Joel Cohn, CPA


Joel Cohn, CPA, Co-Office Managing Principal Baltimore

Joel Cohn is a Principal in Reznick Group’s Real Estate Consulting Group, where for more than 12 years he has provided real estate and tax consulting services. He advises clients in structuring real estate transactions with a concentration in historic tax credit, low-income housing and New Market Tax Credit projects.

This has included maximization of credit basis/QRE’s through re-categorization of costs, contract restructuring and tax planning while working within the framework of existing law; creation of transaction structures designed to strip tax credits and/or cash flow to satisfy the key agendas of various stakeholders; exit strategy development for investors/ developers including the creation of various option strategies; development of strategies which maximize investor/developer/lender return on investment; and creation of transaction structures that permit economic participation by nonprofits.

Joel’s historic tax credit transaction experience has included several hundred properties throughout the country. Adaptive re-uses include multifamily housing, hotels, office, retail space and performance venues. He has contributed policy advice across the country, advising on state historic tax credit law and generating substantial improvement to the understanding of the law. With the advent of the New Markets Tax Credits, Joel has been advising both Community Development Entities and project sponsors on obtaining the credits and structuring these transactions. He has been published in Urban Land, Multifamily Trends, NAREIT, Affordable Housing Finance, and CCIM’S publication, Commercial Investment Real Estate. He has spoken before numerous organizations on a variety of business and tax issues.

Education
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Towson University
• Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Finance - Loyola College