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Justin S.
Mei

Associate

Office 646.563.8929
Email jmei@coleschotz.com
Christine Uscher |Legal Practice Assistant
201.489.3000 ext. x5074
cuscher@coleschotz.com
Christine Uscher |Legal Practice Assistant
201.489.3000 ext. x5074
cuscher@coleschotz.com
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Justin S. Mei is an associate in the firm’s Real Estate Department.

 

Experience

His practice focuses on the financing, acquisition or disposition of commercial real estate assets, including: self-storage, hotels, condominium projects and multi-family developments. Justin represents lenders, private debt funds, owners, operators, and investors.

 

Representative Matters

His representative matters include:

  • Owner/Operator of self-storage properties in the United States in connection with:
    • $479 million mortgage financing covering 40 self-storage properties across 13 states;
    • $122 million mortgage financing covering 12 self-storage properties across 9 states; and
    • $470 million mortgage and $120 million mezzanine financing covering 45 self-storage properties across 15 states.
  • Owner/Operator with the acquisition of, and $31.5 million mortgage financing covering, 2 self-storage properties in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
  • Owner/Operator with the disposition (with seller financing) of a flagged hotel in Long Island, New York for $20 million.
  • A private fund with two contributions of real property valued at $215 million (16 property portfolio in New York) and $217 million (16 property portfolio across 9 states) in exchange for limited partnership interests.
  • A construction lender with a $70 million mortgage loan, $23 million senior mezzanine loan and $15 million junior mezzanine loan for the construction of a mixed-use project (primarily condominium) in New York City, New York.
  • A private debt fund, in several transactions, including:
    • Formation of Fund I, with a target raise of $30 million, and of Fund II, with a target raise of $75 million; and
    • $12 million bridge loan covering 34 single family residences across 5 states.
  • A lender, in several transactions, including:
    • $21.5 million bridge loan for the build-out of two commercial condominium units (80,000 NRSF) plus a 293 space parking garage in Queens, New York.
    • $30 million mortgage financing for the acquisition of 46 mixed-use properties across 12 states.

Areas of Practice

Real Estate

Education

Indiana University Maurer School of Law, J.D.
Valparaiso University, B.A.

Bar & Court Admissions

New York
New Jersey

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Blogs

  1. 01

    Navigating the NYS 2024/2025 Executive Budget and Its Impact on NYC Multifamily Housing (Part 4 of 4)

    May 16, 2024
  2. 02

    Navigating the NYS 2024/2025 Executive Budget and Its Impact on NYC Multifamily Housing (Part 3 of 4)

    May 15, 2024
  3. 03

    Navigating the NYS 2024/2025 Executive Budget and Its Impact on NYC Multifamily Housing (Part 2 of 4)

    May 14, 2024
  4. 04

    Navigating the NYS 2024/2025 Executive Budget and Its Impact on NYC Multifamily Housing (Part 1 of 4)

    May 13, 2024
  5. 05

    NYC Short-Term Rentals Under New Lock & Key

    March 13, 2023
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Webinars + Events

  1. 01

    New Jersey Commercial Zoning and Liquor Licensing Law

    January 16, 2025
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  • Self-Storage

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