Dustin Paige advises clients on a variety of commercial real estate transactions across the US, particularly within the hospitality sector.
Mr. Paige draws on a sophisticated understanding of complex real estate assets — including retail, office, hotel, multi-family, and mixed use properties — to guide REITs, private equity funds, and other real estate investors on:
Single-asset and portfolio acquisitions and dispositions
Joint ventures
Financing, including mortgage, mezzanine, and construction
Leasing and sale-leasebacks
Property management and franchise agreements
Acquisitions of distressed debt
He leverages his business acumen and relationships across the industry to devise practical and creative solutions, often on a compressed time line.
Mr. Paige maintains an active pro bono practice, including advising nonprofit performing arts group Steep Theatre Company on acquiring its new performance space.
Before joining Latham, Mr. Paige practiced at another leading international law firm.
Experience
Mr. Paige’s recent experience includes advising:
Acquisitions and Dispositions
The Blackstone Group on:
Acquiring multi-family projects in Austin, Texas and in Denver, Colorado
Selling a multi-family project in Tennessee
GEM Realty Capital on:
Acquiring and financing the Hilton Hotel in downtown San Jose, California
Financing its acquisition of the Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa, a resort near Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Highgate, a premier real estate investment and hospitality management company, on the US$2.8 billion acquisition of six hospitality portfolios from Colony Capital
Oak Hill Advisors on its investment in 110 North Wacker Drive, a 55-story office tower in Chicago, from The Howard Hughes Corporation
One Rock Capital Partners on:
Its acquisition, along with Metropoulous & Co., of Nestlé Waters North America, a bottled water provider
Acquiring ArchKey Solutions, an electrical and technologies contracting and services provider
Xenia Hotels & Resorts on acquiring W Nashville, a luxury lifestyle hotel
Joint Ventures
Flynn Properties, owner of commercial real estate, luxury resorts, and select service hotel properties, in a joint venture with Värde Partners on the US$1.1 billion acquisition of an 80% interest in 89 select service and extended stay hotels from affiliates of Highgate and Cerberus Capital Management
Haberhill on:
Forming a joint venture with Walton Street Capital to recapitalize and acquire the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, a hotel in Minnesota
Forming a joint venture to acquire the Hyatt Regency Houston, a hotel in Texas
Leasing and Sale-Leasebacks
BlueTriton Brands (formerly Nestlé Waters Division) in connection with a sale-leaseback of 20 large industrial facilities
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
Illinois
Education
JD, Vanderbilt University Law School, 2012 Dean's List
BA, University of Michigan, 2009 with high distinction
Cross-border team represents Digital Realty in joint venture that will deliver approximately 500 megawatts of IT capacity across three Tier 1 metros in Europe and North America.
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