Fried Frank serves as counsel in three financing deals totaling $1.615 billion

Manhattan, NY Fried Frank acted as counsel in the following transactions:

• Fried Frank acted as counsel to Jack Resnick & Sons and Ruben Companies in connection with their $205 million refinancing from MetLife Investment Management for their office building at 110 East 59th St. The team included real estate partner Jonathan Mechanic, real estate special counsel Suzanne deVries Decker and real estate associates Danielle Frank and Malia Reichmann.

• Fried Frank acted as counsel to Brookfield Office Properties in connection with its $1.15 billion financing of the office portion of 5 Manhattan West from a syndicate of mortgage lenders. The team included real estate partners Joshua Mermelstein and Nathaniel Lifschitz; tax partner Joseph Fox; real estate associates Julianne Befeler, Lindsey Dubb, and Nicholas Mayer; and tax law clerk Evan Quinn.

• Fried Frank acted as counsel to a joint venture led by Taconic Investment Partners LLC and including BFC Partners, L+M, and the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group in connection with its $260 million loan from Square Mile Capital Management for the development of 202 Broome St. in the Essex Crossing development. The team included real estate partner Michael Werner and real estate associates Simon Elkharrat and Adam Ezrapour.