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Jonathan S. Margolis

Partner
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Jonathan S. Margolis Partner

Jon is a Partner in Morrison Cohen’s Real Estate Department. Jon has more than 30 years’ experience in conveyance, joint venture, lease, finance, development, construction, and real estate investment trust transactions with respect to various types of commercial real estate, including office buildings, retail, shopping centers, apartment buildings, hotels, warehouses, and mixed use projects.

His clients have included real estate investment trusts, major developers, foreign and domestic institutions, and corporate and individual investors. He has been involved in many multi-property transactions as well as matters involving some of the most prominent New York City properties.

Jon joined Morrison Cohen in 2011 from Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

Experience

  • The purchase by Zara USA, Inc. of a retail condominium unit at 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York.
  • The purchase by three families of the office building at 1450 Broadway, New York, New York.

Prior to joining Morrison Cohen

  • The initial public offerings of Kranzco Realty Trust and Glimcher Realty Trust.
  • The sale by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the New York Coliseum site.
  • The sale by The Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. of five power plants.
  • The acquisition by Denholtz Management Corp. of all of the real estate assets of Banyan Strategic Realty Trust.
  • The merger of Kranzco Realty Trust and CV Reit, Inc. to form Kramont Realty Trust.
  • The acquisition by Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust of a 32 property portfolio of office buildings from iStar Financial.
  • The acquisition by The Related Companies of the Snowmass Ski Resort, Snowmass, Colorado.
  • The acquisition by JOSS Realty Partners of a mezzanine loan encumbering, and an assignment in lieu of foreclosure on, the ground lease estate in Girard Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • The purchase by Hong Kong investors of the Riverside South development site on the west side of Manhattan.

Professional Activities

American Bar Association, Real Property Section
New York State Bar Association, Real Property Law Section
New York City Bar Association
International Council of Shopping Centers
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts
Real Estate Board of New York

Recognition

Columbia Law School
      Stone Scholar

Columbia College
      Manager, Columbia University Band
      Captain, Columbia University Ice Hockey Club

 
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Education

  • Columbia University School of Law, J.D.
  • Columbia College, B.A.

Bar Admissions

  • New York

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