Education

Notre Dame Law School, J.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S.

Bar Admissions

Michigan
Illinois

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Michael Rechtin Jr.

Partner
Chicago
t: 312-928-6053

Michael D. Rechtin, Jr. is a Partner in the Chicago office of Holland & Knight and concentrates his practice in commercial real estate, including office, industrial and retail leasing, acquisitions, dispositions, financings, joint ventures, equity investments and development. Mr. Rechtin represents on a local and national basis pension funds and pension fund advisors, real estate investment trusts, investment advisory groups, local and national commercial developers and real estate entrepreneurs.

Mr. Rechtin's experience includes:

  • Represented the owner of 541 N. Fairbanks (Chicago) in 2007 in the largest North Michigan Avenue office lease in recent years.
  • Acted as lead counsel to former owner of 100 North Riverside Plaza in downtown Chicago in the negotiation of The Boeing Company world headquarters office lease.
  • Represented UBS Warburg in its Chicago headquarters office lease for more than 400,000 square feet at One North Wacker.
  • Represented a joint venture that is developing over $150,000,000 in industrial warehouse properties.
  • Represented the owner and developer of the Cantera project in Warrenville, Ill., for almost a decade in the sale of lots, creation of a master owner's association and implementation of a master development and easement regime.
  • Exclusive outside real estate counsel to a major automotive parts supplier with facilities nationwide.

Professional Honors & Awards

  • Illinois Leading Lawyer, 2005-2007

Memberships

  • LEED Council, Inc., Secretary and Member of the Board of Directors
  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • ABA- Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
  • ABA Business Law Section

Speaking Engagements

  • Managing Inherited Leases and Contracts, IncreMental Advantage Commercial Real Estate Due Diligence Conference, May 2007
  • New Trends in Lease Agreements from a Landlord's and Tenant's Perspective, Grubb & Ellis Company 2007 National Conference, January 2007
  • Review of Leasing Issues, Leasing for Facilities Manager (IFMA), April and September 2006
  • Negotiating Office Lease Letters of Intent, TCN Worldwide, April 2006
  • Tenant Improvement Work Letters, Institute of Continuing Legal Education and the Practicing Law Institute, Unknown

Published Articles & Books

  • "Landlord's Guide to Tenant's Audit Rights," The Commercial Lease Law Insider, June 2001