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San Diego

T(619) 235-1562

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Education

  • J.D., University of Notre Dame Law School

  • B.A., Columbia University

Bar Admissions

  • California

Services

  • Commercial Real Estate Transactions

Industries

  • Real Estate

  • Office

  • Shopping Center, Retail & Mixed-Use

  • Life Sciences

Memberships

  • San Diego Downtown Community Planning Council

  • Urban Land Institute (ULI)

Jonathan L. Lorenzen

Partner

Jonathan is a real estate partner in the San Diego office. He has a wide range of transactional experience, with an emphasis on commercial leasing, acquisitions, and dispositions. Jonathan’s recent projects include mixed-use redevelopments, high-rise commercial buildings, industrial parks, life science projects, and shopping center and other retail properties located throughout the United States. Clients value his ability to efficiently manage and negotiate with outside development teams, and he has strong working relationships with many key players within the real estate industry.

  • Leasing. Jonathan has extensive experience structuring office, retail, industrial, and other commercial space leases and ground leases for sophisticated landlords and tenants, as well as related subleases, easements, covenants, conditions and restrictions, and other ancillary agreements.
  • Acquisitions and Dispositions. Jonathan represents buyers and sellers in purchase and sale transactions for all asset classes, which representation includes the negotiation of related agreements required for closing and the ongoing maintenance and management of projects. 
  • Leasing. Jonathan has extensive experience structuring office, retail, industrial, and other commercial space leases and ground leases for sophisticated landlords and tenants, as well as related subleases, easements, covenants, conditions and restrictions, and other ancillary agreements.
  • Acquisitions and Dispositions. Jonathan represents buyers and sellers in purchase and sale transactions for all asset classes, which representation includes the negotiation of related agreements required for closing and the ongoing maintenance and management of projects. 
    • Serves as lead retail leasing counsel for several historic mixed-use districts in downtown Denver, Colorado, on behalf of private equity and REIT landlords.
    • Represents landlords in leasing of Class A office assets located in the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area.
    • Leasing of retail space at historic redevelopment projects in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
    • Structured lease and related agreements for both landlords and tenants at urban renewal projects involving the reuse of industrial space in Denver, Colorado; Los Angeles, California; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Seattle, Washington.
  • Coordinate acquisition and development of properties throughout the Western U.S. for retail restaurant use and development.
  • Negotiated and structured full-building lease for a 25,000-square-foot gym space at a historic property in Seattle, Washington, for an institutional landlord.
  • Represented a receiver for the disposition of approximately 35 properties located in California and Nevada.
  • Responsible for all leasing of an institutional owner’s Salt Lake City office portfolio, which includes a 500,000-square-foot corporate campus and a 167,000-square-foot historic office building.
  • Represented the developer for leasing a 1 million-square-foot industrial project in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Structured and negotiated ground lease agreements for the development of retail and restaurant assets on behalf of owners and tenants throughout the Western United States.
  • Negotiated over 60 retail leases for a public REIT’s mixed-use development in San Diego, California.
  • Prepared and negotiated retail and office lease transactions for historic buildings in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Advised institutional owner in the leasing of retail space at a new shopping center development in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
  • Advised both landlords and tenants of healthcare and biotech lab assets in San Diego, California.
  • Trends in Commercial Real Estate: Negotiating Lease Terms, Tenant Improvement Challenges, and Other Landlord/Tenant Legal Issues

    ACC San Diego Virtual Event

    3.24.22

  • The State of the Commercial Leasing Market: How Landlords and Tenants are Returning to and Repurposing Space

    Webinar

    9.09.21

  • California Retail Reboot: How Will California’s Retail and Restaurant Sector Recover?

    Webinar

    5.21.20

  • Kidder Mathews—Adding Value to Your Clients; Selected Commercial Lease Provisions

    Phoenix, Arizona

    2.04.20

  • InterFace San Diego Retail Conference

    San Diego, California

    3.19.19

  • Going Shopping: What's Behind Los Angeles Retail's Shift Back to Brick and Mortar

    Jonathan L. Lorenzen in L.A. Business First

    Press Mention

    4.04.24

  • Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California CRE Survey Finds Adaptive Reuse of Office Buildings is on the Rise

    Office conversion projects are expected to move forward; retail’s rebound is here; industrial demand starts to balance out and multifamily begins to feel macroeconomic pressures

    Press Release

    2.07.24

  • Resurgence in Retail Market Creates New Opportunities

    Article

    2.07.24

  • Retail’s Rebound Begins | Winter 2024

    Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey

    2.07.24

  • Winter 2024 Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey Results

    Announcement and Press Release

    2.07.24

  • Instagram Made Theragun a Hit. So Why Did the Massage Gun Maker Just Open an L.A. Mega-Wellness Store?

    Jonathan L. Lorenzen in the Los Angeles Times

    Press Mention

    2.17.22

  • Current Recession Creates More Challenges for Retail

    2.10.21

  • Allen Matkins Elects Tim Hsu, Jonathan Lorenzen, Brian Michel, Lindsay Tabaian, and Britney Willhite to Partnership

    New Partners are Based in the Firm’s Century City, Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego Offices

    Press Release

    6.25.20

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    5.27.20

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    10.13.16

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