Celeste Matthews

Celeste Matthews

Associate
About

Celeste Matthews' practice focuses on commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, financings, leasing, and joint ventures. She assists owners, developers, lenders, and institutional investors on a broad range of matters involving office, multifamily, mixed‑use, and student housing assets, as well as data center properties.

Areas of FocusReal Estate
Bar admissionsNew YorkOntario

EXPERIENCE

Leasing
  • Represented the tenant in connection with a sublease of approximately 140,000 square feet of office space in a Manhattan headquarters location
  • Advised on the review and negotiation of a commercial lease for approximately 6,500 square feet of office space in New York City
  • Assisted the tenant in negotiating an office lease for headquarters space in a Midtown Manhattan office building
  • Advised the tenant on the termination of its headquarters office lease in a major Midtown Manhattan office tower
  • Represented the tenant in amending a long‑term ground lease for a premier office property on Madison Avenue
  • Represented the tenant in connection with an industrial lease for a manufacturing facility situated on approximately 19.7 acres
  • Advised the tenant on leasing office space for its Atlanta operations
  • Represented the tenant in leasing full‑floor office space within a Lower Manhattan office tower
  • Advised the tenant on the negotiation of its New York City headquarters office lease
Purchase and Sales
  • Represented the seller in the US$129 million sale of a luxury multifamily apartment building in Manhattan
  • Advised on the US$200 million sale of a Class A office property located in Midtown Manhattan
  • Represented the seller in the sale of a landmark luxury hotel asset in New York City
  • Represented the seller in the US$301 million sale of approximately 1,200 acres of land to a global technology company
  • Represented the buyer in the US$48.7 million acquisition of a multifamily apartment building in Denver, Colorado
  • Represented the buyer in the US$40.1 million acquisition of a multifamily apartment building in Denver, Colorado
  • Represented the buyer in the US$7.5 million acquisition of land for the development of a multifamily apartment community in Illinois
  • Represented the buyer in the US$30.8 million acquisition of approximately 926 acres of land for development of a data center campus in Texas
Education
  • J.D., Osgoode Hall Law School
  • B.A., Political Science, McGill University