As a former vice president and counsel with one of the largest publicly traded national REITs, Keli has an insider’s perspective on the business needs of her real estate clients.
With a depth of knowledge gained from working on thousands of real estate deals over her 30-plus-years of getting deals done efficiently and in alignment with her clients’ business goals.
Keli’s work in Washington DC and nationally includes acquisitions and dispositions, development projects, joint ventures, leasing, ground leasing, and financing. She adeptly manages deals involving a variety of asset types, including office, retail, apartment, hotel, and workforce housing.
For one client, Keli assisted in all legal aspects of its 170-bed workforce housing project in Bozeman, Montana, from the ground up to the opening of the project in 2024. Her work included drafting and negotiating complex joint venture documents for the ownership of the project, the contract to purchase the land, the construction contract, the development management agreement and other service contracts, and master leases. She also assisted with the construction financing for the project in the amount of $34.2 million.