OasesRE is a Women's Business Enterprise with broad expertise in public and private development. For over 30 years, as principals,OasesRE has practiced the nuts and bolts of real estate—financing, leasing, developing and disposing across asset class. It is adept at creating, communicating and executing successful transaction strategies.
OasesRE specializes in complicated multi-tiered transactions such as: developing and leasing the World Financial Center, repositioning a 1,600 room historic hotel, redeveloping the retail at Rockefeller Center, and working out the $1billion Starett portfolio. Recently, on behalf of Goldman Sachs, OasesRE oversaw development for 1,800 units of affordable housing in New York, and it managed the development of Coney Island. It is also assisting a governmental agency to prepare and execute the real estate aspects of its bankruptcy plan and advising the parent corporation of a religious institution on its real estate assets.
Using its deep knowledge of technical building systems and financing sources, OasesRE has emerged as an expert in transparent and cost effective energy retrofits of commercial buildings. OasesRE works with owners to plan their retrofits, maximize their subsidy streams and obtain financing.
Susan Fine is on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University and has served as an expert witness in real estate related litigation.
Sustainability Consulting
Oases combines knowledge of the leasing and financing of buildings to maximize NOI with a practical understanding of building systems.
Oases has performed energy audits for mid-size REITs, designed a neighborhood-wide program to encourage and finance the "greening of buildings", and worked with the New York City Department of Education to integrate principles of energy conservation into the core school curriculum with the weatherization of school buildings.
For Ms. Fine's article on renewable communities click here. For an article on financing green retrofits click here.
Real Estate
Oases has unparalleled expertise resolving the interrelated issues that real estate can present. We understand the dynamics of projects in distress and under consideration. Our principals have built or supervised the development of many complicated, multi-tiered projects for both the private and public sectors and, in so doing, acquired deep planning, leasing, legal and financing strengths.
Recently completed consulting assignments include: Restructuring over 50 leases for a public entity in Chapter 9; feasibility and market analyses for New York State Development Agency;advising a national not for profit on a pilot program to house children aging out of foster care for whom Oases intends to develop a building;and a gut renovation of a manufacturing facility into a B office building.