Brendan Crowley works closely with operators, managers, regional and national developers, and institutional investors to bring their commercial real estate projects to fruition. Brendan focuses on the acquisition, entitlement, development, leasing, financing, and disposition of retail, office, mixed-use, industrial, manufactured housing community, and senior living properties.

A skilled negotiator and practical dealmaker, Brendan has years of experience navigating Oregon’s ever-changing real estate landscape, which allows him to serve as a wealth of knowledge to his clients.

Bar Admissions

• Oregon

Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Bachelor of Science degree, Psychology (2000)‎
• DePaul University College of Law‎, Juris Doctor degree (2005)‎

• Represent landlords in the leasing and management of a variety of product types located throughout the country, including office, industrial, retail and mixed-use projects.
• Manage complex due diligence matters, including portfolio acquisitions of grocery, shopping center, agribusiness, restaurant, manufactured housing, and senior living assets.
• Act as Oregon local counsel in multi-state acquisitions and financings.
• Represent tenants in the technology, restaurant, retail, and wholesale distribution industries, including headquarter office and large distribution facility leases.
• Extensive experience with workouts and restructuring of distressed ground leases and space leases.
• Represent parties in the acquisition and disposition of private utility systems.

• Op-Ed: Considerations for Golf Course Redevelopment in Light of Court Decision
• OP-ED: Portland Real Estate Trends to Monitor in the Year Ahead
• Overview of COVID-19-Related Eviction Moratoria Extensions
• OP-ED: COVID-19 Impacts on the Portland Real Estate Market
• COVID-19: Cities and States Move to Restrict Non-Residential Evictions
• COVID-19: Applicability of Force Majeure Clauses for Landlords and Tenants
• OP-ED: Growth Opportunities and Strategies for Sustaining a Market Shift
• State of Commercial Real Estate and Construction in the Pacific Northwest

Seminar

• DJC Oregon Builder Breakfast Series: What do the Construction Projects of the Future Look Like (and How Should the Building Industry Prepare)?