Christy J. Mazzola
The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036
Christy’s practice focuses on a wide range of commercial real estate matters, including mixed-use development projects, portfolio and single asset acquisitions, dispositions, mortgage, mezzanine and preferred equity financings, joint ventures, ground leasing, real estate funds and workouts and restructurings. Christy’s clients range from institutional investors to family offices, and include lenders, borrowers, buyers, sellers, developers, landlords and tenants.
Christy is recognized in the “Up and Coming” category by Chambers USA 2024 where clients say she “is our go to attorney when it comes to any type of real estate transaction” who “is very service oriented” and “really good at getting to the bottom of any issues and giving practical solutions.” Christy is also recognized as a “Rising Star” by New York Metro Super Lawyers.
Christy serves as the Talent/Diversity lead for the real estate group in New York.
Experience Highlights
Rockpoint Group, L.L.C. in its joint venture acquisition and financing of a 464-unit multifamily building in Miami, Florida
WPT Capital in the negotiation of programmatic joint ventures for the acquisition and development of industrial assets in gateway cities throughout the US
Safehold Inc., an affiliate of iStar, in ground lease transactions throughout the country
JEMB Realty in construction loan from Wells Fargo and an EB-5 investment from Can-Am to build a ground-up mixed-use development in Brooklyn
The Related Companies, L.P. in a development joint venture with an affiliate of Christopher Family, LP and the joint venture’s acquisition of 208 Barton Springs Road in Austin, Texas
The Georgetown Company in a joint venture to redevelop the existing 265,000 square foot industrial building located at 244 Perimeter Center Parkway in Atlanta, Georgia
Fetner Properties in the joint venture acquisition and construction financing of 27-01 Jackson Avenue in Queens, New York
WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust in its $730 million acquisition of a portfolio of 26 U.S. distribution and logistics properties
Westbrook Partners in the $435 million sale of 1375 Broadway, a 500,000 square foot, Class A office building in the Garment District of Manhattan to Savanna Fund
Steel Equities in the acquisition of 90 acres from New York Institute of Technology to be re-developed into a mixed-use campus
WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust in its $3.1 billion sale to Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.
Steel Equities in the sale of a five property industrial portfolio on Long Island to Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.
Rockpoint Group, L.L.C. in its joint venture acquisition and financing of a 464-unit multifamily building in Miami, Florida
Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. in its acquisition by the REIT of its 17 initial real property assets in order to effectuate its $164 million initial public offering of common stock
WPT Capital in the negotiation of programmatic joint ventures for the acquisition and development of industrial assets in gateway cities throughout the US
The Related Companies in joint venture developments for a 1,200-acre master development community in Tuxedo, New York, a mixed-use residential project at 909 Half Street in Washington, D.C. and a development site in Austin, Texas
Brand Atlantic in a joint venture with Wheelock Capital to acquire and re-develop contiguous properties in West Palm Beach
The Georgetown Company in a joint venture to redevelop the existing 265,000 square foot industrial building located at 244 Perimeter Center Parkway in Atlanta, Georgia
iStar in the acquisition of two neighboring parcels in Austin, Texas and the simultaneous execution of long term ground leases for each property providing for forward funding commitments to the sponsor in connection with ground-up development
Diamond Head Partners in the $108 million acquisition of leasehold interest and assumption of leasehold financing with respect to Monsanto seed facility in Marana, Arizona
Safehold Inc., an affiliate of iStar, in ground lease transactions throughout the country
The Georgetown Company in the financing of the Hutton Hotel, a 250-room hotel in Nashville, Tennessee
A joint venture of Rockpoint Group, L.L.C. and BEB Capital in a financing secured by a portfolio of industrial properties located in New York and New Jersey
Fetner Properties and the Lions Group in a construction loan with Bank Leumi and mezzanine loan with Leumi Partners for 27-01 Jackson Avenue in Queens, New York
JEMB Realty in construction loan from Wells Fargo and an EB-5 investment from Can-Am to build a ground-up mixed-use development in Brooklyn
Credentials
- Brooklyn Law School, J.D. 2012
- The George Washington University, B.B.A. , 2009
- Selected to the New York Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2017–2024
- Chambers USA, “Up and Coming” in Real Estate: Mainly Dirty (New York), 2023 and 2024
- Kayo’s list of 24 in ’24 – Women in Real Estate Private Equity
- New York
- Rankings & AwardsNovember 1, 2024
- Event RecapSeptember 19, 2024
- Rankings & AwardsJune 6, 2024
- Event RecapNovember 9, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsSeptember 22, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsJune 1, 2023
- Deals & CasesMay 19, 2023
- Deals & CasesFebruary 28, 2023
- Deals & CasesJanuary 24, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsMarch 29, 2022
- Deals & CasesJuly 15, 2021