Alfred M. Meyerson

• Representation of landlord/developer of nearly 800,000-square-foot single tenant office building.
• Representation of tenant in negotiation of 103,000-square-foot office lease.
• Acquisition of real estate and development of 190,000-square-foot owner-occupied industrial warehouse.
• Represented a bank holding company and its subsidiary in negotiating a long-term, 82,214-square-foot office lease.
• Representation of tenant in negotiation of 63,000-square-foot office lease.
• Representation of tenant in negotiation of its build-to-suit lease for a 456,000-square-foot office building and complex to serve as corporate headquarters campus facility.
• Representation of tenant in negotiation of 40,000-square-foot office lease.
• Sale of two office building portfolios with more than 628,000-square feet.
• Sale of multi-type real estate portfolio comprised of 250+ single-family residences, 40+ land parcels, several commercial buildings, and 50+ residential mortgage loans.
• Purchase of 236,000-square-foot office building.
• Sale of portfolio of 31 industrial properties totaling 3 million square feet.
• Purchase of 83,000+-acre ranch, including conservation easement, and 1031 reverse like-kind exchange.
• Sale of 6,700-acre ranch.
• Representation of tenant in negotiation of 61,000+-square-foot office lease.
• Development loans for apartments, condominiums, and townhouses; retail shopping centers; golf courses; and residential infrastructure.
• Representation of tenant in negotiation of 497,000-square-foot office lease with expansion and purchase options including REIT ownership interests.
• Acquisition, development, and eventual sale of several multi-family apartment projects in Texas, Tennessee, South Carolina, Florida, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri.
• Loans secured by numerous cell tower sites throughout the United States.
• Private equity investment and formation of entities for acquisition and development of commercial properties.
• Build-to-suit development of $120,000,000 suburban hospital.
• Development of 250,000+-square-foot center anchored by grocery store, national retailers, and sale of outparcels.
• Workout and restructuring of hundreds of millions of dollars in commercial real estate loans.
• Acquisition of more than 1,000,000 square feet Class A office buildings.
• Several build-to-suit retail centers throughout Texas and related leasing activity, including 30+ Walgreens.
• Development of 100,000+-square-foot center with grocery store and sale/groundlease of several outparcels.
• Representation of owner of several grocery store-anchored shopping centers, with extensive retail leasing.
• Acquisition of real estate and construction of 500,000-square-foot industrial office/warehouse.
• Acquisition, development, and formation of commercial and residential condominium projects.
• Acquisition of real estate and construction of 300,000-square-foot office complex, including synthetic lease financing.
• Representation of tenant in negotiation of 207,000-square-foot office lease.
• Representation of tenant in negotiation of 190,000-square-foot office lease.
• Construction loans for four hotels, two of which were secured by ground leases.
• Representation of various lead lenders and participant lenders in syndicated credits exceeding, in the aggregate, $1 billion.
• Disposition of $13.3 million office/warehouse.
• Sale of $60+ million warehouse portfolio of four buildings in excess of 231,000 square feet.
  Construction, architectural, and related development agreements for a 100,000-square-foot manufacturing plant, which included economic incentive agreements with the local municipality.
• Sale/leaseback of an industrial manufacturing facility for a power supply company.

• Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1993-Present
• The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), 2003-2023
  • Lawyer of the Year – Real Estate Law, 2017
  • Banking and Finance Law, 2021-2023
  • Real Estate Law, 2003-2023
• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
  • Ranked for Real Estate – Texas, 2011-2022
• Top 100: Houston Super Lawyers, Real Estate Law, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2009, 2015-2016, 2019-2022
• Texas Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2003-2022
  • Real Estate
  • Banking
  • Corporate
• AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell

