Adam M. Endick
The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, NY 10036
Adam Endick has significant experience in a wide range of real estate matters with a particular focus on commercial leasing. Adam represents various institutional and non-institutional clients in the leasing and subleasing and acquisitions and dispositions of real property throughout the United States, including WeWork Companies Inc., Oxford Property Group, Extell Development Company, Boston Properties, Equity Office Properties, Joy Construction, and Deerfield Management Company.
Adam also has experience in joint ventures, fund formation, financings, acquisitions, dispositions, loan workouts and developments. He has represented major lending institutions, including Fortress Investment Group, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan Chase, in securitized real estate loans, mezzanine loans, construction loans and unsecured revolving credit facilities.
Adam is recognized for his real estate practice in Chambers USA, where he is described as a “very business-minded” lawyer who is “smart, fast on the documents, and what’s market and what’s achievable.” Adam is also recognized in The Legal 500, where he is described as a “great leasing lawyer” with an “incredible attention to detail.” He is also regularly listed in The Best Lawyers in America and New York Metro Super Lawyers.
Experience Highlights
WeWork Companies Inc. in various leases throughout the United States, including an agreement with Martin Selig Real Estate to build a 36-floor, mixed-use building in Seattle, Washington, and the acquisition and leasing by WeWork of the Lord & Taylor Building in Manhattan
Forest City Ratner and JEMB Realty in a real estate deal with New York City to develop an 87,000-square-foot public school at One Willoughby Square in Brooklyn, New York – The first major commercial development project in downtown Brooklyn since the area was rezoned in 2004
Boston Properties in the initial lease-up of Times Square Tower and 250 West 55th Street in Manhattan; the leasing of 500,000 square feet to Citibank at 601 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan; and the leasing of space to various tenants at 399 Park Avenue and 510 Madison Avenue in Manhattan
Bank of America in the leasing of approximately 1.7 million square feet and the development of a state-of-the-art data center at One Bryant Park in Manhattan
Fortress Investment Group in the financing by a syndicate of lenders of the railroad related assets owned by Flagler Development and Florida East Coast Railway
Starwood Capital Group in a joint venture with Cantor Fitzgerald
Boston Properties and Rudin Management in the construction of a state-of-the-art facility for WeWork at Brooklyn Navy Yard
ERY Developer and Oxford Property Group in the leasing of a 750,000-square-foot multi-level shopping center being built at Hudson Yards. Hudson Yards is the largest private real estate development in the history of the United States and the largest development in New York City since Rockefeller Center
Oxford Property Group in a headquarters lease to the National Basketball Association located at 645 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan
Oxford Property Group in connection with the development of 550 Washington Avenue in New York City
Extell Development in the initial lease-up of the Gem Tower in Manhattan, the net leasing of various buildings in Midtown South and various retail leases throughout Manhattan
Equity Office Properties in various leases in New York City
Forest City Ratner in various leases in Brooklyn, New York
Silverstein Properties in the initial lease-up of 7 World Trade Center in Manhattan, and Towers 2, 3 and 4 in the World Trade Center
Silverstein Properties in the acquisition of 99 Church Street in Manhattan
Rouse Properties in the acquisition of various shopping centers throughout the United States
Credit Suisse in the acquisition and development of data centers in Research Triangle Park, Durham and Wake Counties, North Carolina, and Clifton, New Jersey
The owner of 699 Madison Avenue in Manhattan for a state-of-the-art retail store for Jimmy Choo
Spear Street Capital in the lease-up of 315 Park Avenue South in Manhattan
WeWork Companies Inc. in many leases throughout the United States
Linklaters in connection with its New York City and Washington, D.C. headquarters
Douglas Elliman in its headquarters lease at 575 Madison Avenue in Manhattan, and various leases throughout the United States
Microsoft in its New York headquarters lease at 11 Times Square in Manhattan
Wells Fargo Bank in its New York headquarters lease at 150 East 42nd Street in Manhattan
Jones Lang LaSalle in its New York headquarters lease at 330 Madison Avenue in Manhattan
Major League Baseball in various leases in New York and New Jersey
BT Americas in various leases throughout the United States
National Financial Partners in various leases throughout the United States
Société Générale in its New York headquarters lease at 245 Park Avenue in Manhattan
Daily News in the leasing of space at 4 New York Plaza and 1290 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan
Skadden Arps in its Washington, D.C. headquarters lease
The Edward Thomas Co. in the refinancing of Shutters on the Beach and Hotel Casa del Mar in Santa Monica, California
Deutsche Bank in the financing of various real estate assets around the world, including the InterContinental Hotel in Boston, Mallah’s parking assets in New York City, Mall of America in Minnesota and various hotels owned by Strategic Hotels and Resorts
The Clarett Group in the formation of its joint venture with Prudential Real Estate
Fremont Realty Capital in the formation of various joint ventures to acquire hotels, office buildings and other real estate assets throughout the United States
Credentials
- Fordham University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1997 (Member, Fordham Law Review)
- Cornell University, B.A., 1993
- The Best Lawyers in America (BL Rankings, LLC), Real Estate (New York), 2018−2020
- Chambers USA, Real Estate Law (New York), 2017, 2019; Real Estate: Mainly Dirt (New York), 2020
- Legal 500 U.S., Real Estate, 2012−2020
- Selected to the New York Metro Super Lawyers list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2011, 2012, 2017−2019
- New York
- Rankings & AwardsJune 16, 2020
- Rankings & AwardsApril 23, 2020
- Deals & CasesDecember 17, 2019
- Press ReleaseDecember 9, 2019
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 15, 2019
- Managing the Modern WorkplaceJune 20, 2019
- Rankings & AwardsMay 30, 2019
- Rankings & AwardsApril 25, 2019