Douglas M. Ellis - Lawyer in Chicago, IL

Douglas M. Ellis has extensive experience in a wide range of real estate transactions, including the development, acquisition, disposition, financing, management and leasing of commercial, industrial and residential properties. He has also represented sellers and purchasers ofdistressed debt and assisted borrowers in loan workouts. His clients include both privately held concerns as well as public entities such as real estate investment trusts (REITs).

During his 25 years of practice, Doug has represented a wide variety of clients in the acquisition, disposition and leasing of real estate assets across the country, including with respect to several trophy properties. He has extensive experience in the shopping center industry, assisting clients with assets ranging from small shopping centers to power centers to malls, including some of the largest malls in the U.S. Several development projects he has been involved with in the shopping center and hotel industries have featured complex multi-property issues, requiring the creation of sophisticated reciprocal easement agreements.