Colton Addy is an associate in the Irvine, Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.
He represents private equity funds, REITs, institutional and non-institutional real estate investors, developers, operators, and borrowers in all aspects of real estate transactions, including joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions, developments, financings, and real property secured transactions involving hotels/hospitality, income producing properties, multifamily, mixed use, retail and shopping centers, residential, industrial, vacant and raw land, and other real estate assets of all sizes.
Colton has been recognized as a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ in Real Estate Law since 2026.
Selected representative matters include:
- Sponsor in connection with a joint venture for the acquisition and development of an anticipated $25 Billion data center project in Canada.
- Institutional investor in connection with a $250+ million investment in a platform joint venture to serve as the general partner in acquiring and developing LIHTC properties, to be funded by additional limited partner tax credit capital.
- Sponsor in the acquisition and financing of a $835 million hotel in Hollywood Beach, Florida, known as The Diplomat Beach Resort, which was, at the time, the largest hospitality transaction since the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Landlord in connection with a ground lease for the development of a nuclear reactor through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program.
- Seller in the disposition of a $150+ million multifamily apartment complex via a REIT share sale.
- Sponsor in connection with multiple joint ventures and the acquisition of a $200+ million portfolio of student housing facilities via membership interest purchases.
- Sponsor in connection with the acquisition and ground lease financing of a $275 million portfolio of multi-family properties in Hermosa Beach, California.
- Institutional investor in connection with the refinancing of multiple multi-family apartment complexes.
Additional relevant information about Colton includes:
- Colton graduated magna cum laude from the University of San Diego School of Law and is a member of the Order of the Coif. While at the University of San Diego School of Law, he was a member of the San Diego Law Review. He earned a B.A. degree from San Diego State University and was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
- During law school, Colton served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Gonzalo P. Curiel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
- Colton enjoys doing Pro Bono work, including for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast, the Innocence Project, and the San Juan Capistrano Eco Center.
- Colton previously served as a Board Member of the Orange County Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Division.
- Colton lives in Orange County with his wife, Angela, where they enjoy trying new restaurants and spending time with their two children and two pugs, Pip and Ash. When not spending time with his wife, children, and pugs, Colton enjoys playing fantasy football and collecting sports cards.
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Credentials
Education:
- University of San Diego - 2017 Juris Doctor
- San Diego State University - 2012 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- California Bar