Ross E. Coe

Ross Coe’s practice covers all facets of real estate transactions, including joint ventures, financings, acquisitions, leasing, and sales of commercial real estate.  He regularly assists clients in transactions across a variety of asset classes, including retail, office, industrial, multi-family and mixed-use projects.

Ross has extensive experience representing landlords and tenants in retail, office and industrial leasing matters, including NNN leasing and sale-leaseback transactions.

Ross has counseled clients in various industries including the representation of retail and healthcare tenants, as well as hospitality and franchise owners in their regional and national expansions.

While in law school, Ross was executive editor for the Virginia Tax Review. Ross previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable B. Waugh Crigler of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.

• Retail, restaurant, and healthcare businesses in regional and national expansions.
• Publicly-traded and non-traded REITs in single-tenant and anchored multi-tenant net lease property acquisitions and sale-leasebacks.
• Developers and investors in purchase and sale and leasing transactions for retail, office, and healthcare real estate.
• Pension fund advisers, in joint venture formations and acquisitions, dispositions, and financings of retail, industrial, office, and multifamily properties.
• The nation’s leading specialty finance company for automotive retail real estate, in sale-leaseback financings and tenant-improvement construction financings.

• Article

  Forced Sale Clause (90/10 Real Estate Joint Venture Agreement)

  Lexis Practical Guidance December 2024

  Ross E. Coe

• Ranking

  Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Best Lawyers in America®

  August 19, 2024

  Seth D. Lamden, Barry Abrams, Kevin J. Baum, Matthew A. Homyk, Regina Stango Kelbon, Mark I. Rabinowitz

• Article

  Real Estate Development Joint Venture Letter of Intent

  Lexis Practical Guidance December 13, 2023

  Ross E. Coe, Matthew J. Comisky, Michael I. Sanders, George T. Boggs

• Ranking

  Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2024 Best Lawyers in America®

  August 17, 2023

  Russell T. Wong, Mark I. Rabinowitz, Kevin J. Bruno, Mark R. Haskell, Scott M. Kaplan, Sarah H. Frazier

• Speaking Engagement

  Small Business Legal Issues: A Training for Volunteer Attorneys

  D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center March 2, 2023

  Jon Grossman, T. Malcolm Sandilands, Ross E. Coe

• Press Release

  Blank Rome Announces 2023 Elevations: 12 Partners, 4 Of Counsel

  December 5, 2022

  Harrison Brown, Shawna J. Henry, Melissa Fundora Murphy, Rachel A. Packer, Caitlin I. Sanders, Peter I. Tsoflias

• Deal

  Blank Rome Represents TAO Hospitality Group in Connection with Opening Its First Hotel in Orlando, Florida

  November 9, 2022

  Christy L. Reuter, Ross E. Coe, Matthew J. Crawford

• Honor

  Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Best Lawyers in America®

  August 18, 2022

  Barry Abrams, John A. Adkins, Natalie Alameddine, Samar Aryani-Sabet, D. Morgan Barry, Kevin J. Baum

• Press Release

  Blank Rome Announces 2022 Promotions: 11 Partners, 1 Of Counsel

  December 15, 2021

  Natalie Alameddine, Nathan S. Brill, James S. Carter, Heidi G. Crikelair, Michael M. Denci, Kevin M. Eddy

• Honor

  Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2022 Best Lawyers in America®

  August 19, 2021

  Barry Abrams, Natalie Alameddine, Lawrence J. Beaser, Thomas H. Belknap Jr., Michael K. Bell, Gregory S. Bergman

See all News and Views

• 2021–2025, Ones to Watch, Real Estate Law, listed in Best Lawyers in America©
• 2017–2018, 2020, listed in Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll

Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Virginia

Education

• University of Virginia, BA, with distinction
• University of Virginia School of Law, JD

• German