Overview

Nikole Garcia joined the firm in 2003 and became a shareholder in 2008. She is a co-leader of the firm’s Real Estate and Lending Transactions Practice Group. Nikole’s practice focuses on the representation of institutional lenders in connection with real estate financing transactions, including syndicated facilities, multi-state transactions, and acquisition, development and construction financing for residential condominiums, hotels, industrial developments, retail, multi-family projects and homebuilder loans, secured and unsecured. Her practice also includes local counsel representation.

Representative Matters

  • Represented lead lender in a $102,000,000 syndicated construction loan financing a multi-family development in Delray Beach.
  • Represented lead lender in a $266,500,000 syndicated construction loan financing a St. Petersburg condominium tower.
  • Represented lender in connection with $87,500,000 unsecured homebuilder facility.
  • Represented lead lender in a $156,600,000 syndicated construction loan financing a St. Petersburg condominium tower.
  • Represented lead lender in connection with a $300,000,000 syndicated unsecured homebuilder credit facility.
  • Represented lender in a $67,600,000 land acquisition loan.
  • Represented lead lender in connection with $70,000,000 syndicated multi-family construction loan.
  • Represented lender in connection with $107,500,000 secured homebuilder borrowing base facility.
  • Represented lender in multiple construction loans for industrial properties throughout the southeast with an aggregate amount of $52,000,000.
  • Rendered local counsel advice and opinions in complex real estate financing transactions.

Honors and Distinctions

  • Tampa Magazine’s Top Lawyers List, 2023-2025
  • AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2009

Professional Involvement

  • The Florida Bar
  • American Bar Association

Thought Leadership