, 61 property healthcare real estate portfolio.
- Represented a publicly traded healthcare REIT in connection with the acquisition of a $750 million, 11-state, 14 property healthcare real estate portfolio.
- Represented a landlord in the negotiation of the headquarters lease of a leading coffee and beverage company for a 350,000 sq. ft. build-to-suit facility.
- Represented a developer in the preparation of condominium documentation, financing and the leasing for a mixed-use development with hotel, residential, retail, and office uses.
- Represented a national healthcare provider in the acquisition, leasing, financing and asset management of over 50 locations across 15-states.
- Represented a borrower in obtaining $100 million in financing secured by a Houston, Texas outdoor shopping center.
Accolades
Honors & Recognitions
- Recommended for Real Estate, Legal 500 United States, 2023
- Selected for inclusion in Connect Media’s Lawyers in Real Estate Awards within the Texas regional category, 2022
- Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Real Estate Law, 2021
Affiliations
Professional
- American Bar Association, Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section
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Education
JD, South Texas College of Law Houston, 2010
BS, University of Houston, 2007
Admissions
Texas