Damon Osborne

Damon Osborne

Senior Attorney
Co-Head of Leasing, United States
Washington, DC
About

Damon Osborne represents clients in the acquisition, development, and operation of commercial real estate, with a particular focus on representing tenants and owners in leasing transactions.

Damon has extensive experience representing domestic and international retailers, anchor shopping center tenants, office tenants, and property owners in leasing and development transactions. Damon has negotiated leases for tenants and owners in retail shopping centers, mixed-use projects and urban office buildings. He also has represented parties in leasing transactions involving warehousing and distribution center facilities and other industrial properties. Damon is experienced with ground leases and other tenant-developed projects, as well as "build-to-suit" developments, and he has extensive knowledge of the construction-related considerations in leasing transactions.

Damon's extensive experience working with anchor retail tenants and working in-house at a major retail chain gives him practical insight into retail operations to help clients effectively balance business objectives with the mitigation of risk.

Areas of FocusReal Estate
Bar admissionsDistrict of ColumbiaMarylandNew York

EXPERIENCE

Damon has represented:

  • An institutional landlord and developer in the lease of 245,000 square feet of office space to a major financial institution as the marquee anchor tenant in a newly developed trophy-class building in a major urban city
  • An international robotics engineering company in connection with the lease of space to accommodate the relocation and consolidation of its corporate US corporate headquarters that is comprised of more than 320,000 square feet, including offices and development and production facilities
  • An international pharmaceutical company in the lease of 230,000 square feet of office, laboratory, and manufacturing space across several buildings for the relocation of a major hub of its US operations
  • An institutional investment manager in leasing-related matters for a portfolio of more than 28 million square feet of space that includes office, industrial, and mixed-use assets, including the negotiation of new leases, administration of existing leases, the development of lease forms, and presentation of classes for the client's asset managers  
  • A multinational air transport information technology company in the negotiation a lease for its US headquarters in a major urban city
  • A data center development company in the negotiation of leases and related agreements with a multinational technology conglomerate
  • A national big-box retailer in the negotiation of leases for the expansion of its network of "last-mile" distribution center facilities across the US
  • An international grocery retailer in its expansion throughout the Eastern US, which has included the negotiation of leases, including urban mixed-use locations, and the acquisition of multiple leased locations from other retailers
  • An international online retailer in the negotiation of leases for physical retail store locations in the US
  • A developer of a 62-acre mixed-use development in the lease of space to a major US grocery retailer
  • An international financial consulting firm in its office leasing activities throughout the US
  • An institutional investor by negotiating the leasing aspects of the acquisition of a US$460 million ground lease asset
  • The owner of a landmark Boston office building in the renegotiation of a 1.1 million square foot single tenant lease, which included surrender substantial portions of the property and conversion of the building to multi-tenant occupancy
 

Pro Bono

  • Rising for Justice (formerly D.C. Law Students In Court)
  • The Charles Koiner Center for Urban Farming
  • Martha's Table
Education
  • J.D., Brooklyn Law School, 2005
  • B.A., University of Michigan, 2000

Seminars

  • Speaker, CLE Presentation, "Retail Leasing — Key Issues," hosted by UBS, April 2026

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(Work, Washington, DC)