Christine M. Murphy

Christine Murphy is a partner in Goodwin’s Real Estate group, focusing on commercial real estate finance. Her practice includes balance sheet financings, permanent and bridge loan originations, construction loans, mezzanine and other subordinate financings, loan participations and syndications, and workouts and restructurings. Christine represents real estate funds, commercial banks, investment banks, institutional lenders, insurance companies, private equity investors and other investors. She advises on transactions involving all types of commercial real property, including mixed-use, industrial, multi-family, office, retail, hotels, resorts, assisted living/nursing facilities, data centers, ground leased property, and other commercial properties. Christine has additional experience in real estate development, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and joint venture transactions.

Christine has advised on the following selected matters:

• Represented a bank in connection with construction loans for $387 million for the construction of multifamily buildings in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.*
• Represented a bank in connection with a $205 million construction loan for the construction of a luxury condominium project in Jersey City, New Jersey.*
• Represented a real estate investment firm in connection with a $295 million mortgage and mezzanine loans secured by an office building in Chicago, Illinois.*
• Represented a bank in connection with a $200 million condominium inventory loan secured by condominium units located in downtown Manhattan, New York.*
• Represented a real estate investment firm in connection with the $100 million mortgage and mezzanine loans secured by an office and laboratory complex in Framingham, Massachusetts.*
• Represented a real estate investment firm in connection with a $275 million construction loan for the construction of a hotel in SoHo, Manhattan.*
• Represented a debt fund in connection with $75 million mortgage and mezzanine loans, and subsequent restructuring of such loans, for the redevelopment of a co-working and office building in the financial district in Manhattan, New York.*
• Represented a bank in connection with a $54 million construction loan secured by an assisted living and memory care facility in Long Island, New York.*
• Represented a bank in connection with a $110 million acquisition and redevelopment mortgage loan secured by a co-living and multifamily project in Washington, DC.*
• Represented a bank in connection with a $107 million mortgage loan secured by an office building in Bethesda, Maryland.*
• Represented a bank in connection with a $97 million construction loan for the construction of an Amazon warehouse in Fishkill, New York.*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin

Prior to joining Goodwin, Christine was a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher in the firm’s Real Estate Finance practice. Previously, she was a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman in the firm’s Real Estate group.

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