David Grossberg's nationwide practice concentrates on real estate transactions, financings, joint ventures, workouts and land development.

He has represented real estate developers, lenders, and institutions on significant projects throughout metropolitan Chicago and the United States, including:

• The Enterprise Companies
• MB Financial Bank
• Horizon Group Properties
• MCL Companies
• The Prime Group, Inc.
• Focus Development
• New Century Bank
• Klutznick-Fisher Development
• The University of Chicago
• Arthur Hill & Company
• The John Buck Company

Mr. Grossberg also represents landlords and tenants in a variety of major office, retail and industrial leases.

Experience

• The Enterprise Companies, in connection with the development, debt financing and equity financing of Museum Park, Walton on the Park, One and Two River Place, River Place on the Park, River Village, University Commons, the Landmark Village, Altgeld-Bosworth Loft redevelopment and Nobel Street Lofts project
• Horizon Group Properties, Inc., in connection with the development, debt financing and equity financing of various shopping centers
• Affiliates of MCL Companies in connection with the development, debt financing and equity financing of River East, the Vue Charlotte, Skyline at Lindbergh, Metro Place, Clybourn Square, Old Town Village, Old Town Square, Embassy Club, Residences at Central Station, the Pointe at Lincoln Park and Cornell Square developments
• Real estate developers in connection with the workouts of many real estate development projects, and owners in connection with the workouts of over leveraged income properties
• Banks in connection with the workout of mature loans involving condominiums and mixed used properties
• Affiliates of MCL Companies in connection with the contested acquisition of Chicago Dock and Canal Trust, a publicly traded real estate investment trust, developed as River East
• Horizon Group Properties, Inc., in connection with a multi-property, multi-state refinancing of shopping centers and development of new shopping centers
• An affiliate of MCL Companies and Melk Development in connection with the acquisition of the unsold condominium units, land, and the development rights at Fisher Island, Florida
• Focus Development and Klutznick Fisher Development in connection with the development, debt financing and equity financing of Sherman Plaza, a mixed-use project in downtown Evanston, Illinois
• The John Buck Company in connection with the acquisition, refinancing, leasing and disposition of a downtown Chicago office building
• An affiliate of Arthur Hill & Company in connection with the financing, leasing and development of entertainment anchored downtown shopping centers in Denver and Evanston, Illinois
• Horizon Group Properties, Inc., in connection with the development of a master planned community in Huntley, Illinois
• Hamilton Partners in the annexation and rezoning of a 200-acre farm property to permit the construction of a suburban office, retail and hotel complex
• RREEF Funds in the acquisition of a 500,000 square-foot distribution facility
• Newell Rubbermaid Inc. in its agreement with developers Greenstone Properties, in partnership with Pope & Land and Granite Properties, to construct a 350,000 square-foot, 14-story Atlanta headquarters at Two Glenlake in the Perimeter Center area
• An affiliate of The Prime Group, Inc., in connection with the development of a shopping center in Country Club Hills, Illinois

Speeches and Presentations

"Chicago Distressed Real Estate Summit," (panelist) Green Pearl Events, Chicago, Ill. (May 13, 2010)

"Restructuring Troubled Condominium Projects: Workout Issues," (faculty member) Law Seminars International, Chicago, Ill. (April 25, 2008)

Awards and Honors

AV Rated — Martindale-Hubbell

Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law

Illinois Super Lawyers — Real Estate

Leading Lawyer — Finance; Land Use, Zoning & Condemnation; Real Estate; Real Estate: Commercial, Illinois Leading Lawyers Network
"Top 100" Real Estate–Related Lawyers