Biography

Adam H. Sher

- listening since 1997

Partner
Boulder

adam.sher@hro.com
Tel: 303-417-8518
Fax: 303-866-0200

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Experience

Adam Sher, a partner in HRO’s Boulder office, is a member of the Real Estate Development, Land Use and Finance Practice Group. Mr. Sher has a broad legal practice covering virtually all aspects of real estate transactional matters, as well as general contract, corporate, limited liability company and other entity-related matters. He represents clients in connection with domestic and foreign commercial and high-end residential real estate and private equity transactions emphasizing acquisitions, development, financing (for both borrowers and lenders), leasing, workouts, restructurings, dispositions, asset management and joint venture arrangements. Mr. Sher also devotes substantial efforts to a variety of pro bono legal real estate projects, primarily for educational, spiritual and arts groups in Colorado and New York.
Representative Transactions:
Representation of a premier Colorado-based private residence club in connection with:
  • $75 million secured, revolving credit facility to finance its U.S. and international portfolio of properties;
  • Over $40 million of multi-property sale-leaseback transactions;
  • Acquisition of $49 million, 16 unit turnkey development in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico;
  • Acquisitions and financings of over $50 million of real estate assets in high-end “destination” locations in the U.S., the Caribbean and Mexico;
  • Development and financing of a $24 million residential duplex in Vail, Colorado;
  • $75 million combination with another private residence club; and
  • $10.5 million asset-liability swap transaction.
Representation of a national real estate investment fund in connection with:
  • Mezzanine and second mortgage financings on over $450 million of real estate assets across the country, including residential condominium construction projects, hospitality projects, mixed use, commercial and industrial projects, most of which involved significant future advance components for development or renovation;
  • $40.5 million debtor-in-possession hotel financing in Honolulu, Hawaii with junior/senior loan participation structure, later foreclosure on the hotel, conversion of senior participation interest into new first mortgage loan and refinancing; and
  • $40 million junior/senior participation first priority acquisition financing of ground leasehold interests covering an historic ocean liner permanently moored in Long Beach, California and converted into a hotel and entertainment facility.
Representation of a private New York-based investor group in connection with:
  • Approximately $104 million of acquisitions of semiconductor manufacturing equipment from two major U.S. semiconductor company, a portion of which was purchased through a consortium of buyers;
  • Over $100 million of equipment sale, refurbishment and installation transactions to semiconductor manufacturers in China and Eastern Europe.
Multi-party joint venture redevelopment of the roughly 34 acre former Montgomery Ward corporate campus in Chicago, Illinois, including redevelopment of the multi-million square foot Catalog Building for office, telecommunications, retail and residential uses, redevelopment of the former Montgomery Ward Tower for high-end residential condominiums and multiple dispositions of adjacent sites to developers (for development under a master plan).
Joint venture acquisition and financing of the commercial section of a landmark building in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C.
Multi-party joint venture recapitalization of a $350,000,000 office building in New York City (including new joint venture agreements, mortgage debt and three layers of mezzanine financing).
Joint venture acquisition and financing of a $20,000,000 high technology office center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Joint venture acquisition and financing of an $80,000,000 office park in Stamford, Connecticut.
Two-phase disposition of a $50,000,000 mixed-use office and retail center in Dallas, Texas.
Disposition of an environmentally challenged office park in Albuquerque, New Mexico (which was to that point the largest real estate transaction in Albuquerque’s history).
Mezzanine financings of acquisition and development of multifamily properties (valued at over $80,000,000) for condominium conversion located in Hollywood, Florida, Overland Park, Kansas, and suburbs of Detroit, Michigan.
Joint venture acquisition and loan assumption of $45,000,000 retail center in Seattle, Washington.
Joint venture acquisition for resale of over $40,000,000 of used and surplus high-technology manufacturing equipment.

Professional & Community Affiliations

Waldorf School Association of Boulder, Inc. d/b/a Shining Mountain Waldorf School, Board of Trustees, 2007-present
Co-Founder and Director, Fordham Housing Advocacy Project
Archibald R. Murray Public Service Award
Fordham University Public Interest Resource Center Public Service Student Award

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Education

J.D., Fordham University, cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1996
B.A., Wesleyan University, 1986

Bar Admissions

Admitted in:
New York since 1997
Colorado since 2005