Eric L. Stern counsels real estate investors, owners and end-users in the acquisition, financing, restructuring, and disposition of office and industrial buildings, retail centers, hotels, development parcels, residential subdivisions, student housing projects, and other mixed-use properties. Real estate investment trusts (REITs), institutional lenders, national and regional retailers, and other corporate end-users are among his clients. Co-leader of the firm’s real estate practice, Eric represents the nation’s largest developer, owner, and manager of high-quality student housing in transactions throughout the United States. In 2014, Eric advised on a student housing project that was named the "2015 Deal of the Year" by The Philadelphia Business Journal.