Partner handsman@thsh.com 212-508-6786 LinkedIn
Practice Areas
Areas of Focus
- Real Estate, Construction and Environmental Law
Industries
David S. Handsman
Partner handsman@thsh.com 212-508-6786 LinkedIn
Practice Areas
Areas of Focus
- Real Estate, Construction and Environmental Law
Industries
Biography
David Handsman is a partner in Tannenbaum Helpern’s Real Estate, Construction and Environmental Law practice. Handsman brings more than 30 years of experience representing real estate developers, owners and operators of real property in the Northeastern region of the United States. His focus is on commercial office and retail leasing, real estate financing, acquisitions, divestitures and operating agreements.
His experience includes:
- Advising a NYC-based developer on multiple projects converting parking garages and rental properties into luxury condominiums
- Representing NYC landlords in leasing commercial office space in Class A office buildings in Manhattan
- Advising U.S. and international real estate investors with multi-million dollar transactions
- Representing landlords and tenants in retail lease negotiations including leases with several national retail tenants
- Representing the owner of an Upper East Side hotel in leasing the ground and second floors of the hotel to an international luxury retailer
- Representing an owner in connection with the potential development and expansion of a commercial property in Boston, MA and Arlington, VA
Prior to Tannenbaum Helpern, Handsman was a founding partner at Handsman & Kaminsky LLP, a boutique commercial real estate law firm, where he worked for 23 years. David began his career at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP.
A proud father of two, David lives in Briarcliff Manor, NY and is a glass artist and woodworker in his spare time.
Law School:
- New York Law School
- Handsman & Kaminsky LLP
- Weil Goshal & Manges LLP
- New York
- Super Lawyers: 2020
Case Studies
- Negotiates Termination of Lease and Personal Guarantee During Pandemic
- Acquisition and Financing of a Hotel in Detroit by a National Real Estate Investment Firm
- Acquisition of A To Be Developed 44,000 Square Foot Commercial Condominium Office Unit
- Long-Term Ground Lease to Prominent Manhattan Developer
Publications
- Corporate Transparency Act Imposes New Compliance Obligations on Real Estate Investors
- Transfer Taxes Lurk in New York Foreclosure and Deed-in-Lieu Transactions: Part 2 of 2
- Transfer Taxes Lurk in New York Foreclosure and Deed-in-Lieu Transactions: Part 1 of 2
- Update to Summary of Legislative Relief for Tenants and Mortgage Borrowers in New York State in Response to COVID-19
- COVID-19 Rent Relief: The Anticipated "Commercial Lease Workout"
- Proposed NYS Legislation May Increase the Cost of Mezzanine Financing
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David Handsman is a partner in Tannenbaum Helpern’s Real Estate, Construction and Environmental Law practice. Handsman brings more than 30 years of experience representing real estate developers, owners and operators of real property in the Northeastern region of the United States. His focus is on commercial office and retail leasing, real estate financing, acquisitions, divestitures and operating agreements.
His experience includes:
- Advising a NYC-based developer on multiple projects converting parking garages and rental properties into luxury condominiums
- Representing NYC landlords in leasing commercial office space in Class A office buildings in Manhattan
- Advising U.S. and international real estate investors with multi-million dollar transactions
- Representing landlords and tenants in retail lease negotiations including leases with several national retail tenants
- Representing the owner of an Upper East Side hotel in leasing the ground and second floors of the hotel to an international luxury retailer
- Representing an owner in connection with the potential development and expansion of a commercial property in Boston, MA and Arlington, VA
Prior to Tannenbaum Helpern, Handsman was a founding partner at Handsman & Kaminsky LLP, a boutique commercial real estate law firm, where he worked for 23 years. David began his career at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP.
A proud father of two, David lives in Briarcliff Manor, NY and is a glass artist and woodworker in his spare time.
Law School:
- New York Law School
- Handsman & Kaminsky LLP
- Weil Goshal & Manges LLP
- New York
- Super Lawyers: 2020
- Negotiates Termination of Lease and Personal Guarantee During Pandemic
- Acquisition and Financing of a Hotel in Detroit by a National Real Estate Investment Firm
- Acquisition of A To Be Developed 44,000 Square Foot Commercial Condominium Office Unit
- Long-Term Ground Lease to Prominent Manhattan Developer
- Corporate Transparency Act Imposes New Compliance Obligations on Real Estate Investors
- Transfer Taxes Lurk in New York Foreclosure and Deed-in-Lieu Transactions: Part 2 of 2
- Transfer Taxes Lurk in New York Foreclosure and Deed-in-Lieu Transactions: Part 1 of 2
- Update to Summary of Legislative Relief for Tenants and Mortgage Borrowers in New York State in Response to COVID-19
- COVID-19 Rent Relief: The Anticipated "Commercial Lease Workout"
- Proposed NYS Legislation May Increase the Cost of Mezzanine Financing
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