David G. Moss

Partner

  • David G. Moss
  • Phone: +1 212 692 1012

    Import to Address Book

  • Duane Morris LLP
    22 Vanderbilt
    335 Madison Avenue, 23rd Floor
    New York, NY 10017-4669
    USA

David G. Moss practices in the area of real estate law. Mr. Moss has extensive experience in acquisitions and dispositions, mortgage and mezzanine lending, real estate development and restructuring of distressed real estate transactions. Mr. Moss routinely represents developers, lenders, investors, landlords and tenants in a wide variety of commercial real estate transactions including joint ventures and workouts, as well as disputes and litigation-related matters. 

Mr. Moss is a 1999 graduate of George Washington University Law School and a cum laude graduate of Albion College.

Admissions

  • New York

Education

  • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1999
  • Albion College, B.A., cum laude, 1996

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Partner, 2022-present
  • Meister Seelig & Fein LLP
    - Partner, 2005-2022
  • McDermott Will & Emery LLP
    - Associate, 2003-2005
  • Solomon & Weinberg LLP
    - Associate, 2000-2003

Representative Matters

    Acquisition, Finance and Development

  • Represented Evenhar Development Corporation in its development of a 190,000 square foot three-property assemblage in Harlem, New York.

  • Represented a joint venture of Evenhar Development Corp and LTNG in connection with a 75,000 square foot mixed -use commercial and residential condominium development in midtown Manhattan, formed through a combination of a ground lease and fee title assemblage of properties, with fee and ground lease financing from Tilden Park and Fort Amsterdam, as a precursor to a $40 million construction loan.

  • Represented developer in co-general partner and limited partner investment structures for a $60 million fee and ground lease development project in New York, New York.

  • Represented REIT in connection with $240 million acquisition of office building and fee and leasehold debt.

  • Represented developer in connection with $120 million tax-structured disposition of boutique hotel in New York City.

  • Represented developer in ground lease development project.

  • Represented syndicate in $93 million acquisition and sale leaseback of office park with mortgage and mezzanine financing.

  • Represented motel developer in connection with $127 million portfolio refinance of motels in over fifteen states.

  • Represented sponsor in $10 million purchase and financing of Lower East Side mixed-use property.

  • Represented developer in connection with $32 million sale of office building with defeasance of underlying mortgage.

  • Represented developer in connection with $15 million acquisition of New York City office building as part of an assemblage.

  • Represented developer in connection with acquisition and development of New York City site for condominium conversion.

    • Lending and Private Equity

  • Represented a subsidiary of SME Capital Ventures LLC, a private bridge lender, in its upsizing of an existing junior mezzanine loan, as part of a larger construction facility with a leading mortgage and senior mezzanine lender, to develop a 60,000 square foot ,19-story luxury residential condominium in New York City.

  • Represented preferred equity investor in the deployment of a $5 million investment for a transitional real estate project in New York, New York.

  • Represented fund in connection with $19 million preferred equity investment in a large development in Long Island City, New York.

  • Represented lender in connection with $30 million acquisition and construction financing in New York City.

  • Represented hedge fund in connection with origination of $25 million bridge loan.

  • Represented lender in connection with origination of $11.5 million acquisition financing.

  • Represented foreign lender in connection with $8 million subordinate financing.

    • Distressed Real Estate

  • Represented a subsidiary of SME Capital Ventures LLC in conducting a UCC foreclosure of a $4 million mezzanine loan, where the borrower, a subsidiary of The Pink Stone Capital Group, had gone into default; the collateral consisted of membership interest in three limited liability companies that own a fractured commercial and residential condominium in New York's Soho neighborhood.

  • Represented real estate investment firm in connection with its $32.5 million refinancing of an existing $24.5 million construction loan subject to a forbearance agreement in connection with the completion of an 80,000 square foot development in New York City, including 421-a affordable housing, NYC Fresh Program and community facility components for zoning bonuses.

  • Represented lender in workout and restructure of subordinate construction loan with senior lender and borrower.

Media Hits

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Moderator, Distressed Real Estate Investing Panel, iGlobal, Fall 2024