Kenneth R. Whiting

Acquisitions and Dispositions
Counsel to:

• A private company in the sale of industrial properties in the Bay Area.
• A public company in the sale of industrial properties in the Central Valley.
• A private company in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio of triple-net industrial properties in Texas and Florida.
• A multifamily REIT in the sale of a portfolio of 22 apartment properties in Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada.
• A major railroad in connection with the sale of 160 acres of raw land in Fremont, California.
• A public biotech company in the sale of three research facilities in San Diego.

Leasing
Counsel to:

• Public and private tech and biotech companies in the leasing and subleasing of R&D and manufacturing space in the Bay Area and throughout California.
• Public and private companies in the leasing and subleasing of office space throughout California.
• An international technology company in its U.S. and Canadian office, R&D, and retail leasing, together with all related construction matters.
• A private company in connection with the leasing of soccer training facilities throughout the U.S.
• A landlord nonprofit hospital chain in the ground lease of a medical office building in Glendale, California, together with all associated construction, finance, and office leasing matters.
• A nonprofit medical company in connection with build-to-suit leases for the medical facilities in Southern California.
• A French company in connection with the renegotiation of vineyard leases in Napa Valley.

Development
Counsel to:

• A Class 1 railroad in connection with the development and expansion of an intermodal facility in Lathrop, California, and the lease of a loading facility at the Port of Stockton.
• A venture capital fund in the development of an office building in Palo Alto, California.
• A California county in connection with ground lease transactions for the development and redevelopment of hotel, apartment, and golf course properties in the Los Angeles area.

Lending
Counsel to:

• One of the largest landowners in California in connection with loans secured by its shopping center, farming and oil and gas properties.
• A foreign bank in loans secured by property in Texas, Hawaii, and California.
• A retail REIT in connection with loans secured by shopping centers in California.
• The purchaser of a promissory note secured by a distressed construction project on Market Street in San Francisco.
• A New York investment bank in connection with loans secured by office buildings in California.
• A borrower sports and entertainment company in connection with the construction loans and secured financing of prominent sports and entertainment facilities in Southern California.

Provision of Real Estate Counsel

• Member of team that represented debt and equity investors in cogeneration and wind power facilities.
• Member of team that represented a Fortune 500 industrial company in the development of eight “peaker” power plants in California.
• Member of team that represented an international sports and entertainment company in the development and financing of prominent sports arenas and entertainment venues in Los Angeles and Carson, California,
• Member of team that represented a private landowner in the perfection of development rights for a landmark 80,000-acre ranch on the Central Coast of California.
• Member of team that represented a borrower U.S. manufacturing company in connection with a $4 billion loan secured by 50 industrial properties in 27 states.

Pipeline Related
Counsel to:

• • A major railroad in connection with the acquisition of easement rights for a major West Coast pipeline project.
  • A major railroad in the negotiation of system-wide agreements with public utilities for longitudinal pipeline easements on railroad property.
  • A major railroad in connection with the global settlement of litigation between the railroad and a major West Coast pipeline operator regarding the text of future easement agreements and future rents on all railroad rights-of-way.

• Phi Beta Kappa

Professional

• State Bar of California, Real Property Section, Member; Former Executive Committee Member; former Advisor
• SPIRE (Stanford Professionals in Real Estate), Member