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Jeff Rothbart

Mr. Rothbart is an Illinois licensed attorney with a focus on real estate and taxation.

Mr. Rothbart has over 19 years of institutional, commercial and residential real estate experience including, but not limited to, valuation, acquisitions, development, general contracting, equity and debt financing and lending standards, legal document review, asset/portfolio management, capital markets, leasing, dispositions, sustainability, HOA formation and administration and brokerage.  Mr. Rothbart has also served as an expert witness or litigation consultant on over 135 matters with a cumulative asset value in excess of $500 million.

Highlights from his career include, but are not limited to, the following:

• • • • Participated in over $3,000,000,000 of commercial and residential real estate transactions across property type, risk profile and geography.
      • Valued in excess of $4,000,000,000 in commercial and residential real estate;
      • Disposed of over $1,750,000,000 in commercial real estate assets.
      • Formed over $200,000,000 in real estate joint ventures and other syndications.
      • Managed over 11,000,000 SF of commercial real estate assets.
      • Procured over $500,000,000 in equity and debt investments.
      • Negotiated over 200 leases totaling more than 2,000,000 SF.
      • Development of over $5 million in residential real estate.
      • Own approximately 100 acres of raw land for development.
      • Own approximately 500 senior living beds.

Mr. Rothbart published over 40 articles and research reports on the commercial real estate markets which were cited in over 100 different real estate publications.

Mr. Rothbart has also consulted, either as an expert witness or on a third-party basis, in over 135 matters. Previous clients include municipalities, public REITs, governmental agencies, universities, insurance companies, creditors to bankruptcy, equity investors, developers, general contractors, property owners, tenants and individual homeowners.

Mr. Rothbart has a B.A. from Emory University, a J.D. from IIT-Chicago Kent College of Law, an LL.M. in Taxation from Northwestern University, a Certificate in Hotel Real Estate and Asset Management from Cornell University as well as a Certificate in Real Estate Investment and Development from Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business.

Additionally, Mr. Rothbart is an Adjunct Professor of Law at IIT-Chicago Kent College of Law, a licensed Illinois attorney, a licensed Illinois Real Estate Broker and formerly held a LEED-AP for New Construction v2.2 as well as NASD/FINRA Series 22 and 63 licenses. Mr. Rothbart has been a ‘market participant’ for the PwC Korpacz Real Estate Investor Survey since approximately 2006.  Mr. Rothbart is a Certified Mediator through the National Association of Certified Mediators.