Michael Dabah is a Co-Founding Partner of Stein Adler Dabah & Zelkowitz LLP and heads the firm’s Real Estate group.

Mike advises real estate developers, owners, financial institutions, family offices, investors and other clients in a variety of real estate matters, including financing, leasing, acquisitions and sales. Mike is an expert in negotiating long term ground leases and credit tenant lease financing. He also frequently advises clients on New York City development projects, often dealing with site acquisitions, assemblages, joint ventures, construction financing and access agreements.

Clients seek Mike’s counsel on all aspects of major real estate transactions in New York City and across the country. A top-rated real estate attorney according to Super Lawyers®, he regularly facilitates transactions ranging in sophistication from distressed situations, workouts and commercial loans, to the acquisition, disposition and financing of multifamily assets, warehouse and industrial sites, office buildings and regional shopping centers. Mike also advises clients on retail, industrial and commercial leasing, including large office and co-working leases.

Mike earned his J.D., cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School and his B.A., magna cum laude, from New York University. Prior to founding the firm, Michael worked at Herrick, Feinstein LLP; Manatt, Phelps and Phillips LLP; and Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

• Advised Box Equities in the refinancing of an $18 million industrial asset formerly leased to HanesBrands.

• Advised Mayfair Investment Partners in the $38.5 million acquisition and financing of a Detroit industrial asset, reflecting continued investor demand in the industrial sector.

• Advised Box Equities in the formation of a joint venture with Artemis Real Estate Capital, and the venture’s acquisition of a 530,000 square-foot distribution center near Charlotte, North Carolina, anchored by HanesBrands.

• Advised a real estate investment fund in the $415 million acquisition of the Leo Burnett building in Chicago; the $178 million acquisition of a Starwood office portfolio in Heathrow, Florida, and the $150 million acquisition of a Class A office tower in Los Angeles.

• Advised a real estate investor in the $25 million acquisition of a Marriott hotel that was in receivership in Woodbridge, New Jersey; and the negotiation of a new hotel management and franchise agreement.

• Advised East Coast Acquisitions in the $30.5 million acquisition of Thatcher Woods, a 192,000 square-foot grocery anchored shopping center located in Chicago, Illinois.

Listed in New York Metro Super Lawyers® “Rising Stars,” Real Estate, 2017-2026

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