Ted Hunter

Partner

Manatt Real Estate

Contact

thunter@manatt.com
Phone: 212.790.4546

Industries

A selection of Ted’s most significant transactions includes representation of:

Acquisitions and Dispositions

A private equity firm in its $450 million bid to buy a 44-building office portfolio in California, Delaware, Virginia and New Jersey
A hedge fund-backed, quantitative-driven real estate investment firm with the $250 million acquisition and financing of a portfolio of 30 manufactured housing parks in Texas, Alabama and Georgia
A national developer with its build-to-suit development, construction financing, net lease and ultimate sale of three warehouse/office/retail buildings for Crate and Barrel totaling approximately 950,000 square feet (development undertaken in three phases)
The owner of more than 200 acres of commercial property near Princeton with the phased sale and redevelopment of the property for commercial and multifamily uses, including the build-to-suit construction and leaseback of an office building and R&D facility
A real estate investor with a $42 million acquisition, as controlling investor, of a commercial design center in San Francisco’s Inner Potrero neighborhood of SoMa; the transaction included negotiation of a “Tenancy-in-Common” agreement, a 1031 exchange, $35 million in CMBS acquisition financing, and property and asset management agreements

Leasing

The operator of the largest marine container terminal in the Port of NY/NJ with a 40-year extension to its lease with the Port Authority calling for upwards of $1.3 billion in investments to wharf replacement and over $400 million in other infrastructure investments over the first 10 years of the extended lease term
A hotel operator in preparing a lease calling for one of its hotels in North Carolina to be converted into an emergency COVID-19 quarantine facility for U.S. Army soldiers infected with the virus, who were airlifted out of bases in Northern Italy at the outset of the pandemic
A leading global, multiplatform media and entertainment company that is the go-to source for tech, digital culture and entertainment content with its headquarters lease in Manhattan and its production facility in Los Angeles
Filene’s Basement and Syms with the leasing of their retail space at 530 Fifth Avenue; the deal was recognized as one of NYC’s most creative and significant retail deals by REBNY and was awarded the 2010 “Retail Deal of the Year”
A national developer with its ground lease of government-owned land, development and construction financing of a mixed-use office and retail complex on 125th Street in Manhattan (Harlem Center) that was made possible by Empire State Development Authority and NYC Economic Development Corporation incentives

Joint Ventures, Financings and Public-Private Partnerships

A multinational social infrastructure privatization firm that is the nation’s leader in public/private community development with the privatization of both housing and lodging on over 30 U.S. military bases, including the privatization, leasing, acquisition, development and financing of multiple 50-year projects—one of which, the Privatization of Army Lodging (PAL), was recognized as the “North American Real Estate Deal of the Year” by Project Finance Magazine
A family office in the purchase of an 85% equity interest in an Embassy Suites hotel and a DoubleTree hotel located near Wilmington, Delaware, including amendments to the respective hotel franchise agreements, the negotiation of new management agreements for the hotels, and new mortgage and mezzanine loans totaling $42 million for funding PIP improvements and the operation of the hotels
The special servicer of a single asset securitization in the enforcement of its rights against a defaulting borrower of an $846 million mortgage loan portfolio secured by liens on 34 Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor stores across the U.S.
A hedge fund with more than $7 billion in discretionary assets, as lead lender, with an up to $800 million syndicated secured credit facility made to a leading operator of casinos, as borrower, and funding the borrower’s acquisition of casinos, hotels and card rooms in Nevada, Colorado, Utah and Washington
A national developer with its $220 million construction financing of its joint venture development with a major investment bank and The New York Times Company of a 52-story office tower in Manhattan that serves as the new international headquarters of The New York Times
A national developer in the formation of a joint venture to acquire and develop a 40-story residential condominium on Manhattan’s Upper West Side

Speaking Engagements

Moderator, “Unearthing Opportunities Amid a Recession,” Real Estate Global Forum, New York, New York, December 5, 2023.

