Introduction
Alexandra Hohauser is an associate in Nixon Peabody’s Affordable Housing and Real Estate Group. Alexandra helps nonprofit and for-profit developers, sponsors, owners, and institutional investors in the development and preservation of affordable housing.
My focus
I assist developers and owners with all aspects of the financing, acquisition, and disposition of affordable housing properties. I have past experience on the lender side of such transactions, assisting investment banks, debt funds, and other institutional lenders in the origination and restructuring of commercial real estate mortgage and mezzanine loans for the acquisition and refinancing of properties, as well as representing loan sellers and buyers in secondary market transactions.
Looking ahead
With the real estate market in flux, ensuring that housing remains affordable and that a range of government financing programs and supports are available is especially critical. Attention to such programs at the state, local, and federal level has never been higher, which may result in critical policy changes that will be important to help clients navigate. Whether commercial space (offices, hotels) within central business districts of cities will be converted into housing and other uses remains to be seen, but the potential and support for converting such space into permanently affordable housing are considerable. Within the general real estate sector, I am keeping an eye on the balance of investments in logistics and data technology with a renewed, and hopefully permanent, focus on climate change and green uses.
In the news
- New York Real Estate Journal
Virgin Islands Housing Authority and MDG Design + Construction celebrate completion of phase one of $116.7 million preservation of affordable housing development
Oct 17, 2023This article, which covers the Virgin Islands Housing Authority and MDG Design + Construction (MDG) completing a first phase of affordable housing renovation at Walter I.M. Hodge Pavilion in St. Croix, mentions NP for serving as legal counsel to MDG. The NP team was led by New York City Affordable Housing & Real Estate partner Meghan Altidor and included AHRE deputy practice leader and strategic policy advisor Deborah VanAmerongen of Los Angeles, and New York City AHRE partner Kathie Soroka and associate Alexandra Hohauser.
- Commercial Observer
Silver Street, LIHC spearheading NY affordable housing rehab after $55M buy
New York City Affordable Housing & Real Estate partner Joe Lynch is mentioned in this article for representing Silver Street Development in its joint venture partnership with LIHC Investment Group to rehabilitate the Marble Hall Apartments low-income housing development. The deal team also included Washington, D.C. partner Steve Wallace, Boston counsel Alex Rosso, and New York City associate Alex Hohauser, all of the Affordable Housing & Real Estate group.May 10, 2021
Admitted to practice
New York
Education
New York University School of Law, J.D.
Oberlin College, B.A.
Professional activities
- Urban Land Institute
- New York City Bar Association
- New York City Bar's New York City Affairs Committee
Recognition
- Selected, through a peer-review survey, for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2025 in the field of Real Estate Law
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