Russ August & Kabat lawyers Richard L. August, Deborah R. Clark and Matthew A. Rips closed a $200+ million dollar acquisition of a mixed-use high rise apartment and retail complex in Bethesda, Maryland, which included more than 400 apartments as well as Whole Foods, LA Fitness and other major retailers. The project included not only the acquisition of the real estate, but also the formation of an equity joint venture and the restructuring an assumption of existing debt financing.