Named a 2022 “Rising Star” in Real Estate by IFLR Americas, Justin Vilinsky regularly advises private equity firms and corporations on real estate matters including acquisitions, dispositions, public-to-private transactions, joint ventures and real estate financings (including agency, securitized and mezzanine financings).
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Work Highlights
- KKR in its acquisition of The Edge Observation Deck at 30 Hudson Yards – the tallest outdoor deck in the Western Hemisphere
- Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust in the acquisition of an approximately 60% combined interest across two portfolios comprising $1.6 billion of gross value from an affiliate of LBA Logistics
- Centerbridge Partners in the formation of multiple joint ventures for investments in self-storage properties, and approximately $1.5 billion of related mortgage and mezzanine financings
- Centerbridge Partners and Great Wolf Resorts in the sale of a 65% controlling interest of Great Wolf to an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners, including the formation of a new $2.9 billion joint venture to own Great Wolf
- Great Wolf Resorts in multiple construction financings for the development of new resorts, and the approximately $2 billion CMBS financing of Great Wolf Resorts properties
- Crown Acquisitions in the acquisition of a 45.4% common equity interest in a portfolio of flagship high street retail assets on Upper Fifth Avenue and Times Square and the formation of a joint venture with Vornado Realty Trust
- KSL in its acquisition of Outrigger Hotels Hawaii
- Blackstone in its acquisition of Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village in partnership with Ivanhoé Cambridge, a subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
- Blackstone Real Estate Partners in its $8.1 billion sale of its wholly-owned U.S. industrial platform, IndCor Properties
Accolades
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“Rising Star” in Real Estate, IFLR Americas (2022)
Education
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Emory University, 2007 B.B.A.
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Georgetown University Law Center, 2010 J.D.
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Georgetown University Law Center, 2011 LL.M.
with distinction; Dean’s List
Justin Vilinsky is Partner in the Firm’s Real Estate Department, and regularly advises private equity firms and corporations on real estate matters including acquisitions, dispositions, public-to-private transactions, joint ventures and real estate financings (including agency, securitized and mezzanine financings).
Justin’s representative experience includes:
- KKR in its acquisition of The Edge Observation Deck at 30 Hudson Yards – the tallest outdoor deck in the Western Hemisphere
- Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust in the acquisition of an approximately 60% combined interest across two portfolios comprising $1.6 billion of gross value from an affiliate of LBA Logistics
- Centerbridge Partners in the formation of multiple joint ventures for investments in self-storage properties, and approximately $1.5 billion of related mortgage and mezzanine financings
- Centerbridge Partners and Great Wolf Resorts in the sale of a 65% controlling interest of Great Wolf to an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners, including the formation of a new $2.9 billion joint venture to own Great Wolf
- Great Wolf Resorts in multiple construction financings for the development of new resorts, and the approximately $2 billion CMBS financing of Great Wolf Resorts properties
- Crown Acquisitions in the acquisition of a 45.4% common equity interest in a portfolio of flagship high street retail assets on Upper Fifth Avenue and Times Square and the formation of a joint venture with Vornado Realty Trust
- KSL in its acquisition of Outrigger Hotels Hawaii
- Blackstone in its acquisition of Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village in partnership with Ivanhoé Cambridge, a subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
- Blackstone Real Estate Partners in its $8.1 billion sale of its wholly-owned U.S. industrial platform, IndCor Properties
Justin was named a 2022 “Rising Star” by IFLR Americas.
Justin received his LL.M., with distinction, and J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. He received his B.B.A. from Emory University. Justin is admitted to practice in New York.