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Introduction
Emily Schwebke works on a variety of matters including helping clients in acquiring, developing, leasing, and financing real estate.
My focus
My practice focuses on counseling and representing clients across a wide spectrum of commercial real estate transactions with a focus on acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing, as well as operation and financing of commercial real estate assets across the country. These transactions involve a broad range of industries including seniors and multifamily housing, urban retail and restaurant spaces, power centers, office buildings, warehouse and industrial properties, and mixed-use properties. I also have significant experience in advising tax equity investors with respect to site control and general real estate guidance in solar leasing and other renewable energy transactions that generate energy tax credits, as well as experience in assisting in the representation of institutional tax equity investors in affordable housing transactions.
Looking ahead
With the steady growth of digital commerce, I see the push for retailers to make significant changes in the way they have traditionally utilized real estate. Whether that’s in the form of converting traditional sales floor space to square footage dedicated instead to warehouse and fulfillment space for online orders or reconfiguring their physical locations to focus more on customer entertainment and engagement as an investment in building brand loyalty and driving consumer traffic, I believe retailers will recognize that such evolution is necessary to survive and thrive in an increasingly digital world. It will be interesting to see how retailers choose to adapt in order to differentiate themselves from their competitors in how they use their brick and mortar locations to shape their brands.
Insights
- “Real Estate Rundown: Trendy Changes,” Chicago CLE Symposium, Chicago, IL, June 7, 2018
- “2018 Food & Beverage Crystal Ball: Trends We’re Following,” Food, Beverage & Agriculture Alert, January 3, 2018
In the news
- Affordable Housing Finance
People on the move
Feb 26, 2024This roundup of moves across the affordable housing industry includes the promotions of Affordable Housing and Real Estate partners Ruben Ravago of New York City and Dana Stanton of Albany, and Community Development Finance partner Sumeet Sharma of Washington, DC. The article also includes the promotions of Affordable Housing and Real Estate counsel Kelly Behr of Washington, DC, Ninteretse Jean Pierre of Rochester, and Emily Schwebke of Chicago, and Community Development Finance counsel Nicole Hixon of Boston.
- The Deal
Deal diary-Blackstone and KKR chalk up more insurance investments
July 15, 2021In two separate articles, the publication highlighted the firm for advising American International Group, Inc. in the pending sale of a $5.1 billion affordable housing portfolio to Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust. Washington, DC Community Development Finance partner Liz Young is noted in one of the stories for leading the NP deal team.
In addition to Liz, the NP team includes Affordable Housing & Real Estate partner Dara Histed, Project Finance & Public Finance partner Carla Young, Community Development Finance senior counsel Jeff Lesk, and Corporate partner John Partigan, all of Washington, DC; Global Finance partner Amanda Darwin, Affordable Housing & Real Estate associates Julie Stande and Ali Walendziak, and Community Development Finance associate Nury Aguasvivas, all of Boston; Affordable Housing & Real Estate associate Emily Schwebke and Project Finance & Public Finance resident attorney Jacalyn Smith, both of Chicago; Manchester Affordable Housing & Real Estate associate Talia Burghard; Long Island Affordable Housing & Real Estate paralegal Lori Esposito; and Los Angeles Corporate paralegal Mina Gonzaque-Taylor.
- Washington Business Journal
Exclusive-The Meridian Group lands notable new tenant for 1333 New Hampshire
This article mentions NP for advising the American Bankers Association on the lease of its new 87,000-square-foot headquarters. Washington, DC office managing partner Colette Dafoe and Chicago associate Emily Schwebke, both of the Affordable Housing & Real Estate group, negotiated the lease on behalf of ABA while Rochester Affordable Housing & Real Estate partner Darren Miller led negotiations on construction and architect agreements for the build-out.June 1, 2021
Admitted to practice
Illinois
Alabama
Colorado
Education
Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A.
Recognition
- Received a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2024 recognition in the field of Real Estate Law; listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch since 2023.
Insights And Happenings
View AllProfessionals in the Practice Area
View AllChristopher R. Froeb
Partner / Practice Group Leader, Real Estate & Affordable Housing- Boston
- Office:+1 617.345.1137
- cfroeb@nixonpeabody.com
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Ian T. O'Banion
Partner / AIA / LEED®AP- San Francisco
- Office:+1 415.984.8313
- iobanion@nixonpeabody.com
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