Michael J. Haas

Mr. Haas’ experience includes advising:

• Oak Hill Advisors in a multi-party, multi-tiered joint venture and related acquisition of an equity interest in, and mortgage financing of, 110 North Wacker Drive, a 55-story, 1.5-million-square-foot Class-A office tower in Chicago representing a total asset value of US$1 billion
• Stonepeak Partners in the US$5.65 billion acquisition of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
• The Blackstone Group in several matters, including in connection with the:
  • Acquisition of the remaining stake in Applegreen, an Ireland-based operator of a petrol forecourt retailer, for US$871 million
  • Acquisition by a consortium of investors led by Blackstone of US motorway operations of HMSHost, a subsidiary of Autogrill
• Invitation Homes in its:
  • US$250 million equity investment to launch Pathway Homes, a new company that provides unique housing solutions that address critical needs in the US residential sector
  • Joint venture with Rockpoint Group to acquire and renovate single-family homes in premium neighborhoods
  • Joint venture with Rockpoint Group to acquire single-family homes to operate as rental residences
  • US$900 million term loan facility for SFR Javelin, a real estate investment trust (REIT)
• Brookfield Asset Management in a US$766 million purchase of WashREIT’s 12 office assets located in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia, representing its entire office portfolio, excluding Watergate 600
• AGC Equity Partners in its:
  • Proposed purchase by client from Hunter Properties of Phase IV of the Coleman Highline located at 1199 Coleman Avenue and 1193 Coleman Avenue, San Jose, CA
  • Acquisition of logistics centers subject to single tenant triple net leases
  • Purchase of newly constructed office headquarters of Morgan Lewis in Philadelphia, PA
  • Joint venture with Iron Mountain Incorporated to design and develop a 280,000 square foot, or 27 megawatt, hyperscale data center currently under development in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Acquisition of five warehouses located in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee
  • Acquisition and refinancing of The Squaire at Frankfurt Airport, the largest German mixed-use project in 2019
• Brookfield Asset Management in its:
  • Sale of a majority interest in four subsidiaries of Capital Automotive, an owner of auto dealership properties, to KKR for US$143 million
  • Joint venture with Fundamental Income to create Fundamental Income Properties, a new net lease platform
  • US$854.5 million acquisition of a portfolio of office and industrial sites
• A sovereign wealth fund in its:
  • Investment in an Austria-based company that owns and develops retail properties, amid the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Investment in an international owner and developer of retail properties
  • Acquisition of a minority stake in a real estate owner and developer
• Garrison Investment Group and Miramar Capital Advisors in their assumption of fund and asset management roles and commitment to make loans for the repositioning of a portfolio of 15 office and hotel properties for US$400 million
• MC Real Estate Partners in an acquisition by a joint venture of a fully leased office building in Washington, D.C.’s East End submarket for US$106 million
• H.I.G. Realty Partners in an acquisition by a joint venture with Lincoln Equities Group of the life sciences campus in New Jersey
• StepStone Group in several matters, including the:
  • Co-investment with KKR for the acquisition of a 49-property, 90%-occupied stabilized senior housing portfolio located throughout New England
  • Platform joint venture with Ashland to purchase a 244-unit affordable housing property in Virginia
  • Platform joint venture with Ashland to purchase membership interests in an entity that indirectly owns a 353-unit affordable housing property in New York
  • Fund formation focused on special situations secondaries and recapitalizations of real estate vehicles
  • Formation of a joint venture with Milhaus and the acquisition by such entity of five multifamily developments located in Indiana, Oklahoma, and Tennessee
  • Formation of an additional development joint venture with Milhaus for the acquisition of a multifamily development project located in Missouri and capital commitments for the acquisition of additional multifamily development projects

*Certain matters above were handled prior to joining Latham