Erin Goodman

Erin Goodman is a real estate attorney in Holland & Knight's New York office, where she focuses on sophisticated commercial real estate transactions.

As part of her practice, Ms. Goodman handles the acquisition, disposition and development of commercial, residential, mixed-use and multifamily real estate. She also negotiates commercial leases on behalf of landlords and tenants, represents developers and lenders in negotiating construction loans, and structures and establishes condominiums and leasehold condominiums. 

In addition, Ms. Goodman represents clients by appearing before New York City and New York state agencies, including: 1) the New York State Office of the Attorney General (NYAG) in connection with structuring and creating condominiums, as well as leasehold condominiums and condominiums within condominiums, 2) New York City Department of Finance in connection with filing for 420-a real estate tax exemptions for nonprofit tenants and 3) NYAG Charities Bureau and Supreme Court of the State of New York in connection with the sale of real property by religious and nonprofit institutions. Ms. Goodman has also represented clients regarding various New York City tax and zoning issues, including applying for Industrial and Commercial Abatement Program (ICAP), 421-a and 420-a real estate tax exemptions.

Ms. Goodman's representative matters include:

• Represent landlords and tenants in structuring and establishing leasehold condominiums and obtaining 420-a real estate tax exemption benefits for not-for-profit entities; representative clients include charter schools, trade schools, religious schools, medical centers, food donation organizations and community health centers
• Represent hospitality companies in negotiating leases, management agreements and other operational agreements
• Represent lenders in analyzing and making construction loans on properties in New York
• Represent developers in negotiating and obtaining construction loans
• Represent owners in negotiating ground leases, operating leases and let leases of commercial properties
• Represent not-for-profit entities and religious organizations in obtaining New York State Office of the Attorney General approval to sell properties and assets
• Prepare and file offering plans with the New York State Office of the Attorney General
• Represent the developers of 15 West 61st Street, 100 Claremont Avenue, 100 Vandam Street, 181 East 28th Street, 66 Clinton Street, 540 West 21st Street and 114 Sixth Avenue
• Represent the developers of 1 Great Jones Alley, 275 West 10th Street, 221 West 77th Street, 100 East 53rd Street, 420 Fifth Avenue and 332 West 11th Street in the negotiation and disposition of the properties
• Unwound a developer's construction loan with a Russian bank sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), in which the bank was attempting to obtain a judgment against the developer in Russia
• Represent borrowers in loan defeasance processes

During law school, Ms. Goodman served as a law clerk to the Honorable Susan D. Wigenton of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey