Brian M. Grindall
Director
Washington, D.C.
bgrindall@goulstonstorrs.com202-721-6390.Brian M. Grindall
Director, Washington, D.C.
bgrindall@goulstonstorrs.com202-721-6390.Related Expertise
Real estate developers, owners, and lenders value Brian Grindall’s guidance to structure, acquire, sell, finance, and lease commercial properties. Brian brings a business leader's perspective to every deal, having previously served as general counsel at a national commercial real estate development company.
Brian counsels clients in connection with retail, residential, condominium, data center, office, industrial, mixed-use, and hotel properties. His work extends to government agencies, construction companies, real estate investment trusts, landlords, asset managers, and investors. He advises extensively on joint ventures and lenders, borrowers, and purchasers also rely on Brian’s proven approaches to financial workouts and restructuring distressed real estate assets.
To provide practical, business-savvy advice to clients, Brian draws deeply on his background overseeing general operations and investment and development activities for office, industrial, retail, and residential projects throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, from New Jersey to Virginia.
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Represented national developers in the acquisition, development, construction, financing, leasing and ultimate sale of high-security warehouse and office facility leased by federal entity tenant involving extensive design-build construction obligations for the landlord.
Represented data center owner and operator in acquisition and development of network of multiple data centers and related power stations in Northern Virginia.
Represented foreign investors in the acquisition of multiple Fortune 500 corporate headquarters assets in accordance with Sharia-compliant investment requirements.
Represented landlord in the redevelopment of professional sports arena with local government and sports franchise operator tenant through phased retail, hospitality and office leasing program accommodating structured bond financing and build-to-suit construction program.
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Accolades
- Tropaia Award for Outstanding Faculty, Georgetown University (2014)
Affiliations
- Georgetown University, Adjunct Faculty, Real Estate Law
- George Mason University, Adjunct Faculty, Real Estate Law
- Urban Land Institute
- DC Bar Board of Governors, Lawyers Assistance Committee (2021–2023)
Author:
Management Essentials for Civil Engineers, by Cody Pennetti, C. Kat Grimsley and Brian Grindall, Published by John Wiley & Sons (2025)
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Massachusetts
- Virginia
Education
Johns Hopkins University ( M.S. )—Real Estate
New England School of Law ( J.D. , cum laude )
The College of Wooster ( B.A. , cum laude )