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Heather L. Kendrick

Partner

Heather is a transactional attorney focused on commercial real estate transactions.

Heather is a transactional attorney focused on complex commercial real estate and finance transactions. She co-manages a dedicated team of lawyers and paralegals specializing in a healthcare REIT’s real estate acquisitions, dispositions, campus development, leasing, and commercial lending programs. Heather serves as lead counsel to multibillion-dollar publicly traded REITs, owners, operators, private equity funds, and national and regional real estate developers—including a preferred developer for 7-Eleven—advising on the acquisition, financing, development (including build-to-suit), disposition, and leasing of commercial office, medical office, C-Store, and mixed-use properties nationwide. Her expertise in the medical office, C-Store, and multifamily sectors helps clients navigate the challenges of delivering, owning, operating, and leasing successful projects in these areas. Heather is recognized as a trusted advisor, valued for her collaborative approach, industry insight, and proven track record in supporting public and private sector clients.

Heather actively serves on firm leadership committees. She has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law, since 2023. Heather served on the Board of Directors for a Denver based non-profit and actively seeks out community volunteer and pro bono opportunities.

Multifamily Housing Financing

  • Counsel to a public REIT in connection with the financing of senior and supplemental loans in excess of $10 billion secured by multifamily housing projects located across the country.

Healthcare Real Estate; Senior Housing

  • Counsel to a public REIT in connection with the leasing of Outpatient Medical office buildings and Lab space located throughout the country totaling approximately 50,000,000 square feet of space.
  • Represents a public REIT in the acquisition and disposition of medical office buildings located throughout the United States.
  • Represents an independent investment firm in connection with the acquisition of senior living housing projects and the financing of loans secured by such projects located nationwide, with an average annual deal volume of $1.2 billion.
  • Real estate counsel to several regional health care systems providing legal guidance in acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and development matters.

Commercial Office Leasing

  • Counsel to landlords in the leasing of more than 4,000,000 rentable square feet of commercial office space.
  • Represents tenants, including a Fortune 500 company, in the negotiation of leases for retail, restaurant and commercial office space nationwide.

Development/Build-to-Suit

  • Counsel to developers, including a preferred developer for 7-Eleven, in the acquisition, financing, development, disposition and leasing of C-Stores, commercial office, restaurant, and retail space throughout Texas and Pennsylvania.

Lender Financing; Military Housing

  • Represented a lender and servicer for permanent and construction loans, securitizations and loan restructurings in excess of $5 billion in military housing privatization transactions.

Nonprofit Experience; Pro bono work

  • Served on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee for the Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute, a non-profit helping low-income individuals transform into serious entrepreneurs through a unique blend of skill-building, mentorship, and micro-lending.
  • Represented the Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute in connection with a lease for incubator space.
  • Served as guardian ad litem through the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center representing minor children in dependency and neglect proceedings.
  • Counsel to Holocaust survivors in applying for reparation pension from the German government through Bet Tzedek.

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law, 2023-2026