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Winnifred C. Ward

Partner
Sacramento

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Phone: (916) 444-1000
Fax: (916) 444-2100

Practice Areas:
Real Estate
Climate Change & Sustainability

Bio

Winnie Ward, past chair of Downey Brand's Real Estate practice, has represented real estate clients in all facets of the real estate industry, from national real estate investment trusts to local commercial developers. She specializes in leasing transactions, and she has drafted and negotiated literally thousands of lease documents, ranging from small retail tenants to single-tenant office buildings in excess of 90,000 square feet. She not only works with landlords, but also represents several national tenants in lease negotiations throughout the United States.  She also represents buyers and sellers of commercial real estate.

Representative clients include Equity Office Properties, for whom she handled several hundred office lease transactions from 1999-2004. In Sacramento, she has represented Bluemont Properties (formerly Catlin Properties), B&Z Properties, Buzz Oates Enterprises, Fremont Building Partners, Heller Properties, Hines, and Jackson Properties in the leasing of office, retail and mixed-use properties, as well as Harsch Investment Properties in its industrial sites. In addition to representing Equity Office Properties while practicing in San Francisco, she also represented Shorenstein Properties, Transamerica Corporation, and Wareham Properties. Tenant clients include Health Net, who she has represented on hundreds of transactions nationwide, and Kaplan Real Estate, who she has represented in dozens of transactions throughout the Western United States.

Some specific representative transactions include:

• 81,000 square foot office lease with Citibank

• 92,000 square foot office lease for Ameriquest Mortgage

• Dozens of “fast track” lease documents for major national tenants on behalf of Equity Office Properties

• Form lease agreement for retail condominium project in South Lake Tahoe, California

• Mixed-use lease agreements for several commercial buildings in mid-town Sacramento

Winnie Ward is an active member of and formerly served on the board of directors of the Association of Commercial Real Estate, a Sacramento-based commercial real estate trade organization with over 390 members. In 2009, she was committee chairperson for the Broker of the Year Awards, an awards ceremony attended by over 600 people recognizing the most successful commercial real estate brokers. She regularly writes article for “Legal Tips” in the ACRE Newsletter. Winnie is also on the Board of Advisors for and a regular contributor to the “Commercial Lease Law Insider,” a national commercial real estate publication.

Although Winnie Ward practiced in San Francisco for 6½ years, she was raised in Sacramento. Prior to attending law school, Winnie was a residential loan officer in Sacramento.

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