Overview

As a real estate partner, Brett has more than 20 years of diverse experience advising clients with respect to sophisticated real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, development, financings, and joint ventures. Brett is a trusted strategic advisor who maintains a deal-oriented approach with a goal of understanding and achieving his client’s goals in an efficient manner. Brett is thoughtful and highly cost-effective as he concentrates on the material issues while protecting the client’s interest.  

Brett regularly represents clients in the negotiation and documentation of complex real estate transactions. He has significant experience representing publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), investment advisors, private equity sponsors, commercial lenders, and other institutional investors and developers.

Brett’s experience encompasses a wide range of asset classes and property types, including industrial, retail, multi-family and office properties, and land for development. He has represented landlords and tenants with respect to a variety of lease negotiations, including build-to-suit leases, ground leases, warehouse/logistic leases, and office leases. Brett also has extensive experience, for a variety of institutional clients, in negotiating and documenting asset management arrangements.

Brett is nationally recognized for Real Estate Law by the Best Lawyers in America©.

Credentials

Admissions

  • State of Illinois

Education

  • Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1999
  • University of Michigan, B.A., with high distinction, 1995

Experience

American Realty Advisors, LLC

  • Serve as outside counsel to American Realty Advisors in connection with real estate acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, financing transactions, and asset management matters.

Dayton Street Partners LLC

  • Serve as outside counsel to Dayton Street Partners in connection with its acquisition, disposition, development, leasing, financing, and asset management transactions.

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

  • Serve as outside counsel to First Industrial Realty Trust in connection with its real estate acquisition, development, disposition, and leasing matters.

Westcore Properties

  • Serve as outside counsel to Westcore Properties in connection with its real estate acquisition and disposition transactions.

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Recognitions

  • Best Lawyer, The Best Lawyers in America© (2021-2025)
    • Real Estate Law
  • Leading Lawyer, Leading Lawyers Network (2017-2025)
  • Illinois Rising Stars, Super Lawyers (2010-2014)
  • Order of the Coif
  • bl_feinberg2025

Organizations

  • Phi Beta Kappa
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