Brandon’s practice focuses on commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, financings, sale-leasebacks, leasing and developments of data center, industrial, office, technology, and multifamily projects. His experience also includes the structuring of joint ventures and transfers of equity interests.
Before joining Mintz Levin, Brandon practiced as a real estate associate in other law firms in California. While in law school, he served as Executive Articles Editor of the Washington Law Review. In his free time, Brandon enjoys endurance and mountain sports and reading about Russian history.
Experience
Acquisitions, Dispositions and Financings
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in a joint venture in a $487 million acquisition of fee and membership interests, and related financings, of a portfolio of data centers in California, Texas and Virginia.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in an up to $1 billion unsecured credit facility, including a $440 million revolving credit facility.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in its $171 million acquisition and financing of developed airspace parcels in Minneapolis.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in its $85 million acquisition of an office building in downtown Nashville and related $65 million loan assumption.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in a $50 million revolving capital call credit facility.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in its $89 million acquisition and financing of an office and retail building in Atlanta.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in a $149 million construction loan for the development of a life sciences building in Silicon Valley.
- Represented an investor in multifamily properties in its $190 million acquisition of two multifamily apartment complexes in Simi Valley, including its assumption of a $80 million Freddie Mac loan and a $29 million Freddie Mac loan.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in its $66 million acquisition and financing of an office building in the Research Triangle in North Carolina.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in its $180 million disposition of a data center and an industrial building in Irvine.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in its $52 million acquisition and financing of a ground sublease interest in a single-tenant office building in Tempe.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in its $99 million acquisition and financing of an office project in Texas.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in a $88 million CMBS loan in connection with the refinancing of a 7-property portfolio in California, Colorado and Texas.
- Represented an investor in multifamily properties in its $40 million acquisition of a multifamily property in Seattle, including its assumption of a $21 million Fannie Mae loan.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in its $98 million acquisition of office buildings in Santa Ana.
- Represented a private real estate fund in its $47 million financing of an acquisition of an office building in Florida as part of a sale-leaseback.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in its $39,000,000 disposition of office buildings in San Diego.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in its $51 million acquisition and financing of an office campus in Phoenix.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in its $144 million sale of an office building in Glendale, California.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in its $25 million refinancing of a multifamily residential campus in San Diego.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in its $22 million acquisition and financing of an office campus in Nashville.
Joint Ventures and Developments
- Represented a data center owner and operator in its $92 million acquisition of equity interests in a data center development site in Northern Virginia and related $67 million mortgage and mezzanine pre-construction financings.
- Represented a data center owner and operator in its $77 million acquisition of a data center development site in Phoenix and related $91 million pre-construction financing.
- Represented a data center owner and operator in its $326 million acquisition of a data center in Portland, Oregon as part of a programmatic joint venture.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in its acquisition and $33 million construction financing of an industrial building in El Paso.
- Represented a data center owner and operator in its $42 million acquisition, financing and development of a data center in San Francisco.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in a joint venture to develop commercial and residential space in the Hudson Yards section of Manhattan.
- Represented an international company in its option to lease and develop a $400 million aquacultural facility in northern California.
Data Center and Communications
- Represented a data center owner and operator in its $43 million acquisition of a data center facility in Northern Virginia.
- Represented a data center owner and operator in its $63 million disposition of a data center facility in Northern Virginia structured as an entity sale.
- Represented a data center owner and operator in the negotiation of three turnkey data center leases in Silicon Valley and Dallas.
- Represented a data center owner and operator in its $63 million sale of a multi-tenant data center facility in Northern Virginia structured as a sale of membership interests.
- Represented a large data center operator in the negotiation of a 3 megawatt lease of data center space and power in Amsterdam.
- Represented a data center owner and operator in its $77 million contribution and redevelopment of a data center facility in Phoenix.
- Represented a private real estate investment firm in the negotiations of single-tenant leases of data centers in Massachusetts and Illinois.
- Represented an educational institution in the negotiation of a master services agreement with a data center operator for data center space and power in New Jersey.
- Represented a provider of communications infrastructure in license agreements for the installation and operation of infrastructure within various buildings in New York City.
Leasing
- Represented a landlord in the negotiation of the leasing of 300,000 square feet of office space in Salt Lake City.
- Represented a landlord in the negotiation of a net lease of 200,000 square feet of office space in San Diego.
- Represented a landlord in the negotiation of the leasing of 90,000 square feet of office and research and development space in San Jose.
- Represented a landlord in the negotiation of the leasing of 103,000 square feet of office space in Irving, Texas.
- Represented a landlord in the negotiation of the leasing of 70,000 square feet of research and development space in San Diego.
- Represented a landlord in the negotiation of the leasing of 80,000 square feet of medical and laboratory space in San Diego.
- Represented a tenant in the negotiation of the leasing and related development of 430,000 square feet of office space in Irvine.
viewpoints
California Usury Law: A Search for Clarity around Compound Interest
April 25, 2018 | Blog | By Brandon Barker
AB 1103 Update: Postponement of Certain Nonresidential Building Energy Use Disclosure Requirements
September 11, 2014 | Alert | By Dawn Saunders, Brandon Barker
Implications of the New California LLC Act
June 11, 2014 | Alert | By Brandon Barker
California Supreme Court Gives California’s Unfair Competition Law More Coverage
February 11, 2013 | Alert | By Brandon Barker
News & Press
My Weekday Workout: Mintz Levin's Brandon Barker
November 8, 2019
Mintz Promotes Six Attorneys to Member
May 23, 2018
Mintz Northern California Real Estate Practice Closes $1.3 Billion in Transactions in 2016
February 01, 2017
Events & Speaking
Site Selection, Permitting and Lease Negotiation: Navigating the Early Phases of Development and Where to Build Next
BISNOW
Reston, VA
Recognition & Awards
Recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the Leaders in Law - Attorney Nominees (2018)
Involvement
- Member, Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California
- Member, Urban Land Institute Los Angeles
- Former Member of Editorial Board, California Real Property Journal