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Jon Giokas
Jonathan W. Giokas
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  • St. Louis, MO
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Jonathan W. Giokas

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Real Estate, Development & Construction
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Jon counsels investors, institutions, companies and public entities with respect to real estate and finance matters, with a particular focus on transactions that leverage public and private capital sources. Utilizing a creative perspective with a broad understanding of financing mechanisms, Jon helps his clients maximize returns from projects that involve the development of real estate, provision of affordable housing or community impacts, and capitalization of businesses. He works closely with clients to deliver value and produce results.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Missouri Growth Association, Board of Directors
  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • The Missouri Bar

Awards and Recognitions

  • The Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law, 2018
  • Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2017

News & Insights

  • MHDC Votes to Withhold Allocation of State Low-Income Housing Tax Credits
  • Draft Tax Bill Would Have Serious Impacts for Real Estate Financing Tools
  • Draft Tax Reform Bill Would End Exemption for Qualified 501(c)(3) Bonds
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Experience

Affordable Housing & Community Development

  • Representation of a national LIHTC syndicator with respect to dozens of projects across a number of states, with a particular focus on asset management issues including, but not limited to: dispositions of limited partner interests, negotiated acquisitions of general partner interests, refinancings, property sales and qualified contract issues.
  • Counsel for a national bank on several tax credit investments and related financings, which included transactions involving scattered site LIHTC investments, the combination of LIHTCs with HTCs, and the twinning of HTC and NMTC capital sources. 
  • Advised a joint venture with respect to the $86 million redevelopment of one of the largest vacant buildings in downtown St. Louis into a mix of retail space, affordable housing and market rate units, using state and federal historic tax credits and low income housing tax credits, as well as tax increment financing.
  • Counsel to community development entities (CDEs) with respect to numerous NMTC qualified equity investments and qualified low-income community investments (QLICIs).

Public Finance

  • Primary outside finance counsel for a large, multi-state health system. Representative work includes:
      • The issuance of debt having an aggregate value in excess of $700 million
      • Advising with respect to bond-related implications of acquisition and affiliation transactions
      • Counsel regarding compliance and disclosure issues
  • Advised the City of St. Louis with respect to Ballpark Village, a multi-phase district with initial development costs in excess of $100 million, financed with multiple incentives.
  • Represented multiple Missouri special taxing districts, including community improvement districts (CIDs) and transportation development districts (TDDs) with respect to public and private issuances of limited revenue bonds.

Development Incentives

  • Counsel to The Koman Group regarding several incentivized development transactions, including but not limited to:     
      • Construction of The Euclid, a new-mixed use development in the Central West End of St. Louis
      • Redevelopment of 700 Market in St. Louis into the headquarters of a public company, leveraging various public and private sources, including NMTCs, state and federal HTCs and TIF
      • Rehabilitation of the Cupples 9 Building in St. Louis for multi-tenant office use, utilizing NMTCs, HTCs and TIF
  • Represented a publicly traded Fortune 500 company during the location of its worldwide headquarters facility, which utilized revenue bond financing and other state and local incentives.
  • Advised clients on dozens of urban redevelopment projects involving tax abatements, TIFs, special taxing districts and bond financings.

News & Insights

November 21, 2017 Alert MHDC Votes to Withhold Allocation of State Low-Income Housing Tax Credits
Real Estate, Development & Construction
November 14, 2017 News Releases Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers and Rising Stars 2017 Names 65 Husch Blackwell Attorneys
November 8, 2017 Alert Draft Tax Bill Would Have Serious Impacts for Real Estate Financing Tools
Real Estate, Development & Construction
November 6, 2017 Alert Draft Tax Reform Bill Would End Exemption for Qualified 501(c)(3) Bonds
Healthcare, Life Sciences & Education
November 6, 2017 Blog Draft Tax Reform Bill Would End Exemption for Qualified 501(c)(3) Bonds External Link
Healthcare, Life Sciences & Education
August 15, 2017 In The News Husch Blackwell Places 156 Lawyers in 2018 Best Lawyers in America
Energy & Natural Resources Financial Services & Capital Markets Food & Agribusiness Healthcare, Life Sciences & Education Real Estate, Development & Construction Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation
June 30, 2015 Alert U.S. Supreme Court Finds Lenders and Developers Can Be Liable for Unintentional Discrimination Under the Fair Housing Act
Financial Services & Capital Markets Real Estate, Development & Construction
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  • Industry Focus
    • Real Estate, Development & Construction
  • Practice Areas
    • Banking & Finance
    • Development Incentives & Tax Credits
    • Healthcare Real Estate
    • Affordable Housing & Community Development
    • Land Use
    • Taxation
  • Admissions
    • Missouri, 2003
    • Illinois, 2004
  • Education
    • J.D., Boston College Law School, 2003, cum laude
    • B.A., Politics, Wake Forest University, 1999, cum laude, with department honors
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