Morris Missry

Morris Missry is a partner, on the Management Committee of Wachtel & Maysr, LLP and Chairman of our Real Estate Department. Mr. Missry represents a wide variety of real estate developers, investors and syndicators as well as corporate clients, not-for-profit entities and individual clients in the acquisition, financing, construction, development and leasing of commercial, residential and mixed-use projects. These projects include shopping centers, shopping malls, hotels, office buildings, residential towers, and industrial facilities. Mr. Missry is a dynamic negotiator and facilitator of complex real estate and joint venture transactions. Known as a deal maker, Mr. Missry is often retained for his expertise in structuring a variety of transactions throughout the United States.

Representative Transactions:

• Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida Destination Malls. Acquisitions and financing of two food, shopping and entertainment destination shopping centers.
• Enclosed Mall - Vega Alta, Puerto Rico Enclosed Mall. Acquisition and financing of 400,000 square foot premier shopping mall.
• Regional Mall - Cincinnati, Ohio Regional Mall. Acquisition and financing (Senior and Mezzanine Debt) of 1,350,000 square foot regional mall.
• Enclosed Mall - Brooklyn, New York. Acquisition, financing and redevelopment of downtown Brooklyn urban mall.
• Enclosed Mall - Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. Acquisition and financing of 640,000 square foot regional mall.
• Regional Mall - Merritt City Island, Florida. Acquisition and financing of 850,000 square foot regional mall.
• Office Buildings. Representation of owners and investors in the acquisition, financing and redevelopment of numerous office towers in New York City and throughout the United States and Canada.
• Fee above a Plane Structures. Structuring of the disposition of real property in a fee above a plane structure which ultimately leads to a condominium structure when property is rebuilt.
• Tenancy In Common Structures. Structuring of property ownership in complex tenancy in common structures.
• Syndications. Structuring various real estate syndications involving high net worth individuals involving real property throughout the United States.
• Joint Venture/Recapitalizations. Various negotiations and structuring of Joint Venture agreements and recapitalizations involving a variety of real property throughout the United States.
• 717 Fifth Ave, New York, NY
• 590 Fifth Ave, New York, NY
• 261 Fifth Ave, New York, NY
• Tri-County Mall Cincinnati, OH
• One Beacon Street, Boston, MA
• Development in Downtown Baltimore, MD
• Takanassee Development of Property,Long Branch, NJ
• Herald Center, New York, NY
• 10 LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL
• 551 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

Professional Affiliations

• Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Public Library
• Member of the Board of Directors of Safe Foundation, Inc.
• Associate Member International Council of Shopping Centers