Tyler T. Cunningham

Partner / Atlanta

Tyler Cunningham is a Partner in the Real Estate Practice of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

  • Full Bio

    Tyler focuses his practice on a variety of commercial real estate transactions, including the acquisition, development, financing (senior and mezzanine), leasing, and disposition of real estate. He represents real estate owners, investors, developers, advisors, real estate investment trusts (REITs), timber investment management organizations (TIMOs), and institutional lenders, in commercial real estate transactions across all major U.S. markets. Tyler has led transactions involving all major property types, including retail centers, industrial facilities, timberlands, office buildings, vacant land, hotels, and multifamily projects.

    Tyler also has substantial experience handling analysis and regulatory matters related to foreign ownership of real property in the U.S. under state-specific laws, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA).

    In addition to a broad real estate practice, Tyler has represented clients in a variety of corporate matters involving real estate assets, including mergers, acquisitions, entity formation, and general commercial contracts.

  • Representative Experience

    • Ongoing representation of Big V Property Group, a shopping center investment management and property management company that owns and operates shopping centers in excess of 10 million square feet. In connection therewith, Tyler has handled several large-scale shopping center acquisitions, including related mortgage financing and mezzanine financing, developments, and sales throughout the United States, including the following:
      • Sunbelt Portfolio – $765 million loan facility secured by 7 shopping centers in 4 states.
      • Johns Creek Town Center – Acquisition and financing of a 303,297 square-foot shopping center in Suwanee, Georgia.
      • Southpark Meadows – Acquisition and financing of a 938,103 square-foot shopping center in Austin, Texas.
      • Merchants Square – Acquisition and financing of a 232,284 square-foot shopping center in Carmel, Indiana.
      • Lake Pleasant Pavilion – Acquisition and financing of a 178,403 square-foot shopping center in Peoria, Arizona.
      • The Village at Stratton in Vermont, The Village at Snowshoe in West Virginia and The Village at Copper Mountain in Colorado – Portfolio acquisition and financing of ski villages containing nearly 200,000 square feet of retail.
      • Glade Parks Town Center – Acquisition and financing of a 559,457 square-foot shopping center in Dallas, Texas.
      • Glynn Isles – Acquisition and financing of a 193,039 square-foot shopping center in Brunswick, Georgia.
      • Over 30 shopping center dispositions in approximately 10 states, including, most recently, the sale of The Markets at Town Center, a 254,098 square-foot shopping center in Jacksonville, Florida for approximately $110 million.
    • Acquisition, sale, and lease-back of real property in Georgia with a deal value of $5 billion and considered the largest economic development deal in Georgia history at its inception.
    • $2.5 billion credit facility secured by 21 industrial and office properties in 13 states, representing the borrower.
    • $245 million portfolio sale of 31 medical office buildings in 10 states, representing the seller.
    • Advised real estate investment firm in over 30 medical office building acquisitions in approximately 12 states.
    • Advised Timber Investment Management Organization in over 200 timberland acquisitions and dispositions in approximately 15 states.
    • $75 million acquisition of an industrial warehouse in Phoenix, Arizona.
    • $55 million acquisition of an industrial warehouse in Grand Prairie, Texas.
    • $34 million acquisition of Pershing Park Plaza, an office building in Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia.
    • $200 million refinance of existing mortgage and mezzanine financing secured by a shopping center in San Antonio, Texas, representing the borrower.
    • $65 million term loan secured by approximately 10 properties across metro Atlanta, representing the lender.
    • $50 million construction loan for the development of a multifamily apartment complex in Fort Myers, Florida, representing the lender.
    • $50 million credit facility secured by approximately 41 drugstores located throughout the U.S., representing the lender.
    • 200,000 square-foot lease for an industrial warehouse in Phoenix, Arizona, representing the tenant.

  • Bar Admissions

    Georgia

  • Education

    Undergraduate
    • Florida State University

    Law School
    • Wake Forest University

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