About Alexandra
Alex Cole focuses her real estate practice in the areas of real estate transactions and development, hospitality, international real estate, project finance and construction law. She is routinely involved in large real estate acquisitions (hotel, office and retail) and represents all the various parties in the construction and development process. Some of Alex's past projects include: Park Hyatt Australia, purchase and disposition of The Carlyle in transaction including sale of Rosewood Hotels and Resorts and four other hotels, Fairmont Hotel and Canadian Pacific Hotel merger, numerous buildings in Illinois Center, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, The Harold Washington Library, California Plaza in Los Angeles, McCormick Place Expansion and Hotel, Underwater World at Pier 39, Warsaw Financial Center, and the construction and renovation of numerous plants, industrial complexes, hotels, shopping centers and other commercial projects in the United States and Europe.
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Education
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Construction Law, Chicago (2021)
- Lawyer of the Year: Construction Law, Chicago (2018)
- Recognized: Construction Law
- Recognized: Real Estate Law
- Practice Area: Leisure and Hospitality Law
- Special Focus: Architects and Engineers
- Special Focus: Commercial Development
- Special Focus: Contract Review and Negotiation
- Special Focus: Contractors
- Special Focus: Design
- Special Focus: International
- Special Focus: Real Estate
- Received "Women in Real Estate 2010 Career Achievement Award," presented by the Illinois Real Estate Journal
- Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell
- Listed as an Illinois Super Lawyer as published by Law & Politics, 2005 - present
- Listed in the Law Bulletin Publishing Company's Leading Lawyers Network as Illinois Leading Lawyer
- Ranked by Chambers USA, as “America's Leading Lawyers,” in Construction, 2005 - present; Real Estate, 2013 - present; Leisure & Hospitality, 2013 - present
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Member