David J. Lowery
Partner

Practice Leader
Real Estate

Contact

(T) +1.214.969.3710
(F) +1.214.969.5100

Education

  • Southern Methodist University (J.D. 1978; Notes and Comments Editor, Journal of Air Law and Commerce; B.B.A. cum laude 1975)

Bar Admissions

  • Texas

David Lowery represents clients in large complex real estate transactions, focusing on acquisitions, dispositions, mergers and acquisitions, financings, and joint ventures. He has significant experience in international real estate transactions as well as distressed asset transactions, workouts, and bulk sales of nonperforming loans and real estate owned.

Representative transactions in the past year include the sale of Morgan Stanley's interest in the Woodlands master planned community in Houston to Howard Hughes Corp for $117 million, the sale of Morgan Stanley's interest in a portfolio of 15 assisted living facilities to Sunrise Senior Living, HighBrook Investment's acquisition and financing of an office complex in Austin, formation of Mill Creek Residential Trust with investor commitments exceeding $200 million, and equity financing for a multi-family project developed by LCOR Ventures in San Jose. Prior transactions include Morgan Stanley's $8.6 billion buyout of Canary Wharf, $6.5 billion buyout of Crescent Real Estate Equities, and $1.5 billion buyout of Town & Country Trust; CalEast's $3.4 billion buyout of Centerpoint Properties Trust; Thomas Property Group's initial public offering; formation of GreenOak Real Estate; and numerous transactions for TriGate Capital.

Other clients with which David has worked on substantial matters include Behringer Harvard Funds, EDS, J. C. Penney, Rockpoint Group, Westbrook Real Estate Partners, and Whitman-Peterson Ventures.

David co-chairs Jones Day's Real Estate Practice worldwide and leads the Real Estate Capital Markets Practice. He is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. He frequently speaks on topics related to real estate private equity.


David Lowery