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Christopher J.
Caslin

Member

Office 201.525.6285
Cell 551.486.5046
Email ccaslin@coleschotz.com
Bridget A. Corbett |Legal Practice Assistant
201.489.3000 ext. 5109
bcorbett@coleschotz.com
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Christopher J. Caslin is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department and Real Estate Special Opportunities Group.

Since joining the firm in 2003, Chris has focused his practice on a wide array of real estate transactions, with substantial experience handling acquisitions, dispositions and development throughout the United States for a variety of clients including real estate investment trusts, opportunity funds and private investors. He also has significant experience representing both lenders and borrowers in connection with loan workouts, restructures and deed-in-lieu transactions.

 

Experience

Representative Matters

Chris’s experience includes representing:

  • A real estate opportunity fund in the acquisition and financing of 5 retail condominium units in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan
  • A real estate opportunity fund in a joint venture acquisition of an office building in the Midtown West neighborhood of Manhattan
  • A conduit lender in the mortgage financing of various limited-service hotels located throughout the Midwest and Southeast
  • A sovereign wealth fund in the sale of a limited-service hotel in New Jersey
  • A real estate investor in the acquisition and leaseback from a big-box retailer of eight stores in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire and North Carolina
  • A publicly-traded real estate investment trust in the acquisition of a development site in North Bergen, New Jersey
  • A real estate investment trust in the acquisition of warehouse and distribution centers in New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania
  • A real estate investor in the acquisition of retail shopping centers in Hilton Head, S.C. and Miami
  • A real estate opportunity fund in the acquisition of an existing mortgage loan and subsequent deed-in-lieu transfer of an office building in Midtown Manhattan
  • A real estate developer in the acquisition of a foreclosing lender’s project mortgage foreclosure judgment and auction bid and related acquisition financing for property in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan
  • A real estate investor in the acquisition of an existing defaulted mortgage loan secured by eight multifamily properties in New York City and subsequent workout to convey four of the properties to our client and three of the properties to a third-party buyer, with the remaining property conveyed to the principals of the existing borrower and a mezzanine lender

 

Networks & Affiliations

In addition to membership in the New York State Bar Association and the New Jersey State Bar Association, Chris is an active member of the Urban Land Institute and the International Council of Shopping Centers.

Areas of focus

    Practices
  • Real Estate
  • Acquisitions & Sales
  • Development & Repurposing
  • Financing
  • Workouts & Foreclosures
  • Real Estate Special Opportunities

Education

Fordham University School of Law, J.D.
College of the Holy Cross, B.A.

Bar & Court Admissions

New Jersey
New York

Honors & Awards

Unsung Hero, New Jersey Legal Awards
  • Blogs
  • Firm News

Blogs

  1. 01

    Successor Hotel Owners and Operators Beware: New Jersey Enacts Job Protections for Predecessor Hotel Employees and Notice Requirements and Restrictions for any Service Disruptions

    January 31, 2022
  2. 02

    Remote Notarization Takes Effect In New Jersey

    April 20, 2020
  3. 03

    IRS Extends Key Tax Deadlines for 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges and Investments in Qualified Opportunity Funds

    April 16, 2020
  4. 04

    New Requirement to Post NYC DOB Violations in Residential Buildings

    January 14, 2020
  5. 05

    “Reverse” Like-Kind Exchanges Not Subject to NYS Real Estate Transfer Tax

    April 26, 2017
  6. 06

    Carbon Monoxide Detectors Now Required in Commercial Buildings in New York

    September 3, 2015
  7. 07

    New York City Property Owners Beware the RPIE Statement Deadline

    August 26, 2011
  8. 08

    Can Towns Make Real Estate Developers Set Aside Open Space in Their Projects?

    May 6, 2009
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Firm News

  1. 01

    Birch Group Acquires Long Island Office Campus From Onyx, Dra For $212 Million

    January 12, 2022 | Real Estate NJ
  2. 02

    Cole Schotz Represents The Birch Group in Acquisition of Long Island Campus for $212 Million

    January 11, 2022 | Cole Schotz Press Release
  3. 03

    The Birch Group Buys $212m Two-Building Portfolio, Long Island’s Largest Office Deal in Past Decade

    January 6, 2022 | Institutional Real Estate, Inc.
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