John Karavas
Partner
John D. Karavas is a Partner of the Firm. John specializes in a broad range of commercial and residential real estate and corporate related matters throughout the country, including acquisition and disposition, development, leasing, financing transactions, construction and joint venture formation.
John represents developers, landlords, tenants, sellers, buyers, borrowers and commercial lending institutions of all sizes (from pension funds to start- up companies) and sophistication levels.
John has become a go-to leasing lawyer for both tenants and landlords by negotiating millions of square feet of office leases during the last few years alone, including on behalf of one of the highest valued private companies in the U.S. and a fast-growing publicly held “tech” company. John and his team have become known for their ability to get favorable results for their clients without jeopardizing deals.
John also maintains a niche practice in the area of high-end residential acquisitions and dispositions in and around Greater Los Angeles, with a concentration in Beverly Hills.
• Represented institutional landlord in a retail lease for a Bank of America self-service center in a mixed-use project in downtown San
Francisco.
• Represented institutional landlord in a retail lease with Blue Bottle Coffee in a mixed-use project in downtown San Francisco.
• Represented institutional landlord in a retail lease with national eyeglass store.
• Represented large tech/real estate company in lease of approximately 250,000 square feet of Class A office space in
downtown San Francisco.
• Represented large tech/real estate company in lease of approximately 80,000 square feet of Class A office space in Seattle,
Washington.
• Represented large tech/real estate company in lease of approximately 65,000 square feet of Class A office space in Irvine,
California.
• Represented large tech/real estate company in lease of approximately 70,000 square feet of new construction, Class A
office space in Denver, Colorado.
• Represented large tech/real estate company in lease of approximately 100,000 square feet of Class A office space in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Represented publicly held “tech” company in lease of approximately 20,000 square feet of Class A office space in Mountain View,
California.
• Represented pension fund in sale-leaseback of approximately 175,000 square foot Class A Office Building in Los Angeles.
• Represented pension fund in sale leaseback of approximately 375,000 square foot Class A Office Building in Denver, Colorado.
• Represented grocery store chain in acquisition of stores in California, Texas and New Mexico.
• Represented institutional landlord client in connection with a 70,000 square foot retail lease in Seattle, Washington.
• Represented institutional landlord client in connection with retail leases for various big box tenants throughout California and
Washington.
• Represented tech company in connection with headquarters lease of 33,000 square foot creative office building in Hollywood.
• Represented tech company executive in connection with purchase of $30 million+ single-family residence in Beverly Hills.
• Represented tech company executive in connection with purchase of $20 million + single-family residence in Beverly Hills.
• Represented landlord client in connection with disposition of shopping center in excess of 200,000 square feet.
• Represented institutional client in connection with disposition of an approximately 300,000 square foot Class A Office Building.
• Represented high net worth family in connection with $90 million loan secured by a Class A Office Building in Los Angeles
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Finance
- Leasing (office, industrial, retail)
- Acquisitions and Dispositions
- Real Estate CapitalMarkets
- Real Estate Joint Ventures
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., cum laude)
- Claremont McKenna College (B.A.
- California
- Southern California Super Lawyers, 2017, 2019
- State Bar of California
- Board of Directors at The Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood
- Licensed Real Estate Broker