Education
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Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, J.D., 1984
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Northwestern University School of Law
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University of Illinois, B.A., 1981
Bar Admissions
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Deborah
C.
Ryan
Partner
Real Estate
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2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3000
Dallas,
Texas
75201
T:
214-758-6628
F:
214-758-1550
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Deborah Ryan serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Business Department and is the immediate past Chair of the Real Estate Practice Group, a part of the Business Department. She has devoted a significant portion of her practice to the acquisition and renegotiation of large multi-state portfolios of real estate and partnership interests; large debt portfolios; real estate construction lending; and development or redevelopment of high profile downtown properties, including historic properties, many of which involve economic incentives from cities and counties in the form of tax increment financing, tax abatements, or other economic development tools.
She has a strong working relationship with the City of Dallas, including the Mayor’s office, Members of City Council, the City Manager and Assistance City Managers, the City Attorney’s Office, and numerous departments throughout the city from the Department of Economic Development to the Department of Development Services. Throughout the course of her career and from her years of practicing in the Dallas region, Ms. Ryan has developed a strong network of relationships at all levels of city and county government and regularly engages with the city on matters of all size and scope. Ms. Ryan is a recognized authority in mixed-use, high rise, condominium developments.
Representative Matters:
- Represented DFW International Airport in connection with the repositioning of its relationship with the owners of the DFW Hyatt West Tower and the construction of the new International Terminal D with a new 380 room luxury Hyatt Hotel.
- Represented Palladium, a division of The Related Companies, in connection with obtaining a $45 million TIF financing for public improvements in a high density, mixed use urban development surrounding the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas.
- Represented JPMorganChase in connection with a $11,400,000 construction loan to PNL Companies relative to the repositioning of the Tandy Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
- Represented JPMorganChase in connection with a $38,000,000 construction loan and a subsequent $38,000,000 Tenant Improvement Loan to an affiliate of Archon Development for the re-development of a warehouse located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to be used as the administrative office of the Philadelphia Independent School District.
- Represented JPMorganChase in connection with a $45,000,000 loan to an affiliate of Macfarlan Development for a build-to-suit for Intel Corporation in Parsippany, New Jersey.
- Represented JPMorganChase in connection with a $178 million financing secured by downtown Fort Worth Office Towers and other collateral.
- Represented Bank of America in connection with a $35,000,000 loan to an affiliate of Cardinal Capital Corporation secured by a portfolio of Circuit City stores located in twelve states.
- Represented Harwood International in connection with the development of the Azure Condominiums.
- Represented TLC Green Property Associates I in connection with the purchase and re-development of the Tower at Sundance, formerly known as Bank One Tower in Fort Worth, Texas, including acquisition and construction financing, construction, documentation, creation of vertical mixed use condominiums and other development related legal work.
- Represented Lehman Brothers in connection with an $80,000,000 conversion to condominiums of 1200 Main Street, an office building in Downtown Dallas.
Professional Affiliations:
- Dallas Bar Association
- Texas Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Texas Bar Foundation
- The Real Estate Council (Board of Directors, 1995-2003, 2005-present), (Executive Committee, 1997-99)
- The Real Estate Council Foundation (Vice-Chair, 1997-99)
- Downtown Dallas (Board of Directors 1999-present), (Executive Committee 2001-2002)
- Mayor's Downtown Dallas Task Force (2008-present)
- American Red Cross (Board of Directors, 2002-2006), (Vice-Chair, 2003-2006)
- Preservation Dallas (Board of Directors, 2002-2003)
- Center For Housing Resources (Board of Directors, 2000-2003), (Advisory Board, 2003-2005)
- The Dallas Assembly (1997-present)
- Leadership Dallas (Class of 1991)
- Leadership Dallas Alumni Association (1991-present)
- Dallas Center for the Performing Arts President's Advisory Council
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