Leslie R. Byrd

Leslie R. Byrd focuses her practice on representing for-profit and not-for-profit developers of market rate and affordable condo, coop and rental projects in connection with financing (including government programs), preparation of offering plans, and unit sales. She has over 25 years of private and public sector experience in leasing and development, including more than a decade of work with condominiums and cooperatives. In addition, she negotiates office, warehouse and ground leases for major retailers and financial institutions, purchase and sale agreements, management agreements and zoning lot development agreements.

Leslie was named a Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity for 2023, participating in a landmark program to build diversity and promote inclusivity in the legal profession.

• New York Condominium and Cooperatives
• Real Estate

• The conversion of a multi-story property containing Class-A air cargo, logistics and warehouse space into two commercial condo units in Queens, New York, as well as the sale of the commercial condo units. 
• Extell Development Organization as sponsor of 92 market rate coop units and 29 affordable rental apartments at 70 Charlton Street in lower Manhattan.
• Extell Development Organization, The Carlyle Group and RREEF Alternative Investments as sponsor of 150 market rate condominium units and 136 market rate rental apartments at The Aldyn on Riverside Boulevard in Manhattan.
• Douglaston Development as sponsor of 575 market rate condominium units and 347 affordable rental apartments at The Edge in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
• The Gotham Organization as sponsor of 180 condominium units (67% income‑restricted) at The Langston in Harlem, NY.

• “Cuomo Expands COVID-19 Relief for Condo, Co-op Sponsors,” Stroock Special Bulletin, April 21, 2020
• Co-author, “NY Issues Condo and Co-op Plan Guidance Amid COVID-19 Pandemic,” Stroock Special Bulletin, March 31, 2020

Quoted In:

• "The Legalities of Office-to-Residential Conversions: What You Need to Know," Commercial Observer, February 21, 2023

• Member, Law360’s Real Estate Editorial Board, 2021
• American Bar Association, Member
• New York State Bar Association (Real Property Law Section; Committee on Condominiums and Cooperatives), Member
• New York City Bar Association (Real Property Law Committee; Cooperative & Condominium Law Committee), Member
• Representative, Special Counsel, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Associates' Committee

• Speaker, "City Bar Summer Series," New York City Bar, June 8, 2021
• Speaker, The Rise of Commercial Condominiums, Stroock Podcast, May 10, 2021
• Moderator, “Climate Mobilization Act: Financing and Offsetting the New Emissions Limitations Requirements,” New York City Bar, February 10, 2021
• Program Chair, “Commercial Real Estate Law: The Basics & Beyond,” New York City Bar Association, May 2018 & May 2017
• Panelist, “ABC’s of Office Space," New York City Bar Association Seminar, November 2005

New York

J.D. Harvard University, 1983

B.A. Harvard University, 1979

• Fellow, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, 2023