John Erich Email & Phone Number

I am a shareholder in Reinhart's Real Estate and Business Law Practice Areas. I have been Reinhart since graduating from the University of Chicago Law School in 1972.I concentrate my law practice in the areas of commercial real estate development and finance with a special emphasis on structuring transactions using the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) to raise equity. My clients include developers (for-profit and nonprofit), equity investors, lenders and nonprofit organizations. I also represents Qualified Active Low-Income Community Businesses (QALICBs), Community Development Entities (CDEs), NMTC equity investors and senior lenders in NMTC financings.

Listed skills include Real Estate Development, Mergers And Acquisitions, Real Estate, Commercial Litigation, and 19 others.

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  Commercial Real Estate Development & Finance Attorney

  Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C.

  1972 - Present - Greater Milwaukee Area And Phoenix, Az

  Represented a for-profit developer in partnership with a nonprofit housing association in the charitable contribution and simultaneous acquisition of 5 affordable housing projects using LIHTC, Illinois donation tax credits, subordinated USDA permanent financing, conventional construction financing, AHP financing from the FHLB of Chicago and project-based Section 8 rent subsidy.Represented a for-profit developer in partnership with a public housing authority in the acquisition and rehabilitation of a public housing project using LIHTC, Section 8 project-based vouchers, public housing rent subsidy, Capital Fund Financing Program (CFFP) financing and conventional construction financing.Represented a for-profit developer in partnership with a nonprofit housing association in the acquisition and rehabilitation of an affordable housing project using LIHTC, USDA rental assistance, subordinated USDA permanent financing, subordinated municipal permanent financing and tax-exempt bonds.Represented a CDE in closing the first Qualified Equity Investment (QEI) under the NMTC program in the state of Wisconsin.Represented a minority-owned supermarket chain (QALICB) in an NMTC financing to redevelop a shopping center in Milwaukee's central city; the QALICB was honored as the Minority Business Enterprise of the Year.Represented an NMTC equity investor in an NMTC financing to acquire and redevelop a community health center.Represented a nonprofit developer in the acquisition and rehabilitation of two affordable housing projects for the elderly using LIHTC, Section 1602 and 1603 stimulus funding, project-based Section 8 rent subsidy and HUD-insured permanent financing.Represented a CDE in the allocation of NMTC to a manufacturer (QALICB) for the purpose of expanding, rehabilitating and equipping its manufacturing facility.Represented a CDE in the allocation of NMTC to a nonprofit children's museum (QALICB) for the purpose of expanding and rehabilitating the museum.