Kevan W. Ventura

Kevan W. Ventura is a Principal in the firm's Real Estate Group. He assists clients with real estate acquisition, disposition, leasing and financing transactions. Mr. Ventura's primary focus is representing financial institutions in connection with negotiating, documenting and syndicating complex real estate loans. He has extensive lender-side experience with respect to construction loans and bridge loans secured by a variety of collateral, with deal sizes typically ranging from $5 million to $100 million. A significant portion of Mr. Ventura's work also includes representing lenders in connection with loan workouts and restructurings.

Representative Matters
Mr. Ventura's representative matters include the following:

• Represented administrative agent in connection with a $72 million construction loan for an apartment building in North Carolina.
• Represented administrative agent in connection with a $109 million loan to refinance a portfolio of self-storage properties in Georgia, Colorado and South Carolina.
• Represented national lender in connection with numerous construction loans ranging from $9 million to $80 million to finance the construction of senior housing facilities throughout the United States.
• Represented administrative agent in connection with a $85 million construction loan for a multi-phase senior housing project in Arizona.
• Represented numerous institutional lenders in connection with the workout and restructuring of various first mortgage and mezzanine loans secured by office, hospitality, retail, apartment, senior housing and industrial properties.
• Represented landlords and tenants in numerous leasing and subleasing transactions

Mr. Ventura has been named by Best Lawyers to its Ones to Watch in America list (2023 Edition) in the area of Real Estate Law. In 2022, he was selected as a Rising Star in Real Estate Law by Illinois Super Lawyers.

He joined Goldberg Kohn in June 2015 and serves as a member of the firm's Technology Committee.

Mr. Ventura earned his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, cum laude, in 2012, and a bachelor of science in accounting from Wayne State University, cum laude.

He is an Eagle Scout.