Moderator, Fireside Chat, “Real Estate Dinner with Tom Shapiro, Founder of GTIS Partners,” Young Jewish Professionals, New York, New York, November 18, 2021.

Interview with John Usdan, CEO, Midwood Investment & Development, Young Jewish Professionals In-Person Event, August 3, 2021.

Interview with Peter Palandjian, Chairman and CEO, Intercontinental Real Estate Corp., Young Jewish Professionals Webinar, January 14, 2021.

Speaker, “INDIE Confab New Orleans,” Independent Lodging Congress, January 13–14, 2020.

Honors & Awards

Named a Notable Leader in Real Estate, Crain’s New York Business, 2022–2024

“America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” in the area of Real Estate Law by Chambers USA (2009–2016)

Recognized among “Top Lawyers in America” in Best Lawyers for Real Estate Law (2016–2025)

Admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey

Member, Bar of the United States Supreme Court

Former Member of Board of Trustees, Executive Board Member, First Vice President, Master Planning Chair, Development Chair, The Elisabeth Morrow School (2006–2016)

Member, NAIOP-NJ

Member, Real Estate Board of New York

Member, Young Real Estate Professionals of New York

Co-author, “Unlocking the metaverse’s potential as a real estate investment,” VentureBeat, December 3, 2022.

Quoted, “Why East Coast Hires Are Buying Into Manatt’s Hybrid Services Strategy,” The American Lawyer, July 21, 2021.

Quoted, “July 2021 Legal Industry News: Attorney Hiring, Law Firm Awards & Innovation,” The National Law Review, July 21, 2021.

Quoted, “Market Forecast,” Real Estate NJ Magazine, January 2021.

Co-authored, “Feds reach into real estate deals extended in name of national security,” Real Estate Weekly, July 3, 2020.

Co-authored, “Why the Federal Government Should Act to Create a New Action Insurance Program,” WealthManagement.com, June 22, 2020.

Co-authored, “A Mortgage Loan Documentation Pitfall,” GlobeSt.com, April 29, 2020.

Quoted, “Will Critics Derail WeWork’s IPO?,” National Real Estate Investor, September 10, 2019.

Authored, “Why Private Equity Firms Are Buying Boutique Hotels,” LODGING Magazine, February 26, 2019.

08.15.24

87 Manatt Attorneys Named to 2025 Best Lawyers Guide

Eighty-seven Manatt attorneys have been named to the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the nation’s leading ...
07.29.24

Hunter Named a Notable Real Estate Leader by Crain’s New York ...

Manatt Real Estate Partner Ted Hunter was named one of Crain’s New York Business’ Notable Real Estate Leaders for 2024.
09.18.23

Hunter Named a 2023 Notable Leader in Real Estate by Crain’s New York ...

Ted Hunter was recognized on Crain’s New York Business’ 2023 Notable Leaders in Real Estate list for his contributions generating innov...
08.17.23

82 Manatt Attorneys Named to 2024 Best Lawyers Guide

Eighty-two Manatt attorneys have been named to the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the nation’s leading lawyers eac...

Show More

12.03.22

Unlocking the Metaverse’s Potential as a Real Estate Investment

Manatt Real Estate Partner Ted Hunter, Counsel Linda Rangel and incoming 2023 Associate Jimmy Yuen authored an article for VentureBeat about ...

08.07.24

Proposed Expansion of CFIUS Poses Increased Risks to U.S. Real Estate ...

On July 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published a Proposed Rule after first issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on July 8.

12.05.23

Hunter to Moderate Panel at Markets Group’s Real Estate Global Forum

Manatt Real Estate Partner Ted Hunter will moderate a panel titled “Unearthing Opportunities Amid a Recession” at Markets ...

11.18.21

Hunter to Moderate Young Jewish Professionals Fireside Chat

Manatt Real Estate Partner Ted Hunter will moderate a fireside chat taking place at the Young Jewish Professionals’ (YJP) “Real Estate ...