
Bio
Attorney Blaine S. Schwartz is a partner in the Real Estate practice group at Lippes Mathias LLP.
Blaine brings a wealth of experience to the law firm’s commercial real estate clients. He joined the law firm after 14 years as Senior Counsel for the largest privately owned commercial real estate developer in the United States.
Blaine is known for his wide ranging experience with commercial real estate. He regularly negotiates complex real estate agreements and sophisticated loan documents along with structuring IRS Section 1031 tax deferred exchanges. He has also drafted and reviewed construction, architect and engineering contracts for projects ranging in size from $1 million to more than $100 million.
Blaine has extensive experience in efficiently and creatively structuring, negotiating and documenting all types of commercial real estate transactions. He has represented buyers and sellers in complex financings along with the acquisition, sale, development, planning, construction and leasing of vacant land, retail shopping centers, student housing projects, religious buildings, shopping malls, office buildings, warehouses, industrial complexes, hotels, solar projects, lifestyle communities, housing developments and apartments throughout the United States. Blaine also helped to structure, negotiate, close and finance a number of complex, multi-property transactions – one of which included the sale of 110 properties in a single transaction, for $2.25 billion. For his renewable energy clients, Blaine has drafted and negotiated Purchase and Sale Agreements, leases, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts, among other project documents, and has advised on title, survey and site control issues.
Blaine brings a wealth of experience to the law firm’s commercial real estate clients. He joined the law firm after 14 years as Senior Counsel for the largest privately owned commercial real estate developer in the United States.
Blaine is known for his wide ranging experience with commercial real estate. He regularly negotiates complex real estate agreements and sophisticated loan documents along with structuring IRS Section 1031 tax deferred exchanges. He has also drafted and reviewed construction, architect and engineering contracts for projects ranging in size from $1 million to more than $100 million.
Blaine has extensive experience in efficiently and creatively structuring, negotiating and documenting all types of commercial real estate transactions. He has represented buyers and sellers in complex financings along with the acquisition, sale, development, planning, construction and leasing of vacant land, retail shopping centers, student housing projects, religious buildings, shopping malls, office buildings, warehouses, industrial complexes, hotels, solar projects, lifestyle communities, housing developments and apartments throughout the United States. Blaine also helped to structure, negotiate, close and finance a number of complex, multi-property transactions – one of which included the sale of 110 properties in a single transaction, for $2.25 billion. For his renewable energy clients, Blaine has drafted and negotiated Purchase and Sale Agreements, leases, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts, among other project documents, and has advised on title, survey and site control issues.
Prior to joining Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman, Blaine worked as the news director for WCMF Radio in Rochester, New York; and as a news anchor for WMMS-FM in Cleveland, Ohio. He was also a Midwest stringer reporter for NBC radio news and National Public Radio.
Articles & Publications
"Alumni Spotlight:Blaine Schwartz '75," Kaleidoscope, Alumni Magazine of The College at Brockport State University of New York. (Summer 2015.)
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