Colleen represents banking institutions and other lenders in connection with negotiating and closing commercial loans secured by real estate and personal property and is particularly experienced in the area of commercial construction lending.ย She has also worked extensively on the borrower side of transactions with large real estate developers and builder clients in the acquisition, sale and financing of real property.ย Colleen regularly represents qualified businesses and community development entities in connection with documenting and closing new markets tax credit transactions within low-income areas both locally and nationally.
Colleen has represented clients in a wide array of commercial transactions including the following:ย $100 million syndicated real estate loan to a national hotel developer; $50 million line of credit to a commercial retail developer; $30-$60 million construction and permanent financings to a wide array of developers and real estate investors; $30 million syndicated term loan and working capital line of credit for a national retailer; $5-$20 million construction loans for the acquisition and development of commercial retail centers and residential apartment projects; and served as Ohio local counsel in a $535 million loan facility.ย Colleen has also represented several non-profit and for-profit qualified businesses in a variety of real estate development projects with extensive capital stacks that include new markets tax credit and/or historic tax credit financing and other economic incentives.
University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 1997
University of Notre Dame, B.B.A., 1992
Chambers USA,ย Real Estate,ย 2013-2017
Selected for inclusion inย Ohio Super Lawyersยฎย Rising Stars,ย 2005
The Best Lawyers in Americaยฎ, Commercial Finance Law, 2024; Real Estate Law, 2016-2024
Finalist for Cincinnati USA Regional Chamberโs WE Celebrate Woman of the Year for Community Impact, 2014
American Bar Association
Cincinnati Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
The Notre Dame Alumni Club of Greater Cincinnati, Member
Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Greater Cincinnati, Member
Crayons to Computers, Inc., Board of Trustees, Chair
Junior Achievement, Volunteer Teacher
Children International, Sponsor
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June 22, 2020
February 23, 2018