Marc A. Benjamin

Marc A. Benjamin

Partner
Chicago, United States
+1 312 724 5855
+1 847 910 3128

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With more than 30 years of experience, Marc counsels clients on a wide array of transactional real estate projects. 

These include transactions in most real estate asset classes, including office buildings, multifamily apartments, single family rental, industrial properties, data centers, casinos, hotels, shopping centers, senior housing, student housing, storage and vineyards.

His practice focuses on complex real estate transactions, including acquisition, disposition, development, financing and leasing of commercial real estate properties. Marc also regularly advises on the negotiation and structuring of joint venture agreements, and the development of improved and unimproved property.

Over the years, he has represented various clients, including institutional and private investors, family offices, investment organizations, individual property owners and developers, borrowers and lenders, landlords and tenants, and regional and national developers of office, multifamily, single family rental, industrial, data centers, retail and casino projects. Marc has worked on deals of all sizes, ranging from deals as small as several million dollars to the representation of an institutional real estate investor in the $2.875 billion sale of a 29-property office portfolio.

Marc served as Partner in Charge of the Eversheds Sutherland Chicago office from June 2019 through March 2025.

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  • Advised on the acquisition of a $1.1 billion industrial portfolio.
  • Advised on the negotiation of a ground lease and related documentation in connection with the development of a casino project in Schenectady, New York.
  • Advised an institutional real estate investor in the sale of vineyards.
  • Counseled an institutional owner in connection with the acquisition of an approximately 120-property industrial portfolio.
  • Advised an institutional real estate investor in connection with the acquisition and then later sale of four hotel properties.
  • Represented an owner/developer in connection with the acquisition and redevelopment of an international hotel brand.
  • Counseled an institutional owner of residential condominium property in connection with the financing, restructuring and refinancing of a condominium conversion project.
  • Represented a sponsor/developer in the formation of a joint venture to acquire land and develop luxury rental residences.
  • Advised an institutional real estate investor on the formation of a joint venture focused on land acquisition for residential development throughout the US, and on subsequent land acquisitions.
  • Counseled an owner/developer in connection with the redevelopment and expansion of regional shopping centers nationally.
  • ​Advised an institutional real estate investor on a joint venture for the acquisition of a mixed-use project consisting of a regional shopping center, two hotels and three office buildings, and in the subsequent expansion of the center.
  • Represented an institutional real estate investor in the $2.875 billion sale of a 29-property office portfolio.
  • Doing More with Less: Generating Value from Existing Corporate Assets in Today’s Post-Pandemic Workplace, September 14, 2023, Chicago Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel
  • Reimagining the Workplace: Is the Future of the Office an Empty One?, August 12, 2020, Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Chicago
  • Considerations for Investing in Single-Family Rentals, October 19, 2021, wealthmanagement.com
  • Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of real estate law (2021-2024) and real estate (2025)
  • Named to Best Lawyers in the area of real estate law (2022-2026)
  • Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of real estate (2020, 2022-2024)
     
  • Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • J.D., Harvard Law School
  • B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Marc Benjamin

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