Eric C. Rubenstein is a partner at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, where he is co-chair of the firm's Real Estate Department and a member of the Environmental Practice Group. 

Mr. Rubenstein successfully manages a diverse real estate transactional practice with specific emphasis on sophisticated mortgage financing, commercial leasing, acquisitions and sales. Mr. Rubenstein personally closed the $210,000,000+ sale of Jericho Plaza, one of the largest one-site real estate transactions in Long Island history as well as the $190,000,000+ sale of EAB (now RXR) Plaza, and a $140,000,000 securitized leasehold mortgage with Lehman Brothers. For many years, Mr. Rubenstein handled all of the financing and leasing at Jericho Plaza and RXR Plaza (comprised of more than 1,800,000 square feet in the aggregate).

Among Mr. Rubenstein's other clients are AvalonBay Communities (a major residential housing REIT), ABN AMRO Bank, CVS, Engel/Burman Senior Housing (a substantial developer of senior housing in the metropolitan area) and Tritec Real Estate (commercial and hotel owners, operators and construction company). Mr. Rubenstein has represented many other major lenders and real estate developers, owners and operators in financing and sales transactions in New York City and the metropolitan area, as well as other areas throughout the United States. These transactions have included shopping centers, office buildings, hotels and resorts, apartment complexes, retail sites, nursing homes, assisted care facilities, warehouses, industrial sites, vacant land, commercial and residential cooperatives, condominiums and lofts, and partnership interests, among others.

In his representation of lenders, Mr. Rubenstein has handled a wide range of "work-out" transactions, including joint ventures with developers for the completion of residential projects with hundreds of units. Mr. Rubenstein's work on behalf of lenders and property owners include management and brokerage contracts, construction and architects agreements, title and zoning issues, as well as environmental matters.

Mr. Rubenstein began his professional career in New York City as a commercial litigator with emphasis on real estate issues. Mr. Rubenstein then concentrated his practice in the real estate transactional field and was a senior real estate associate with Baker & McKenzie and Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon. Mr. Rubenstein then spent six years as in-house real estate counsel for a division of ABN AMRO Bank in Long Island and New York City. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Rubenstein was the head of the Long Island Real Estate Department of Phillips Nizer. 

Mr. Rubenstein was elected Secretary of the Long Island Real Estate Group in 2008. He also serves on the board of the Real Property Law Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association and the Long Island Association Building and Real Estate Committee.  He has been active in numerous non-profit organizations, serving on the Town of North Hempstead Business and Tourism Development Corporation and its Waterfront Advisory Commission, and committees for the Community Development Corporation and Friends of the Arts, among others.  For three years, Mr. Rubenstein served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Landmark on Main Street, Inc., a community non-profit organization which converted an elementary school in Port Washington, where Mr. Rubenstein resides, into subsidized senior housing, day care and after-school facilities and a theater.

Mr. Rubenstein was recently honored by the Long Island Business News as one of the "50 Around 50" Long Islanders for his business achievement and community service.

Published

• "The Landlord's Bankruptcy: How to Prepare for It and What to Expect" (Shopping Center Legal Update, Fall-Winter 2009)
• "Unpaid Brokers Get a Stronger Remedy" (New York Law Journal, January 12, 2009)
• "Hey, That's My Property!" (New York Law Journal, October 3, 2006) (with Erik H. Rosanes, Esq.)
• "Shopping Center Leases to Be Assigned in Bankruptcy: § 365(b)(3) Is Key" (New York Law Journal, June 21, 2004) (with Moshe Jacobowitz, Esq.)
• "Calculating IDA Benefits" (New York Law Journal, April 11, 2004) (with Patricia M. Schaubeck, Esq.)
• "New Law Helps Contractors Get Paid" (New York Real Estate Journal Long Island Section, January 14–27 and February 18–26, 2003) (with Patricia M. Schaubeck, Esq.)
• "Avoiding Expensive Drafting Mistakes in Commercial Leasing" (New York Law Journal, January 9, 2003) (with David Leno, Esq.)
• "Environmental Insurance Should be Used in Conjunction with, not as a Substitute to Testing" (New York Real Estate Journal, Long Island Section, December 17-30, 2002) (with Joanne Agrippina, Esq.)
• "Income Has Hit the Roof! Property Owners Can Maximize Earnings from Antenna Systems" (New York Real Estate Journal, Long Island Section, November 12-25, 2002) (with Patricia M. Schaubeck, Esq.)
• "Insuring Against Terrorism:  New Coverage, New Problems " (New York Real Estate Journal, Long Island Section, October 15-29, 2002) (with David Leno, Esq.)
• "No Second Chance for Expired Notices of Pendency" (New York Law Journal, June 26, 2002) (with Patricia M. Schaubeck, Esq.)
• "Value Added Broker Services" (Commercial-Industrial Brokers Society of Long Island Newsletter, October 2001)
• "Subleasing Heats Up - Critical Issues in Sublease Transactions" (Long Island Business News, May 11, 2001)
• "'Time Is of the Essence' In A Real Estate Contract" (New York Law Journal, March 14, 2001) (with Denise A. Menikheim, Esq.)
• "Tax Implications of Corporation Transactions" (New York Real Estate Law Reporter, November 2000) (with Daniel Weisz, Esq.)
• "Avoiding Disputes Between Brokers and Owners" (Long Island Business News, March 10, 2000)
• "Ensuring that Real Estate Contracts Survive the Statute of Frauds" (New York Law Journal, February 9, 2000)
• Member of the Board of Consulting Editors: "Environmental Compliance and Litigation Strategy" (New York Law Journal monthly newsletter, 1993 - 1996)
  "Foreign Real Estate Investment in Spain" (Real Estate Review, Summer 1990)
• Editor: "Hazardous Waste and Toxic Torts Law & Strategy" (New York Law Journal monthly newsletter, 1990)
• "'Time is of the Essence' in a Real Estate Contract" (New York Law Journal, December 1988)

Lectures

• Commercial Industrial Brokers Society: "Corporations: How They Are Viewing Their Real Estate Holdings," September 28, 2010
• I-C-S-C:  "How Owners and Tenants Can Successfully Navigate the Stormy Economy," January 14, 2009
• Commercial Industrial Brokers Society: "Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions", January 30, 2008
• Commercial Industrial Brokers Society: "Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions", January 30, 2008
• International Center of Shopping Centers: "Is Long Island Under Retailed?", November 15, 2007
• International Council of Shopping Centers: "Challenges of Site Selection on Long Island", June 12, 2007
• CLE Seminar "Mining for Gold: How to Grow Your Business Through Governmental Incentives", November 1, 2005.
• Seminar on Commercial Leasing for C.W. Post University, October 13, 2003.
• CLE Seminar “The Essentials of Office and Retail Leases in New York”, presented for the National Business Institute, September 8, 2003.
• CLE seminar "Anatomy of an Office Lease Transaction", presented in conjunction with Hofstra University School of Law, April 24, 2003.
• Seminar on "Government Financing for Your Business" with Commerce Capital Markets, October 9, 2002.
• "Role of Brokers and Attorneys in Leasing Negotiations" for Commercial-Industrial Brokers Society of Long Island, March 19, 2002.
• "Mortgages and Mortgage Agreements" for New York State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Program, June 14, 2001.