Overview
Elias Eliopoulos advises clients on commercial real estate matters, including sales and acquisitions of office, hotel and multi-family assets, mortgage and mezzanine financings and preferred equity transactions, and the structuring of joint ventures for the purchase, development and operation of real estate assets. Elias has broad experience in commercial leasing, including the representation of landlords and tenants in the leasing of office and retail space. He also has extensive experience representing owners and managers in the acquisition, financing and operation of hotel assets, including the negotiation of hotel management agreements and leases for food and beverage facilities.
Many of Elias’ representations have spanned the life cycle of the asset, from initial acquisition, joint venture and financing, to development, repositioning, refinancing and ultimate disposition. His clients include hotel, office building and residential developers and operators, investment banks, and US and non-US investors.
Results
- Represented a joint venture between RFR Holding and SIGNA Holding GmbH in their acquisition, and related financing, of the iconic New York landmark Chrysler Building and an adjacent retail property
- Represented RFR Holding in various financings of office buildings in New York, including a $1 billion mortgage and mezzanine financing of 375 Park Avenue
- Represented RFR Holding in the joint venture, acquisition and financing of the mixed retail and office building located in New York’s Meatpacking District
- Represented the owner of the W South Beach Hotel in Miami Beach and Gramercy Park Hotel in New York in debt and equity restructuring and mortgage financing
- Represented Akelius Residential in the acquisition of various multifamily buildings in New York City
- Represented a developer in joint ventures for the acquisition of a multi-building, mixed-use project in Brooklyn, New York
- Represented a publicly-traded REIT in the sale of an office building in Stamford, Connecticut
- Represented a developer in joint ventures for the acquisition of a multi-building, mixed-use project in Brooklyn, New York
- Represented an international investment bank in its leasing of office space in the United States and South America, including Boston, San Francisco, Salt Lake City and São Paulo
- Represented a foreign residential property owner and manager in the acquisition of various multifamily buildings in New York City
- Represented hotel owners in various restaurant, bar and other retail leasing in New York and Miami Beach
- Represented hotel owner in negotiation of hotel management agreement for a hotel in Tel Aviv, Israel
Recognitions
- Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law, 2018-2025
- Chambers USA, Real Estate: Mainly Dirt, 2025
- Legal 500 US, Recommended, 2024
Community
- New York State Bar Association
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Secretary of the Real Property Law Committee, 2000 to 2002
Credentials
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, JD, magna cum laude, 1994
Brown University, BA, Economics, 1989
Admissions
New York
