In another banner year for the transactional team at Murphy Schiller & Wilkes LLP (MSW), the firm guided clients in closing more than $1.25 billion in commercial real estate and financing transactions nationwide. Delivering a full suite of legal services to the commercial real estate industry, MSW represents a diverse client base, including institutional funds, lenders, developers, family offices, and private investors, on some of the most complex and sophisticated transactional matters.

In 2025, the firm represented the following:

• National bank in connection with the modification of a $125,000,000 revolving line of credit for a New Jersey-based company.
• Developer in connection with $120,000,000 Aspire tax credit for mixed-use project in Central Jersey.
• Developer in connection with a $92,000,000 senior mortgage and mezzanine loan refinance of a first-class multifamily asset in North Jersey.
• Developer in connection with $90,000,000 acquisition of entitled land for the development of a 200-unit multifamily project in Morris County, New Jersey.
• Developer in connection with the joint venture and the land acquisition for $87,000,000 development project in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
• National real estate development firm in connection with $74,000,000 acquisition of 360,000 square foot industrial facility in Central New Jersey.
• National REIT in connection with modification of $67,000,000 loan secured by portfolio of industrial properties in Palo Alto, CA.
• Nonprofit Performing Arts Center in connection with $65,000,000 CAFE tax credit for project in Morristown, New Jersey.
• National REIT in connection with modification of $63,000,000 loan secured by industrial facility in Jefferson, Georgia.
• National REIT in connection with $54,000,000 refinance of industrial facility in Fermi, California.
• Lender in connection with $52,815,000 loan modification for 600,000 square foot warehouse/distribution facility in Fermi, California.
• Lender in connection with $51,850,000 loan modification for 240-unit multifamily apartment complex located in Lacey, Washington.
• Private equity borrower in connection with $43,550,000 Freddie Mac loan secured by multifamily development in Northern Virginia.
• National real estate fund in connection with $42,000,000 acquisition of residential building in Newark, New Jersey.
• National bank in connection with a $40,000,000 refinance of a Bergen County, New Jersey retail property.
• Ownership in connection with a $35,000,000 refinance of Gold Coast multifamily property.
• Seller in connection with the $23,750,000 sale of Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Wichita, Kansas.
• Private equity firm in connection with negotiation of participation agreement in connection with $23,000,000 loan for commercial property in Parsippany, NJ.
• New Jersey bank in connection with a $19,000,000 acquisition financing of a catering facility in New Jersey.
• Borrower in connection with $18,250,000 refinancing of luxury hotel in Kansas City, Missouri.
• New Jersey bank in connection with a $18,000,000 refinance of a Union County, New Jersey flex industrial property.
• New Jersey bank in connection with a $18,000,000 term loan to energy industry contractor.
• Developer in connection with $15,000,000 sale of apartment building portfolio in Hoboken, New Jersey.
• National bank in connection with $14,380,000 construction financing for the expansion of a manufacturing facility in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
• National bank in connection with a $14,210,000 refinance of a multifamily property in Lafayette, Louisiana.
• Developer in connection with $14,100,000 purchase and financing of office building in Cedar Knolls, New Jersey.
• Developer in connection with $14,100,000 purchase and financing of 117,492 SF multi-tenant office building and 14 acres of vacant land in Morris County, New Jersey.
• National bank in connection with a $13,490,000 refinance of multifamily property in Hudson County, New Jersey.
• Developer in connection with a $13,000,000 acquisition of development site in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
• Lender in connection with $10,850,000 loan in connection with purchase money financing of shopping center in Syracuse, New York.
• National bank in connection with a $10,100,000 refinance of a multifamily property in Hudson County, New Jersey.
• New Jersey developer in connection with a $10,000,000 second mortgage loan for improvements to industrial property in Mercer County, New Jersey.
• Developer in connection with a $10,000,000 revolving line of credit secured by industrial property in Mercer County, New Jersey.
• Business owner in connection with the $8,300,000 purchase and financing of industrial property in Union County, New Jersey.
• Purchaser in connection with $8,250,000 acquisition of industrial property in Saddle Brook, New Jersey.
• New Jersey bank in connection with a $4,400,000 acquisition financing of two net leased properties in Tampa, Florida.