Lopez, Alejandro Rafael

Bar Admissions:

• New York, 1982
• Georgia, 1981
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

• Emory University School of Law, J.D. 1981
• State University of New York at Albany, B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) 1978  

Neal A. Weinstein has a broad commercial real estate practice that emphasizes acquisitions, tax-free exchanges, dispositions and financings of commercial properties throughout the country. His clients include major public companies and leading developers with respect to all aspects of large-scale commercial, residential and mixed use projects, including, site acquisition, construction financing, joint venture formation and public offerings of condominiums and community associations. Neal also has extensive experience in office, retail, industrial and net leasing on behalf of both domestic and international owners and tenants on a nationwide basis.

Recently Neal was a leader of the G&F team which handled the acquisition by the Rudin family of the 590,000 square foot St. Vincent's Hospital development site in the West Village in Manhattan. This project is one of the largest, most complex and most transformative luxury residential condominium projects in New York City. In addition to the acquisition out of bankruptcy, G&F handled the acquisition and construction financing in excess of a half billion dollars and joint venture agreements with international equity partners

Neal led the G&F team involved in acquiring 130 West 12th Street in Manhattan and the related construction loan by JP Morgan Chase. The project is a 43 unit luxury pre-war condominium offered pursuant to an offering plan prepared by the G&F team. He also led the team handling the 246,000 square foot office lease for Avon's new national headquarters at 777 Third Avenue, New York City. As part of his commitment to the local community, Neal has recently represented, on a pro bono basis, The Drawing Center and Central Park Conservancy with respect to several transactions.

Neal has been with Goldfarb & Fleece since 1986, becoming a partner in 1990. Prior to joining Goldfarb & Fleece, he practiced in the real estate department of Graubard Moskovitz McGoldrick Dannett & Horowitz in Manhattan.

Neal is a member of the New York State Bar Association (Member of the Real Property Committee on condominiums and co-ops), Association of the Bar of the City of New York (former member real estate section sub-committee on condominiums and cooperatives), American Bar Association, State Bar of Georgia, and International Council of Shopping Centers. He has been awarded an AV® Preeminent ™ 5.0 out of 5 rating by Martindale and has been named a "Super Lawyer" for 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.