Joan H. Story is retired. She previously was in the Real Estate, Energy, Land Use & Environmental Practice Group in Sheppard’s San Francisco office and formerly a member of the firm's Executive Committee.
Areas of Practice
Prior to her retirement, Joan’s practice emphasized real estate investment, financing and leasing transactions. Her clients included developers, institutional and foreign investors, corporate real estate users, pension funds and pension fund advisors and lenders. Her experience encompasses land acquisition and development, construction, permanent and tax-exempt financings, joint venture and limited liability entity formation, acquisition and disposition of commercial properties, leasing and other portfolio management issues, as well as loan and partnership workouts. She developed a particular expertise in the hospitality and senior housing areas and in the structuring of Islamic investment in US real estate.
Joan's clients included DHL Express, for whom she has handled leasing, facilities development and related financing matters throughout the United States; the San Francisco Transbay Transit Center in connection with facilities management and leasing of retail, restaurant and entertainment spaces at the Center; MacArthur Transit Community Partners, the developer of a 624 residential unit transit-oriented village on land leased and purchased from BART; and Chevalier International Holdings, Ltd. in connection with its investment in senior assisted living facilities and medical office buildings throughout the United States.