Overview

Joel Krugel is a real estate attorney who counsels shopping center, office building, and apartment complex owners and operators in acquisitions, dispositions, and financings. He represents national banking associations, private finance companies, securitized lending corporations, and other institutional lenders in connection with a wide variety of commercial financing transactions, including secured and unsecured lines of credit, real estate mortgage loans, construction loans for office buildings, shopping centers, apartments complexes and industrial developments, land development and revolving construction loans for subdivision and condominium projects, and interim bridge loans.

  • Advises real estate developers and others in joint ventures, syndications, and investment fund creation
  • Negotiates leases, REAs, and similar documentation in connection with the representation of shopping center developers who have a nationwide portfolio of regional malls and power centers
  • Handles major tenant leasing for shopping centers, office buildings, and other commercial developments
  • Counsels shopping center clients involved in or in dealing with publicly held real estate investment trusts
  • Advises and represents individuals and business clients in joint venture arrangements, debt and equity financing, and real estate financing through mortgage and other secured and asset-based lending

Services

Experience

Representative Matters

  • Represented shopping center owners in more than $1 billion of securitized financing in transactions throughout the country

Prior Experience

  • Miro, Weiner & Kramer, Partner

Credentials

Education

Admissions

Recognition

Awards

The Best Lawyers in America, 2018-2025

  • Recognized in practice area of Real Estate Law
  • Troy Real Estate Law "Lawyer of the Year," 2023

Michigan Super Lawyers, 2010-2020

Law Bulletin Media

  • Leading Lawyers, Real Estate Law: Commercial, 2017, 2023-2024
  • Leading Lawyers, Real Estate Law: Finance, 2017, 2023-2024

DBusiness, Top Lawyers, 2010

Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated

Professional & Community Involvement

State Bar of Michigan

  • Real Property Law Section
  • Commercial Leasing of Real Estate Committee
  • Business Law Section

International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)

American Bar Association

News & Insights

Events

  • ICSC U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference
    Event | Orlando, FL | October 24-27, 2018
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