LORI E. KILBERG | Partner

Practice Areas

Commercial Real Estate

Summary

Ms. Kilberg represents national and regional firms in the acquisition, development, leasing and sales of retail, office, and industrial projects, including: power centers, lifestyle centers, multi-use developments, office buildings, warehouses and distribution centers, and urban redevelopment projects.

In 1990, Ms Kilberg joined the firm of Altman, Kritzer & Levick, the predecessor firm to Hartman Simons. From 1986-1989, she practiced in the real estate group of Greenberg, Traurig in the West Palm Beach, Florida office, concentrating in planned-unit developments and condominium law. From 1980-1985, she practiced in the real estate and corporate groups at Cofer, Beauchamp and Hawes.

Representative Experience

• Directs leasing teams of attorneys and paralegals in the representation of institutional landlords and third-party asset managers with respect to their office, medical and industrial holdings nationwide.
• Represents a national big box retailer regarding acquisitions, ground leases, development and sales of projects throughout the East Coast and the Midwest.
• Represents a specialty supermarket chain in its nationwide expansion.
• Represents a junior anchor retailer in its nationwide expansion from 125 stores to over 350 stores.
• Represents developers throughout the country on open-air and lifestyle centers.
• Represents office and industrial companies in the acquisition, disposition and leasing of warehouse and distribution centers.

Publications & Distinctions

• Member of the National Board of Directors for Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) in 2012
• Immediate Past President of CREW Atlanta
• Frequent speaker for International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
• American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts, Emory University Law Journal (1978-1979), Articles Editor - Emory University Law Journal (1979-1980)
• Co-Author, Starting and Operating a Business in Georgia; Oasis Press, (1985)
• Author, The Impact of the Ex Post Facto Clause on Sherman Act Prosecutions; Emory Law Journal, vol. 18:431, (1979)

Memberships

• State Bar of Georgia
• State Bar of Florida
• ICSC
• CREW
• National Delegate to CREW Network

Education

• Emory University School of Law, J.D. with Distinction, Order of the Coif (1980)
• Georgia State University, Certification in Spanish-English Translation (1982)
• Washington University in St. Louis, B.A. in Political Science and Spanish (1977)