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Micah J. Halverson

Partner

Micah focuses his practice on real estate and corporate finance matters.

Micah focuses his practice on commercial real estate and finance matters.  He co-manages a team of lawyers and paralegals tasked with review and negotiation of medical office building leases for REIT landlords. He represents REITs in healthcare real estate acquisition, development, leasing and commercial lending programs.  He leads a team of lawyers who serve as lead counsel to a national bank, assisting their community development lending platform to provide comprehensive lending services in affordable multifamily housing construction utilizing LIHTCs.  His banking team also represents multiple super-regional banks in their general commercial lending and healthcare lending platforms, including loans to finance senior living, skilled-nursing, retirement communities and mergers and acquisitions.

Micah actively serves in firm leadership positions. He routinely speaks on real estate finance issues at the University of Colorado School of Law and the University of Denver School of Law as well as continuing legal education seminars. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of Impact Development Fund, a Colorado-based CDFI.
 

Presentations

  • Strafford CLE Webinar, “Title Insurance for Mortgage Lenders: Zoning, Usury, Easement, Future Advances, Comprehensive and Other Endorsements,” March 7, 2023
  • Strafford CLE Webinar, “Construction Lending and Title Insurance: Best Practices in Disbursement and Documentation”, October 26, 2021
  • American Bar Association, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section (CLE) entitled “Mezzanine Financing – Legal Considerations and ‘Late-Cycle’ Economic Stage Observations,” February 12, 2020
  • Denver public finance attorneys (CLE) entitled “What Every Bond Lawyer Should Know about Title Insurance,” October 4, 2019
  • University of Denver Sturm College of Law, “Deal Quarterbacks: An Introduction to Transactional Lawyering and Drafting,” October 2, 2019
  • Legal department of mortgage servicing company (CLE) entitled “A Second Look at Secondment Arrangements – Ethics,” February 15, 2019
  • Legal department of mortgage servicing company (CLE) entitled “Ethical Issues Facing In-House Counsel,” March 23, 2018
  • Colorado Bar Association (CLE), “Construction Lending: From Term Sheet to Ribbon Cutting,” March 24, 2017

Micah recently has represented:

  • A national bank on a $134,000,000 reducing line of credit secured by a 20-site portfolio of shopping centers and industrial developments in Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin.
  • A REIT, as lender, on a $74,500,000 construction loan secured by a medical office building in San Diego, California.
  • A REIT, as lender, on a $35,600,000 construction loan secured by a medial office building in Frisco, Texas.
  • Real estate counsel for $50,000,000 Public-Private Partnership development of the new Paine Field Passenger Terminal north of Seattle, WA.
  • Real estate developer in $67,000,000 financing for the acquisition of an 85-unit student housing facility known as M @ College in San Diego, California being operated primarily for students of San Diego State University.
  • Real estate counsel to state university in $112,000,000 financing for the development of three facilities at the National Western Center complex (the “NWC”) in Denver, Colorado.
  • A lender in a $45,000,000 mortgage and mezzanine loan related to the acquisition and heavy renovation of a flagship hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • A lender in a $30,000,000 construction loan to develop a boutique hotel in San Luis Obispo, California.
  •  A lender in a $50,000,000 mortgage and mezzanine loan related to the refinancing of student housing at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.
  • A national bank as bridge lender financing of construction of two apartment complexes around Minneapolis, Minnesota, which were both financed with a HUD 221(d)(4) loan, tax-exempt housing revenue bonds, 4% LIHTC and other subordinate financing.

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law, 2023-2025;  Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law, 2024-2025
  • Super Lawyers® Rising Stars, 2012-2013