NORTHBROOK, Ill., July 30,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilco Real Estate (HRE) is proud
to announce that Dan O'Brien,
Executive Vice President and Partner at Hilco Real Estate, has been
named one of Crain's Chicago Business 2024 Notable Commercial Real
Estate Leaders. This honor recognizes individuals who have
demonstrated exceptional leadership, innovation and commitment to
excellence in the commercial real estate industry.
Mr. O'Brien recently led the Hilco team in their large-scale
restructuring of approximately 500 leases across 20 countries for
WeWork, as part of one of the most significant real estate
bankruptcy cases in history, helping the client improve annual
profitability by more than $800M, and
diminishing future liabilities by more than $10B. Prior to WeWork, Mr. O'Brien led the
restructuring of 600+ leases in the U.S. and Europe as part of the Cineworld/Regal Cinemas
bankruptcy, as Hilco represented the lenders who converted billions
of dollars of debt to equity, where lease renegotiations achieved
more than 200% of the originally budgeted profit improvement,
creating more than $1B of enterprise
value.
Mr. O'Brien has been with Hilco Real Estate since 2008 and
provides clients with nearly 25 years of experience in the
commercial real estate sector. Mr. O'Brien focuses on broad market
analysis to then develop strategies to hone tactical planning,
assess asset optimization, and maximize brick & mortar
positioning within varying marketplaces. As a team leader with
Hilco Real Estate, Mr. O'Brien has worked complex cases for
clients, inside and outside bankruptcy, across the U.S. and
Canada, as well as the UK,
Europe, Australia and Asia, assessing, managing and repositioning
real estate portfolios in order to mitigate risk and enhance
sustainable growth potential. Mr. O'Brien has assisted 100+
tenants in his role at Hilco Real Estate, restructuring thousands
of leases and procuring billions of dollars in value for clients
such as WeWork, Cineworld/Regal, J.Crew, Cyxtera, Cinemark, Godiva,
Claire's, L'Occitane, Gymboree, as well as a host of restauranteurs
including Applebee's, Boston Market, Nando's, Logan's Roadhouse,
Ovation Brands, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, Landry's, Claim Jumper,
Mimi's Café, Sbarro and Sarku Japan. Mr. O'Brien received his Juris
Doctor degree from Loyola University's
School of Law in Chicago. He is an
active member of several professional organizations, including
ICSC, TMA, and ABI.
"I am honored to be recognized by Crain's Chicago Business as
one of the Notable Commercial Real Estate Leaders," said O'Brien.
"At Hilco Real Estate, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional
transactional negotiating services and strategic guidance to help
our clients minimize risk and achieve their business
objectives."
From landlords to brokers, dealmakers to CEOs, Mr. O'Brien and
the experts at Hilco Real Estate excel across all asset types at
managing critical relationships while delivering marked results.
Their dedication to providing in-depth analysis and strategic
guidance has consistently helped clients navigate the
ever-challenging commercial real estate marketplace.
About Hilco Real Estate: Hilco Real Estate
(www.hilcorealestate.com) is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois (USA). Hilco Real Estate
is a national provider of strategic real estate repositioning and
disposition services. Acting as an agent or principal, Hilco Real
Estate advises and executes strategies to assist clients in
deriving the maximum value from their real estate portfolio.
Whether it is by implementing thoughtful lease restructuring
techniques, creative asset management services or leveraging
multi-faceted sales strategies via a vast and motivated network of
buyers and sellers, Hilco Real Estate exceeds expectations even in
the most complex transactions.
Hilco Real Estate is part of Northbrook, Illinois based Hilco Global
(www.hilcoglobal.com), the world's leading authority on maximizing
the value of business assets by delivering valuation, monetization,
advisory, and capital solutions to an international marketplace.
Hilco Global operates more than twenty specialized business units
offering services that include asset valuation and appraisal,
retail and industrial inventory acquisition and disposition, real
estate and strategic capital equity investments.
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