Eric Greenfield

Practice Areas

Real Estate; Real Estate Transactions; Real Estate Development; Student Housing; Residential & Multifamily; Resort & Hospitality; Senior Housing & Long Term Care; Office; Retail; Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs); International; Environmental; Government Incentives; Opportunity Zones

Career

Eric Greenfield serves as a Shareholder and Division Chair for Polsinelli’s Real Estate Division as well as the Chair for Polsinelli’s Real Estate Industry Group. He is well-versed in both domestic and cross-border real estate transactions, with a practice spanning across structuring, negotiating and documenting various aspects of commercial real estate deals, encompassing acquisitions, dispositions, financings, joint ventures and development projects. Recognized consistently in Best Lawyers in America® for Real Estate Law, Eric brings his experience to a diverse clientele, including developers, lenders, REITs, real estate funds, private equity firms, pension funds and other institutional investors.

Eric’s practice is international, and he frequently collaborates with investors, lenders, borrowers, fund sponsors, purchasers, sellers and joint venture partners across the United States, Europe, Australia and Latin America. His areas of focus include student housing and a broad spectrum of commercial real estate classes such as office, industrial, logistics centers, self-storage, health care, medical office building (MOBs), life science, hotel, multi-family, cooperatives, mobile home, senior housing, retail, dark store and mixed-use properties.

Leveraging his multifaceted skill set and real-time real estate and private equity insights, Eric has effectively executed transactions across 12 countries and 49 states, along with the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Professional Memberships

Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), Chicago Chapter; American Bar Association; Illinois Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association; American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Committee; Children's Memorial Hospital Medical Research Junior Board Foundation