Michael A. Brenna
Partner
New Brunswick, NJ120 Albany Street Plaza
6th Floor
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
P 732.448.2546 F 732.846.8877
P 732.448.2546 F 732.846.8877
Experience
Michael A. Brenna has broad experience in complex commercial real estate and financial transactions. He counsels clients in the acquisition, disposition, development, redevelopment, and financing considerations for various types of properties.
In notable matters, Mr. Brenna has represented:
- a New Jersey non-profit developer in a $125 million complex mixed-use redevelopment project that involved property consisting of a public parking garage, retail and commercial office space, and a residential tower comprised of rental units and condominium units;
- a prominent national bank in connection with a $69 million credit facility to a national real estate developer for the construction of a 359-unit multifamily rental project located in Jersey City, New Jersey including the ground up construction of a 510-space parking deck;
- a New Jersey non-profit developer in the $57 million sale of a 186-unit apartment-style residence building for Rutgers University students located in downtown New Brunswick, New Jersey;
- a prominent national bank in connection with a $86 million credit facility to a national real estate developer for the construction of a 470 unit apartment complex consisting of five buildings located in Danbury, Connecticut;
- a group of real estate developers in the acquisition of the former Hahnes department store in Newark, NJ, which included due diligence, property conveyance issues and documentation management;
- a prominent national bank in connection with a $37 million credit facility to a national real estate developer for the construction of a 283-unit multifamily rental project located in Jersey City, New Jersey involving historical tax credits;
- a prominent national bank in connection with a $42 million credit facility to a national real estate developer for the construction of a 194-unit multifamily rental project located in Stamford, Connecticut; and
- a regional self-storage business in a $175 million complex sale of 21 facilities located in New Jersey and Pennsylvania which included three conduit mortgage loan defeasances and three conduit mortgage loan assumptions.
Newsroom +
- Brenna, Friedman, Costa Rodriguez Promoted to Partner - Apr 11, 2023
- $54.550 Million Bond Financing Closes for Second Phase of Stockton University Atlantic City Campus - May 25, 2021
- Sanofi-Aventis Campus Deal Wins Creative Deal of the Year Award - May 21, 2014
- Deal Announcement - Tony Coscia, Chuck Liebling and Team Close $300 Million Financing of Rutgers University Redevelopment Project - Sep 19, 2013
- Acquisition of Newark's Hahnes Department Store is Completed - May 13, 2013
- Sanofi-Aventis Campus Deal Reaches Finish Line On Tight Timetable - Apr 26, 2013
- Frank Quinn, Jeanine Margiano and Team Close $70 million Senior Secured Credit Facility - May 2, 2012
- Michael Brenna Represents Self-Storage Business in Complex, Multi-State Sale - Aug 18, 2011
Practices
Education
- J.D., Suffolk University Law School, 1999
- B.S., Finance, magna cum laude, Rider University, 1993
Admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
- Pennsylvania