Jennifer A. Beer

Partner & Vice Chair | Real Estate

Overview

Jennifer is a Partner and Vice Chair of WH Burkley’s Real Estate Group. She focuses her practice on real estate finance and commercial lending, representing commercial banks, financial institutions, developers, investors, and businesses in construction, permanent, and mezzanine financing transactions.

Jennifer also advises clients on the acquisition, disposition, development, refinancing and leasing of commercial real estate, including retail, mixed-use, office, and industrial properties. Her experience includes sale-leaseback transactions and redevelopment projects utilizing Historic and New Markets Tax Credits.

Experience

REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE
  • $77.475 million refinancing of a 1.1 million-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility
  • $64 million acquisition and related financing for corporate business park
  • $60 million refinancing of a luxury residential, hospitality, and retail development complex
  • $40 million in aggregate guideline financings related to multiple construction loans and the development of build-to-suit facilities for national retail tenants
  • $15.750 million acquisition of an office and light industrial use property, including a $13,700,000.00 loan, $3,000,000.00 preferred equity investment, and $1,600,000.00 joint venture investment
URBAN & HISTORIC RENOVATION EXPERIENCE
  • $38 million financing for the renovation and conversion of a historic property, including a $15,750,000 construction loan, $5,894,6000 bridge loan, $4,567,764 Brownfield Grant, $1,000,000.00 Ohio Capital Budget Grant, $4,050,000 Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit, and $6,400,243 federal Historic Preservation Tax Credit
  • Redevelopment and financing of a mixed-building complex, including new markets tax credits, federal and state historic tax credits, taxable capital lease revenue bonds, tax increment financing, and direct construction financing
  • Counsel for the lead lender and agent in connection with the redevelopment of an office building involving historic and state tax credits, PACE financing, and direct and bridge financing

Recognition

  • Legal 500 – Real Estate (Elite Ohio) | 2026-present
  • Super Lawyers – Real Estate “Rising Star” (Ohio) | 2024-present
  • Best Lawyers – Real Estate “Ones to Watch” | 2021-present

Associations

  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association | Member
  • Ohio State Bar Association | Member
  • Urban Land Institute | Member

Education

  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D.
    • cum laude
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute, B.A.