ARI BRUMER | Founding Partner
Ari Brumer is the founding and managing partner of Brumer Law Group. A seasoned transactional lawyer with over two decades of experience, his practice concentrates on all major areas of commercial real estate, in particular, data centers (retail and wholesale), office, industrial and retail leasing, acquisitions and dispositions, construction, development, redevelopment, joint ventures and financings.
His clients have included national and regional data center owners and colocation providers, developers, landlords, tenants, banks, pension funds, and REITs. Ari was previously a partner at two major Los Angeles law firms, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, and Greenberg Glusker. He also served as General Counsel and Secretary of CoreSite, a Carlyle company, focusing on data center and colocation transactions, construction, equipment purchasing, leasing, commercial contracts, and financings.
Ari received his Juris Doctor, with a concentration in Business Associations, from Northwestern University School of Law in 1997, Cum Laude, and Order of the Coif, where he was Articles Editor for the Northwestern University School of Law Journal of International Law and Business. He graduated from The University of Illinois (Chicago) in 1994, with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, with Highest Honors, and as Valedictorian of the Business College.
Representative Transactions:
1. $204 million acquisition of residential complex, for Buyer.
2. $61 million acquisition of multi-building office park, with ground lease conversions and financing, for Buyer.
3. $60 million acquisition of telecommunications building, for Buyer.
4. $300 million sale of office building, for Seller.
5. $130 million sale of office buildings, for Seller.
6. $290 million loan secured by office portfolio, for Borrower.
7. $150 million loan secured by multi-family housing, for Borrower.
8. $88 million loan, and mezzanine financing, secured by office building, for Borrower.
9. 900 kW data center lease, for Landlord.
10. 400,000 SF office park lease, for Landlord.
11. 15,000 SF music studio lease for Landlord.
12. 25,000 SF health club lease, for Landlord.
13. 10,000 SF restaurant/night club lease, for Landlord.
14. Anchor lease with national supermarket, for Landlord.
15. 90,000 SF multi-floor office lease, for Tenant.
16. 14,000 SF medical office lease, for Tenant.
17. $40 million data center construction, for Owner.
18. Acquisition and financing of private airport, for Buyer.
