Justin H. Vilinsky

Named a “Rising Star” in Real Estate by IFLR Americas, Justin Vilinsky is a Partner in the Firm’s Real Estate Practice. He 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 CMBS, balance sheet, construction, agency and mezzanine financings) across a variety of asset classes (including industrial, hospitality, studio, office, data center and storage).

Justin’s representative experience includes advising:

• Blackstone in connection with the financing of its $5.65 billion acquisition of Safe Harbor Marinas
• KKR in its acquisition of a controlling interest in The Edge Observation Deck at 30 Hudson Yards – the tallest outdoor deck in the Western Hemisphere
• Blackstone in its public-private partnership venture with Vornado Realty Trust and Hudson Pacific Properties to develop a film and TV studio complex at Pier 94 in Manhattan, along with the City of New York and New York City Economic Development Corporation
• Blackstone in multiple financings related to its $3.6 billion acquisition of Bluerock Residential Growth REIT
• 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 in the formation of multiple platform joint ventures for investments in self-storage properties, and approximately $2 billion of related mortgage and mezzanine financings and acquisition facilities
• DigitalBridge and IFM Investors in their $11 billion acquisition of Switch, Inc.
• KKR in the recapitalization of Drawbridge Realty’s $1.7 billion office portfolio by Global Atlantic
• Carlyle in approximately $330 million of mortgage and mezzanine construction financings in connection with the development of a mixed use site in Brooklyn, NY
• Affiliates of Centerbridge 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
• QTS Realty Trust in its approximately $420 million construction financing for the development of a data center in Atlanta, Georgia
• KSL in its acquisition and financing of Outrigger Hotels and Resorts
• Outrigger Hotels in connection with several transactions, including multiple financings for the Waikiki Reef Outrigger Beach Resort and Waikiki Beachcomber by Outrigger

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.