Kimberly focuses her practice on real estate acquisitions and dispositions, commercial leasing, and real estate financing. She represents developers, institutional investors, and operating companies in complex transactions across asset classes, including self-storage, industrial, office, retail, and data center campuses. Her experience covers the full lifecycle of real estate assets, from site acquisition through development, construction, and operations. She also advises on related corporate matters and strategic transactions, aligning legal solutions with clients’ business objectives.
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Kimberly K. Seay
Associate, Real Estate
Notable Work
Self-Storage Facilities:
- Represented joint venture in connection with a $92.5 million loan secured by a portfolio consisting of 11 individually owned self-storage facilities in 5 states.
- Represented joint venture in connection with two simultaneous portfolio loans totaling $175 million and an amendment to a related $39 million loan, secured by 21 individually owned self-storage facilities in 6 states.
- Representation of developer in connection with the acquisition, financing, development, and construction of self-storage units nationally.
Commercial Property Sale:
Representation of consumer finance company in connection with sale of commercial property.
Real Estate Transactions:
Representation of national environmental services company on various real estate matters throughout the country.
Fulton-Randolph Market District of Chicago:
- Representation of commercial developer in connection with acquisition, financing, leasing, and development of various properties.
- Represented client in the $49 million purchase of property to be used for a future site of 530,000 sq. ft. planned development.
- Represented client, as licensor, in temporary license for space agreement for pop-up art fair.
Zoning Transaction:
Representation of client in obtaining a special use variance in the Village of Oak Park, Illinois.
Industrial Transactions:
Represented food manufacturing client in the sale of over $197 million of real estate consisting of a 15-property industrial portfolio comprising over 11 million sq. ft. of land in 10 states.
Office Buildings:
- Represented real estate fund in connection with the combined sale of an air rights lease, a ground lease, and the related parking agreements for a Class A office building in Miami for $162.5 million.
- Represented real estate fund in connection with the sale of a vertically subdivided Class A office building in Chicago for $38.6 million.
Automotive Retail:
Represented client in the $23 million acquisition and financing of 14 properties, and negotiations of leases of additional properties, for an asset purchase of multiple truck dealerships.
Corporate:
- Represent clients with corporate matters, including document retention policies and drafting of corporate governance documents.
- Represent clients in connection with stock, equity, merger, and asset transactions on real estate matters.
Data Center Campus Developments:
Representation of data center developers nationwide in connection with site acquisition, ground and facility leasing, power and connectivity agreements, construction, and operational matters.
Related Professional Experience
- Guaranteed Rate, Inc., Counsel, Regulatory Affairs, 2019-2021
- Judicial Extern for the Honorable Daniel Patrick Brennan, Circuit Court of Cook County – Chancery Division, Chicago, Illinois, May-August 2016
Affiliations
- Commercial Real Estate Women Network (CREW) Chicago, Member
- ICSC, Member
Honors and Distinctions
- Best Lawyers, 2025-2026, Listed in Illinois for Real Estate Law as "One to Watch"