Katherine E. Garavaglia

Review of acquisition, loan documents, and ground leases for a 60-site, $150 million ground lease transaction throughout Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. *

Conducted diligence review and issued title insurance policies for a $405 million entity acquisition and real estate transaction of life science buildings in the Raleigh Durham research triangle. *

Conducted a $130 million mixed-use retail development project transaction in Salem, New Hampshire. *

Worked with parties in connection with the development of a mixed-use development in the seaport including consultation regarding air rights which required review and approval of conveyance documents and advised regarding potential tax implications; worked with parties for a first phase $18 million construction loan. *

Underwrote issuance of owner’s, lender’s, and leasehold policies of title insurance policies for the development of a hospital in Lancaster, NH for $30 million. The transaction was structured to take advantage of the new market tax credits. Advised the parties regarding mechanic’s lien coverage in light of the corporate structure and negotiated indemnities that allowed for mechanic’s lien coverage to be provided to the leasehold owner and the lender. Reviewed and approved all construction loan draws until the project was successfully completed in January 2020. *

Conducted $113 million sale of 1.8 million square feet of industrial warehouses covering nine sites under various stages of construction in four different states, and later added financing for the acquiring Real Estate Investment Trust. *

Conducted 26 site acquisition of gas-station convenience stores across 3 states; found creative solutions to issue title insurance policies despite numerous title matters including missing parcels; worked with the parties drafting easement agreements, licenses, and deeds from towns including advising on open meeting compliance regulations in connection with the sale of parcels of land from municipalities. *

Successfully negotiated an amendment to a Declaration of Covenants encumbering a shopping center in Florida. The Declaration included a provision that fast-food eateries were not allowed in the center. The Insured owner operated a Dunkin Donuts on the site, and there was no exception taken in the policy for the covenants. By locating the Assignee of the Declarant, and obtaining the consents of the other tenants in the shopping center to the amendment, a full policy pay out to the Insured was avoided, and the Insured was not left to navigate this problem on its own. *

Oversaw litigation for a commercial shopping center that was conveyed fraudulently during a bankruptcy stay on behalf of an Insured owner who was a bona fide purchaser for value down the chain of title. *

* Attorney Garavaglia was counsel in these representative transactions prior to joining Robinson+Cole.