Bob Baradaran is the Chair of Greenberg Glusker's Real Estate Group and serves on the Firm's five-member management committee.

He has extensive experience in a wide range of real estate matters, including purchase and sale transactions, financing transactions, distressed debt transactions, loan workouts, hospitality development, shopping center development, office, industrial and retail leasing, joint venture transactions, and tax-deferred exchanges.

Mr. Baradaran regularly speaks and presents on various industry-related topics.  He has also been quoted in such publications as the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, California Real Estate Journal, Retail Traffic, GlobeSt.com, and the Los Angeles Business Journal.

• Represents buyers in the acquisition of distressed debt
• Represented a client in the acquisition of a $26.6 million, 200,000 square-foot office complex in El Segundo, California
• Represents borrowers in the negotiation with CMBS loan servicers to restructure conduit loans secured by real property assets
• Represented a client in the disposition of a Hilton branded hotel in a $50 million sale transaction, and also represented a client in the refinancing of a Marriott branded hotel in a $55 million financing transaction
• Represents the Oakland Athletics baseball franchise in the acquisition and development of approximately 140 acres of land for a new baseball stadium and entertainment and residential project to be located in Fremont, California
• Represents Costco Wholesale Corporation in the acquisition and development of general merchandise retail facilities in the Western United States
• Represented The Sports Club/LA in a series of credit facilities totaling approximately $80 million in connection with the refinancing of its heath clubs in Southern California
• Represented Monrovia Nursery Company, one of the largest nursery growers in the United States, in the sale of approximately 518 acres of its real property in Azusa, California for a purchase price in excess of $200 million
• Represented one of the largest golf course owners in the United States in the disposition of a portfolio of golf courses in South Carolina for a purchase price in excess of $50 million
• Represented a buyer in the syndication, acquisition and financing of two residential projects totaling 442 units, which involved one tier of senior conduit debt, and two tiers of private equity debt, allowing the client to leverage approximately 90 percent of the acquisition price
• Represented a landlord in the lease of 110,000 square feet of retail space to Home Depot, and represented a landlord in the lease of a 100,000 square foot manufacturing facility to a publicly traded company
• Represented a tenant in the lease of an entire floor of a Class A office building in West Los Angeles
• Represented a borrower in a $25 million construction financing of a retail project in Northern California utilizing the New Market Tax Credit program
• Represented one of the largest privately held owners of government occupied office buildings in the United States in the acquisition of two Class A office building projects in California and Washington state, for an aggregate purchase price in excess of $100 million
• Represented an owner of a 450,000 square foot office complex in California in the refinancing of a $30 million loan and in the subsequent sale of the property for approximately $70 million

"Bob has been fantastic to work with on all of our projects, from land acquisitions related to our Oakland Athletics baseball team to our hotel and other real estate activities. Bob has the very unique ability to be kind and respectful to all parties in a transaction, while at the same time strongly protecting our legal interests. We greatly appreciate the Greenberg Glusker team; what a great partner for us to have for our development company."

--Keith M. Wolff, Oakland Athletics

"I wanted to express my great pleasure in working with Bob Baradaran. We recently concluded a large refinancing deal for one of our hotels, and Bob was terrific all the way through the process. Due to the uncertain financial markets, this was not the easiest transaction to close. His business and legal acumen combined with his effective interpersonal style enabled us to achieve a very favorable outcome. He was thorough and incredibly responsive, and always maintained a wonderful even keel. Bob showed great patience and resourcefulness and was able to always find a way through any issue that arose. He is a great credit to your firm and we look forward to working with him on future transactions."

--Adam Keller, Executive Vice President, Wolff Urban Development

• Member, Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Real Property Section
• Member, Urban Land Institute
• Member, International Council on Shopping Centers

• "Investors Look for Light in Black Hole of CMBS Agreements," California Real Estate Journal, March 22, 2010
• "Pacesetters,  California Real Estate Journal, February 1, 2010
• “Banks Get Guidance on Commercial Mortgage Workouts,” California Real Estate Journal, November 16, 2009
• "Landlords Negotiate Now For Repayment Later," California Real Estate Journal, November 9, 2009
• “HOA Questions Brought to Light in Bankruptcies,” California Real Estate Journal, September 21, 2009
  
• "Projects and People," Retail Traffic, September 1, 2009
• "Downturn Turnaround?" Los Angeles Business Journal, August 24, 2009
• "Who's in, who's out," The Deal, August 6, 2009
• "On Rodeo Drive,  Leases Pick Up," the Los Angeles Times