Olga M. Gurtovaya

Representative Experience

• Represented two banks and worked with different borrowers to close six loans in four days for various lenders. Funds were used for the construction/renovation of industrial and retail sites around the country, including South Carolina, West Virginia and Texas. *
• Assisted in due diligence and the closing process associated with the sale of a newly constructed office plaza in downtown Dallas. The transaction was complicated due to multiple interests in an underground parking garage, an adjacent building site for a future tower, the imposition of new restrictions to keep an adjacent walk open to the public, a long-term master lease of the unleased space, and the continued leasing and management of the building. *
• Assisted a national homebuilder in drafting various purchase contracts to acquire raw land and lots in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Conducted due diligence and helped close the acquisitions. *
• Represented an architecture and planning company in the acquisition and development of raw land, followed by the leasing and ultimate sale of real property for a restaurant chain and a sporting goods discount chain in Gainesville, Georgia, and a national health care company in Lakewood, Colorado, and St. Louis, Missouri. *
• Represented a Texas-based real estate firm in closing several adjacent tracts of land in the Bishop Arts area of Dallas. Negotiated purchase contracts, leases and lease terminations, and drafted closing documents for a $57 million residential/retail development. *
• Represented a Dallas-based real estate developer in loan documentation for a $37.8 million loan to finance the development of a multifamily apartment complex in Kissimmee, Florida. Prepared and negotiated loan documents, reviewed due diligence, and worked with the borrower and developer through various development documents required for the property. *
• Drafted and negotiated loan documents for commercial lenders in connection with lending transactions. Handled all aspects of closings. *
• Represented real estate developers and landowners in connection with the acquisition, sale, development and financing of commercial real estate projects. *
• Drafted and prepared loan documents, purchase and sale agreements, closing documents, leases, and easements in connection with commercial real estate transactions. *
• Represented private lender in various $20–120 million first-lien financing loans for construction and development of hospitality projects around the United States. *
• Represented developer in the acquisition, development and leasing of property to a national retailer. Assisted in securing and negotiating financing. *
• Represented local home builder in lot development deals across the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area. *
• Acted as local counsel to a hard money lender. Assisted with Texas foreclosures. *