Johnna Engquist

• Accomplishments: For 2023, successfully oversaw execution of 60 new commercial retail leases, assisted with closing of 5 land acquisitions, and completed 22 renewal amendments.
• Reduced outside legal costs for company by drafting and negotiating commercial leases in-house.
• Assumed primary responsibility for real estate contract transaction from letter of intent through document execution. This includes letters of intent, purchase and sale agreements. commercial retail leases, amendments, extensions, access agreements, and follow up on contract deliverables.
• Updated various team reports.
• Worked in tandem with Development/Construction Team to ensure flawless transitions into permitting, construction on individual projects.
• Worked with external consultants regarding title, survey and other issues that may impact timing and successful completion.

• Reviewed and prepared sale and loan documents, including exhibits attached to such documents, and related real estate closing documents; analyzed title exceptions; coordinated due diligence activities such as preparation and receipt of estoppels and drafted tenant lease abstracts for potential acquisition; and collaborated with internal and external parties of transaction. Most recent project involves assisting seller with disposition of 81 multi-tenant retail shopping centers for more than $1.32 Billion.

VEREIT owns/manages a very busy lease portfolio of approx. 3,900 single-tenant retail, restaurant, office and industrial real estate assets in the U.S. totaling 88.9 million square feet.

• ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 2nd Qtr 2021 - entered into 52 new and renewal leases on approximately 2.0 million square feet, or 2.2% of portfolio. Leasing activity included 1.2 million square feet of early renewals.
• Draft, review, and revise transaction documents: Commercial Retail and Industrial Leases; license agreements; non-disclosure agreements; early access agreements, broker listing agreements; letters of intent; settlement agreements; and other real estate leasing-related documents.
• Manage and coordinate (i) commercial leasing matters from LOI to lease execution; (ii) disposition transactions; and (iii) landlord-tenant and lease administration matters with minimal assistance. Verified tenant information as part of lease application process.
• Assist with management of leasing-related workflow; provide overall support; coordinate weekly conference calls with internal and external legal counsel, and as needed calls with Tenant's counsel.
• Prepare, compose, and send correspondence regarding lease renewals, landlord requests, waivers, approval letters, consents, SNDAs and other real estate documents, as well as supervise proper internal execution of same.

• Managed entire life cycle of real estate transaction, from preparation and execution of purchase agreement through post-closing matters.
• Lead coordinator on deal, maintaining full ownership and responsibility for closing, including due diligence, title review, title objections, zoning, survey review and preparation of all pre-and post-closing documents.
• Assisted with corporate/LLC formations, organizational matters, board minutes and other corporate/LLC matters.
• Assisted in preparation of leases, amendments and lease abstracts.

• Prepared legal documents for finance and real estate transactions.
• Drafted entity formation documents; filed entity documents with applicable government agency.
• Ordered, reviewed, and summarized UCC and other searches.
• Reviewed contracts and lease documents and reported findings to support legal team.
• Prepared post-closing transaction closing volumes.
• Evaluated title insurance policies and surveys; drafted title objection letters.

• Supervised multiple HUD MAP and LEAN loan applications ensuring that all submissions met FHA's MAP and LEAN Guidelines.
• Coordinated presentations for clients/borrowers and project members to detail project scope, progress and results.
• Gathered requirements for ongoing projects and organized details for management use.
• Assisted borrowers, developers, architects, contractors, and all other participants in FHA process weed through myriad of HUD required forms, and complete them as required by HUD regulations.
• Performed mortgage credit analysis on all principals as defined by HUD and HUD compliant management analysis on property management firms.
• Reviewed and summarized Phase I Environmental Site Assessment reports.
• Built strong relationship with internal underwriters in preparation of MAP applications for submission to FHA.
• Coordinated closing process with all parties, prepared closing statement and any necessary HUD documents.

• Took lead of project (acquisition / build to suit) which included combination of paralegal, lease administration, and transactional work flow responsibilities for single Big Box Home Improvement client.
• Drafted, edited, abstracted and coordinated following: lease and acquisition transactions; drafted conveyance and other closing documents; prepared critical dates lists, closing checklists, closing statements; obtained zoning certificates, duplicate tax bills, water certifications, condominium letters, certificates of insurance and payoff letters; ordered title searches and surveys; worked on title and survey review; resolved title and survey issues; formed, qualified, amended, reinstated and maintained LLC's, Partnerships and Corporations; ordered Authority Documents; prepared and filed UCC Financing Statements; ordered UCC lien searches; prepared summaries of lien search results; recorded documents in various counties and states; organized, prepared and coordinated execution and delivery of closing documents; prepared closing indices and organized closing books.
• Assisted up to three (3) lawyers at time.

• Ordered and reviewed tract searches, ownership title searches, judgment and tax lien searches
• Drafted and filed UCC documents, conduct searches.
• Order and review title commitments, underlying title documents, policies and endorsements. Negotiate title coverage.
• Conduct real estate due diligence; prepared summaries for legal team.
• Order real estate tax bills and compliance letters from municipalities.
• Completed real estate documents such as deeds, mortgages, bills of sale.
• Prepared lease abstracts.
• Assisted with closings, prepared closing binders, follow-up on post-closing matters.
• Draft organizational documents - form LLCs, corporations and LPs, qualifications and reinstatements, mergers, dissolutions and annual maintenance. Completed electronic filings of same.
• Managed client records, observing confidentiality and extreme discretion.
• Worked alongside attorneys, administrative assistants and fellow legal assistants on complex cases and legal processes.