Brian D. Hirsch
Advises public and private companies, REITs, developers, investors, PE funds and financial institutions on a wide range of real estate transactions.
Brian advises developers, investors, lenders and technology companies on complex real estate and digital infrastructure transactions. His practice spans data center leasing and development, joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions, mortgage and structured financings, and other large-scale asset backed transactions. He has represented clients on some of the market’s most significant AI and data center projects, including hyperscale leasing, compute infrastructure and development projects.
He is recognized by Chambers USA, where sources note that he “does a great job at negotiating” and “is thoughtful and very pragmatic in working through deal related issues.”
Experience
Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure
- Anthropic on numerous transactions, including data center leases and its multi-gigawatt compute transaction with Google and Broadcom
- Cipher Digital on various transactions, including its $3 billion lease with Fluidstack and its $5.5 billion lease agreement with Amazon Web Services
- Ionic Digital on its 10‑year, $2 billion triple‑net lease with Nscale for Ionic’s 234 MW Cedarvale data center campus
- EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure on a $440 million data center development financing and a $1.9 billion project financing
- Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division in its joint venture with data center industry executives to form Global Compute Infrastructure LP, a global data center infrastructure platform
Joint Ventures
- McCourt Partners in a joint venture with MACK Real Estate Group for the $7 billion master-planned Halo Vista mixed-use development in Phoenix, AZ
- Related Companies in its joint venture with Vornado Realty Trust to own and operate 85 10th Avenue, New York, NY
- Brookfield in its joint venture with Toll Brothers to develop a 214-acre master planned community in Seattle, WA
- Meritage Group in the formation of TowerPoint Infrastructure Partners a digital infrastructure platform
Acquisitions and Dispositions
- RXR on the acquisition of a controlling interest in 5 Times Square, New York, NY
- Brookfield in the $787 million sale of 5th and Broadway in Nashville, TN
- Related Companies and Oxford Properties in the sale of the observatory deck known as the Edge in New York, NY
- Meritage Group in the acquisition of numerous hotels throughout the Untied States
Financings
- Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group $1.5B construction financing for the Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards
- Brookfield on the financing of its 6.2‑acre mixed‑use development, 5th and Broadway in Nashville, TN
- Sycamore Partners in its $490 million CMBS financing of a 207‑property Walgreens‑net‑leased portfolio
- Related Companies construction financing for 400 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL
Insights
News
Recognition
Chambers USA – Real Estate: Corporate, New York
Education
Prior experience
- Debevoise & Plimpton, 2011-2014
- Greenberg Traurig, 2007-2011
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York