John is a member of Winstead’s Real Estate Development & Investments Practice Group. His practice covers an extensive and varied range of commercial real estate matters, such as the representation of real estate investment funds (REITs), property managers, developers, institutional landlords, and tenants in the disposition, acquisition, leasing, financing, and management of retail, office, multifamily, industrial, and commercial projects. In addition, his experience with private equity recapitalizations and portfolio-level transactions gives him a unique perspective on how individual assets fit into broader investment strategies. 

A significant portion of his work focuses on large-scale, multi-market projects, often with layered capital structures and institutional stakeholders. He routinely advises clients on navigating deals from early-stage structuring and financing to leasing strategy and eventual exit. His work reflects a consistent emphasis on multifamily and build-to-rent platforms, as well as mixed-use developments that combine residential, retail and office components. 

He has worked with some of the most active sponsors in the market, including groups with national portfolios and significant development pipelines.

Representative Experience

• Counsel to developers of office, retail, multifamily, single-family build-to-rent and industrial properties located throughout the U.S.
• Counsel to one of the largest sponsors of multifamily apartment products across the U.S. that has developed and managed over 79,000 units with a combined value of over $14 billion.
• Counsel to a sponsor of multifamily apartment products that has developed properties with a combined value of over $2 billion across the southern U.S.
• Counsel to a sponsor of single-family build-to-rent products that has developed over 1,000 units across the southeast U.S.
• Counsel to retail developer in acquisition, financing and leasing of projects across the southeast U.S.
• Represented sponsor in acquisition and financing of a $158 million multifamily development in Atlanta, GA.
• Represented sponsor in acquisition and financing of a $150 million multifamily development consisting of 309 units in Oceanside, CA.
• Represented owner in sale of a $143 million apartment complex in Atlanta, GA.
• Represented owner in sale of a $133 million mixed-use development in Charleston, SC.
• Represented sponsor in acquisition and financing of a $125 million multifamily development consisting of 336 units in Durham, NC.
• Represented sponsor in acquisition and financing of a $120 million multifamily development consisting of 415 units in Chandler, AZ.
• Represented owner in sale of a $114 million student housing apartment complex in Atlanta, GA.
• Represented sponsor in a private equity recapitalization transaction with a total value of over $110 million in connection with a multifamily development in Charleston, SC.
• Represented a REIT in acquisition of a $106 million apartment complex in Stockbridge, GA.
• Represented sponsor in acquisition and financing of a $90 million multifamily development consisting of 216 units in Denver, CO.
• Represented a client in acquisition of an $86 million apartment complex portfolio in Indianapolis, IN.
• Represented sponsor in acquisition and financing of an $85 million multifamily development consisting of 288 units in Salt Lake City, UT.
• Represented sponsor in acquisition and financing of an $80 million multifamily development consisting of 324 units in Davenport, FL.
• Represented sponsor in acquisition and financing of an $80 million multifamily development in Nashville, TN.
• Represented sponsor in acquisition and financing of a $71 million multifamily development consisting of 287 units in Dallas, TX.
• Represented the developer in the Hillrose Market mixed-use project in Roswell, Georgia, anticipated to include approximately 143 luxury apartments, 16 townhomes, and 75,000 square feet of retail and office space.