Chaz Weber

Practice Areas

• Real Estate

• Real Estate Finance

• Commercial Finance

• Public & Structured Finance

• Corporate Law

• Financial Services

• Hospitality

• Insolvency & Workout

• Opportunity Zones

Career

Chaz Weber represents regional and national banks and other capital providers in complex real estate financing transactions. He has substantial experience representing lenders in documenting credit facilities in favor of developers, owners, real estate management and investment firms, REITs, and private equity real estate funds. He regularly serves as lead agent counsel on complex syndicated credit facilities with a variety of collateral structures, including subscription-secured credit facilities, traditional mortgage-secured single-asset financings, and REIT or private equity real estate fund credit facilities secured by an underlying pool of mortgaged or unencumbered real property. Chaz prides himself on being a trusted advisor to clients and a cooperative voice to resolve issues and move deals across the finish line.

Professional Memberships

• Greater Cleveland Mortgage Bankers Association (Member)

• Providence House (Board Member and Past Secretary)

• S&T Bank Regional Advisory Board (Member)

• Chicago Title Company Regional Advisory Board (Member)

Publications

• “Will Opportunity Zones Accelerate Gentrification or Spur Critical Investment in Distressed Areas?“, Construction Executive (April 2019)

• “An Unconstitutional Mandate? California’s Gender-Based Board Law and Its Uncertain Legal Future,” Business Law Today (November 2018)

Experience

• Represented the administrative agent on a $48 million construction loan to complete the final phase of the Jeffrey Park development in Columbus, Ohio

• Represented a national bank and administrative agent on a revolving credit facility with a maximum amount of $500 million, secured by retail assets in more than a dozen states

• Represented a national bank as the lender on an $85 million term and revolving credit facility to a national owner and operator of multifamily properties

• Represented TriState Capital Bank as the sole lender on a $10,250,000 credit facility for the refinancing of the Tyler Village complex in Cleveland, Ohio

• Advised Ohio’s premier Level 1 medical marijuana cultivator and processor on the multimillion-dollar mortgage financing of its flagship production facility

• Represented a strategic purchaser in the acquisition, development, construction, and financing of a veteran outpatient clinic for $14.6 million

• Guided client KeyBank Real Estate Capital on the documentation and closing of a $60-million senior secured revolving credit facility; secured by mortgages on 11 separate veterinary offices and related facilities across nine different states, the facility includes an accordion feature permitting expansion of the revolver to a maximum credit facility of $150 million

• Represented KeyBank Real Estate Capital on the documentation and closing of a $25-million senior mortgage secured revolving credit facility secured by self-storage and manufactured home properties in Texas, Wyoming, and North Dakota, and including an accordion feature permitting expansion of the facility up to $40 million

• Advised KeyBank Real Estate Capital on the documentation and closing of a $95-million senior mortgage secured revolving credit facility, initially secured by five office properties located in Texas and including an accordion feature permitting expansion of the facility up to $150 million

Clients

• KeyBank National Association

• S&T Bank

• TriState Capital Bank

• First National Bank of Pennsylvania

• Flagstar Bank

• First Commonwealth Bank

• Fifth Third Bank

Education

Awards