• “Lending Deals Gone Bad,” Thompson & Knight Commercial Lending Institute, Houston, Texas, February 19, 2014
• “Lessons Learned through the Crash and Rebound,” Panel Moderator, Thompson & Knight Commercial Lending Institute, Houston, Texas, February 19, 2014
• “Limited Recourse Guaranties (They May Not Be as Limited as You Think),” July 2013
• “Do We Really Need To Hire Local Counsel For Our Texas Real Estate Deal?” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, April 2013
• “Practical Aspects of Commercial Real Estate Transactions,” Structuring Commercial Real Estate Transactions, Thomson Reuters/Aspatore, 2011
• “Drafting, Reviewing, and Negotiating Real Estate Contracts,” University of Houston Law School, Houston, Texas, March 3, 2010
• “Investor interest in distressed properties decidedly on the uptick,” Houston Business Journal, September 18, 2009
• “Purchasing Distressed Real Estate Assets,” Houston, Texas, July 2009
• “Buying Troubled Real Estate Assets,” Houston, Texas, July 15, 2009
• “The Basics of Build-to-Suit Leases,” Forum Nacional do Mercado Imobliario (National Real Estate Market Forum), Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 2007
• “Shining a Light on Shadow Anchors and Outparcels – Balancing the Interests of Developers, Shadow Anchors, and Outparcel Users,” International Council of Shopping Centers 2005 Law Conference, Phoenix, Arizona
• “Letters of Intent – Enforceability Issues,” Probate & Property, September/October – 2003
• “Letters of Intent,” ABA Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law 14th Annual Spring Symposium, New York City, New York, April 2003
• “Drafting and Negotiating Purchase and Sale Contracts for Shopping Centers from the Buyer’s Perspective,” International Council of Shopping Centers – 2003 Law Conference, Desert Springs, California
• “Financing The Deal: Key Issues For Borrowers and Lenders,” The Real Estate Finance Journal, Fall 2002
• “Financing the Deal: Key Issues for Borrowers and Lenders,” Real Estate Development Conference, Houston, Texas, February 2002
• “Fundamentals of Leasing: Use, Trade Name, Radius, Assignment,” International Council of Shopping Centers, National Shopping Center Law Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 2000
• “Radius Restrictions in Shopping Center Leases,” International Council of Shopping Centers, National Shopping Center Law Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 2000
• “Money Management for the Young Lawyer,” 53 Texas Bar Journal 469, 1990
• “Why your company needs a sublease clause,” Houston Business Journal, February 19, 2015
• “Across the city, waiting for the fallout from falling oil prices,” Houston Chronicle, February 14, 2015
• “Top 11 of 2011: Dynamo Launches Construction,” Real Estate Bisnow, January 4, 2014
• “Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow,” Real Estate Bisnow Houston, March 23, 2011
• “Best Real Estate Deals: New development deal of the year winner,” Dallas Business Journal, February 24, 2011
• “Keeping Real Estate Legal,” Real Estate Bisnow, April 21, 2010
• “Commercial real estate starting to lose luster,” Houston Chronicle, January 9, 2009
• “Dwindling capital weighing on commercial construction,” Houston Chronicle, December 19, 2008
• “Public Service Motivates Resident,” Houston Chronicle, September 18, 2008
• “Ripple Effect: Even in States Where Subprime Crisis is More Muted, Law Firms Gear Up For Expected Work From Foreclosures From the Courts,” Miami Daily Business Review, March 10, 2008
• “Primed & Ready: Texas Firms Gear Up To Lend Helping Hand To Clients With Subprime-Related Matters,” Texas Lawyer, March 3, 2008
• “Mexico, viable para inversions,” Inmobiliare, September 1, 2007

Professional Memberships

• Houston Real Estate Lawyers Council
• International Council of Shopping Centers
• Texas Association of Bank Counsel
• State Bar of Texas – Corporation, Banking, and Business Law Section
• Houston Bar Association – Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section
• Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
• North American Real Estate Group of Interlaw, Chair, 2005-2007

Community Involvement

• Texas Exes (The University of Texas Alumni Association)
  • Board Member, 2013-2022
  • Scholarship Foundation President, 2014-2016
  • Houston Chapter President, 1995-1996
• The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth), Development Board
• The University of Texas Medical School, Advisory Council
• The University of Texas at Austin College of Education, Advisory Council
  • Life Member
  • Chair, 2015-2017
• The University of Texas Foundation, Board Member, Since 2019
  • Vice President & Treasurer
• Holocaust Museum Houston
  • Board of Trustees, 2018-2020
  • Guardian of the Human Spirit Award Luncheon, Host Committee Chair, 2017
• American Heart Association’s “Men in Red,” Houston Chapter, Chair, 2016
• Central Houston, Strategic Planning and Business Development Committee, 2014
• Anti-Defamation League Southwest Region, Chair, 2008
• Houston Longhorn Club, President, 2001-2002