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Robert Ondak

Robert Ondak

USA 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Robert counsels and represents a variety of participants in commercial real estate transactions, including developers, property owners, landlords, tenants, and financial institutions.

He is the group leader of the firm’s leasing team that represents retail, office, and industrial landlords and tenants nationwide. He also has significant experience with advising developers in various aspects of real estate development for a multitude of projects, including shopping centers, office buildings, and industrial parks. Furthermore, Robert counsels sellers and purchasers in negotiating purchase and sale agreements and lenders and borrowers in financing transactions, such as construction lending, permanent mortgage financing, ground lease financing, loan workouts, and loan restructurings.

Professional Memberships

Member, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Member, Ohio State Bar Association

Member, International Council of Shopping Centers

Member NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association

Member, CoreNet Global

Past President, Gilmour Academy Alumni Association (Gates Mills, Ohio)

Education

Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Awards

Named, Thomson Reuters Stand-Out Lawyer

2025

Listed, The Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Real Estate - Ohio

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial
Robert Ondak is particularly adept at handling retail leasing deals. He regularly acts for sophisticated retail developers and investors.

Strengths

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  • Robert is an outstanding lawyer.

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Ranked Individuals at Benesch (45)

Delaware

Illinois

New York

Ohio

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