Bruce Eisenberg has a national practice in all facets of real estate transactions. He serves a wide range of clients in areas such as: · office, retail, and industrial leasing · commercial borrowing and lending · joint ventures, partnerships, and LLCs · acquisitions, development, construction, and disposition of residential, office, commercial, retail, and industrial projects Mr. Eisenberg served as leader of Blank Rome's institutional real estate practice group from 2003-2006. Mr. Eisenberg was a lead attorney in the Philadelphia Business Journal's "Best Real Estate Deal of 2004," which involved the negotiation of the lease for a leading independent oil refiner's new corporate headquarters. He was also lead attorney in a leading independent oil refiner's acquisition of 340+ sites from a competing oil refinery; a transaction recognized by Philadelphia Business Journal as one of the Delaware Valley's Biggest Deals of 2004. Mr. Eisenberg has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Representative Matters · An affiliate of an international coke (fuel) plant operator in the acquisition of approximately 47 acres of land in Granite City, IL on which the client is to construct a $300 Million coke plant to service the seller, an international integrated steel producer. · A leading independent oil refiner and marketer in (i) the 221,000 square foot lease for its new corporate headquarters, (ii) the 100,000 square foot lease for its back-office operations; and (iii) the acquisition of 1100+ sites in 18 states in five separate transactions. · An owner and developer of office properties in the construction and 87,000 square foot lease of an office building in Mt. Laurel, NJ. · New Jersey municipality township as redevelopment entity covering a 1000+ acre residential, recreational, and commercial redevelopment. · New Jersey municipality township in the $4 million golf management agreement with a local golf course management company owned by sports celebrity. · Blank Rome LLP as real estate leasing counsel to Firm in a 223,000 square foot lease extension for Philadelphia office, along with leases of Firm's Washington, DC, Wilmington, DE, Princeton, NJ and Los Angeles, CA offices. · The real estate subsidiary of a leading independent oil refiner and marketer in its purchase, development, construction, leasing, management, finance and sale of its entire office, residential, retail and industrial portfolio, including its $607 million multiple-lender loan modification of all of the company's recourse debt. Community Service & Affiliations Mr. Eisenberg is a real estate member of the Firm's pro bono representation of the American Revolution Center at Valley Forge. Memberships Camden County Bar Association Jewish Community Center of South Jersey New Jersey State Bar Association PENJERDEL Council Pennsylvania Bar Association Philadelphia Bar Association Philadelphia Zoological Society Temple Beth Sholom Events ANNUAL COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SHOW [Event] TriState Realtors Commercial Alliance Annual Conference Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack, Chester, PA October 27, 2010 Bruce A. Eisenberg PRINCETON NETWORKING RECEPTION [Event] Greenacres Country Club 2170 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, New Jersey October 29, 2009 Michelle F. Altieri, James M. Andrews, Michael J. Conlan, Bruce A. Eisenberg, Eric G. Fikry, Bruce M. Gorman, Jr., et al. Publications CASE NOTE RE: PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RELATIONS ACT [Article] Villanova Law Review 1976 Bruce A. Eisenberg Cases and Deals SUNOCO ACQUIRES 25 CONVENIENCE STORES FROM LEHIGH GAS [Deal] January 2011 Bruce A. Eisenberg, Matthew J. Comisky, Regina M. Colantonio, Joseph T. Gulant and Jennifer Lynn Bell Blank Rome represented Sunoco, Inc. in the acquisition of 25 convenience store sites in the state of New York from Lehigh Gas for the purchase price of nearly $25 million. $12.4 MILLION CONDEMNATION AWARD FOR JERSEY CITY PROPERTY [Case] August 19, 2010 Kevin J. Bruno, Bruce A. Eisenberg and Kevin R. Doherty Blank Rome obtained a $12.4 million condemnation award in the Superior Court of New Jersey on behalf of our client, Edwin Siegel. SAFEWAY GROUP ACQUIRES REAL ESTATE & ASSETS FROM PRIVATE COMPANIES [Deal] September 30, 2009 Henry M. Kuller, Francis X. Crowley, Bruce A. Eisenberg, Dayna C. Finkelstein, Cory G. Jacobs and Shaun Snitman Safeway Group, Inc. in its acquisition of real estate and certain other operating assets from a group of related New Jersey private companies for an undisclosed amount. DECADES OF GROWTH FOR AN ENERGY CLIENT [Deal] September 21, 2008 Bruce A. Eisenberg, Matthew J. Comisky, Pelayo Coll and Daniel J. Ivler Leading independent U.S. refiner and marketer of petroleum products in multiple transactions through more than three decades of growth. MORGAN PROPERTIES AND AIG ACQUIRE APARTMENTS FROM KUSHNER COMPANIES [Deal] September 28, 2007 Pelayo Coll, Alan L. Zeiger, Lawrence Finkelstein, Daniel R. Blickman and Bruce A. Eisenberg Morgan Properties in a joint venture with AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp. in the acquisition of 86 individual apartment communities from Kushner Companies. $181 MILLION ACQUISITION OF GAS SERVICE STATIONS [Deal] December 1, 2004 Matthew J. Comisky, Bruce A. Eisenberg, Brian Michael Fogarty, Daniel J. Ivler and Steven A. Shoumer Independent oil refiner on their $181 million acquisition of 112 convenience stores / service stations and approximately 230 supply sites in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia from the third largest integrated oil and gas company in the U.S. Recognition PURCHASE OF GASOLINE NETWORK CITED IN TOP 2004 DEALS BY PHILADELPHIA BUSINESS JOURNAL [Ranking] March 7, 2005 Matthew J. Comisky, Bruce A. Eisenberg, Brian Michael Fogarty, Daniel J. Ivler and Steven A. Shoumer PHILADELPHIA BUSINESS JOURNAL NAMES ENERGY CORPORATION'S HEADQUARTERS LEASE AS BEST REAL ESTATE DEAL OF 2004 [Ranking] October 8, 2004 Bruce A. Eisenberg (Also at Princeton, New Jersey Office) |