Thomas Coyne > Thompson Hine LLP > Cleveland, United States > Lawyer Profile

Thompson Hine LLP
3900 KEY CENTER, 127 PUBLIC SQUARE
CLEVELAND, OH 44114-1291
OHIO
United States

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Tom has served as practice group leader of the firm’s 50-member national Real Estate practice group for over 20 years and has handled billions in commercial real estate transactions across the U.S. He concentrates his practice on transaction planning, strategy and execution.

Principal clients include public and private companies, real estate developers, individual and family interests, and institutional and fund investors.

 

Representative transactions include acquisitions and sales; build-to-suit development; headquarters and large-scale mixed-use development; office, retail and industrial leasing; government incentives; complex easement agreements; borrower financing; broker agreements; brownfields redevelopment; and real estate tax challenges.

Tom has spoken and published widely on commercial real estate topics. He is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. He currently serves as chair of the Real Estate Committee of the United States Law Firm Group and vice chair of the Downtown Cleveland Improvement Corporation. He serves on the board of EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute and is former chair of Family Transitional Housing, Inc. and Cleveland Neighborhood Progress.

Education

  • University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 1985, Editorial Board Member and Book Review Editor, Notre Dame Law Review
  • College of the Holy Cross, B.A., 1982, Phi Beta Kappa

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Real estate > Real estate

Advising clients that include Brookfield Asset management, Huntington Bank, and Raytheon Technologies Corporation, the real estate team over at Thompson Hine LLP represents numerous large developers, financial institutions, and Fortune 500 companies on a range of real estate mandates spanning from affordable housing to retail. Industrials, distribution, manufacturing, and data centers are also core areas of expertise, benefitting from Ohio’s growing tech and chip manufacturing scene. The practice is noted for its expertise in real estate tax finance covering tax credits and government incentive schemes, among other areas. The team is led by experienced real estate lawyer Thomas Coyne in Cleveland, who has taken the lead on a number of large developments including his representation of Bedrock in the $1bn+ Cleveland Riverfront Project, together with his advising of Pratt & Whitney in the development of an engine manufacturing facility in North Carolina, also valued at $1bn. James Aronoff is also active, particularly on structuring partnerships, joint ventures, and LLCs together transactions and financings. Also in Cleveland is Robyn Minter Smyers who covers public-private partnerships and ESG-related initiatives.