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