Robert B. Koonin

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Rob routinely represents private equity funds, senior living operators, family offices, health care systems, and other entities in buying, selling, financing, and leasing a full spectrum of real estate holdings across the United States (including medical office, industrial, hospital, hotel, shopping center, and senior living properties). Rob also represents both borrowers and national lenders in connection with all aspects of commercial financings.
Representative Matters
- Represent the purchaser of a portfolio of 22 senior living facilities in the Midwest
- Counsel to a private family office acquiring over 600,000 square feet of industrial warehouse space in Queens, New York
- Counsel to one of the nation’s largest physical therapy networks, handling all real estate and leasing matters for over 400 therapy clinics across the United States
- Represent a joint venture in the acquisition and related financing of ~ 650,000 square feet of commercial office space in Virginia
- Represent numerous national banks in connection with loans (ranging from $25 million to $200+ million) to finance the acquisition and development of various senior living properties throughout the United States
- Advise operator in connection with the acquisition of a $110 million senior living campus in the Bronx, New York
- Represent one of New York’s largest hospital systems with the acquisition and related leaseback of a 15-acre campus in Suffolk County, New York
- Advise a major New York hospital in connection with $130 million tax-exempt bond financing to construct a new Emergency Department
Prior Work
Prior to joining ArentFox Schiff, Rob was a Partner and Vice-Chair of the Real Estate practice at a major law firm and was previously the Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs at the London-based software company, Metric Gaming.
Publications
- The Un-Real Estate Boom: Buying Property in the Metaverse, The Fashion Law.com, April 22, 2022
- Arent Fox Attracts Garfunkel Real Estate Team in New York, New York Law Journal, December 21, 2021
- Co-Authors Robert Koonin and Cynthia Thomas, Ventilation and air quality: Post-pandemic considerations for property owners, New York Real Estate Journal, November 23, 2021
- Co-Authors Robert Koonin and Cynthia Thomas, Look before you lease: Landlord considerations in renting to the cannabis industry, New York Real Estate Journal, June 11, 2021
Professional Activities
- New York State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
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Education
Brooklyn Law School, JD, 2009Union College, BA, 2004