Attorneys Bruce H. Bagdasarian

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Bruce has a diverse commercial real estate lending and transactional practice. He has extensive experience representing lending institutions in connection with construction, permanent, bridge and mezzanine loans. He also represents buyers and sellers of commercial real estate, landlords and tenants in commercial leasing matters, borrowers in commercial real estate financings, lenders and borrowers in business financings, and lenders and borrowers in commercial loan workouts. In addition, he Chairs the firm’s Real Estate and Finance Practice Group.

Sample Matters

  • Represented a regional lender in connection with a $20,500,000 construction loan for a multi-family project in Boston.
  • Represented a regional lender in connection with a $14,600,000 Acquisition/Tenant Improvement Construction Loan for a retail mall in Revere, MA.
  • Represented a large national lender in connection with the $32,000,000 refinancing of a landmark office/retail building in Boston.
  • Represented a regional lender in connection with (i) a $24,000,000 construction loan for a condominium project on a golf course, (ii) a junior lien position on the related golf course development and (iii) the subsequent workout of the failed project.
  • Represented a regional lender in connection with a $4,000,000 line of credit to a Boston law firm.
  • Represented a national affordable housing lender in connection with the making of senior and junior acquisition loans, the making of pre-development loans, the structuring of loan programs and the borrowing of funds from large institutional lenders.
  • Represented a national real estate lender in purchasing a $25,000,000 co-lender interest in a $115,000,000 multi-property commercial real estate loan.
  • Represented certain New York investment banks in the making of conduit loans from $1,000,000 to $50,000,000+ for various asset types in various locations through the United States.
  • Represented a joint venture comprised of a life company and a large national commercial bank in (i) acquiring subordinate senior secured notes and mezzanine loans in large real estate transactions and (ii) making mezzanine loans to projects with securitized senior loans. In connection therewith, negotiated the intercreditor agreements.
  • Represented a large national real estate lender in connection with (i) a $150,000,000 syndicated construction/interim financing for a 33 story office tower in downtown Boston, (ii) a $28,000,000 construction/interim financing for a ground leased hotel at Logan Airport and (iii) a $40,000,000 syndicated construction/interim senior financing and a $14,500,000 junior financing for construction of a luxury condominium at the Prudential Center in Boston.
  • Represented an internet based technology company in leasing and building out space in the Seaport West Tower in Boston and in leasing and building out space in a location on Summer Street in Boston.
  • Represented a subsidiary of a large Boston hospital in leasing its new lab space in the Kendall Square area in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Represented a publicly held pharmaceutical company in leasing and building out its headquarters in a new trophy property in Washington, DC.
  • Represented Boston area restaurant operator in leasing locations in Cambridge and Somerville.
  • Represented a Boston area commercial bank in leasing branch locations and acquiring branch locations.
  • Represented seller of $26,000,000 retail building on Newbury Street in Boston, as part of a 1031 Exchange.
  • Represented an international audio electronics company in the sale-leaseback transaction of its 160,000 square foot office/warehouse facility in the Boston area.
  • Represented a buyer of Walgreens property in Plymouth, Massachusetts as part of a 1031 exchange.
  • Represented a medical marijuana dispensary in connection with structuring investment loans and negotiating leases for cultivation and dispensary locations.
  • Represented a national real estate lender in the workout of several senior and mezzanine loans relating to failed residential real estate projects in Florida, Maryland and Delaware.
  • Represented a national finance company in the workout of a loan secured by warehouse/industrial properties in Massachusetts.

Admissions and Memberships

  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • Boston Bar Association
  • Provisors

Civic Involvement

  • Member, CHAPA
  • Member, Real Estate Finance Association
  • Board of Directors, Armenian Museum of America
  • Board of Directors and pro bono legal counsel for the Armenian Heritage Foundation in connection with construction of a park on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston

Awards

  • Massachusetts Super Lawyer®, Real Estate

Publications

Contact Information

Education

  • J.D., Boston University School of Law
  • B.A., Dartmouth College

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