Victoria L. Becker

"Recognized for advising high-profile and sophisticated clientele on transactional and land use matters."
Chambers, USA Real Estate Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds

Victoria (Tori) is a Chambers-ranked partner in the global real estate group. She advises investors, developers, corporate clients, lenders, and REITs on the full spectrum of commercial real estate transactions — from multi-property portfolios to hyperscale data centers — delivering strategic counsel on acquisitions, financing, leasing, and dispositions of real estate. Her practice focuses on real estate development, including zoning and land use entitlements, and ground-up construction, as well as structured sale/leaseback transactions for single-tenant and multi-property portfolios nationwide.

Experience

Representative matters

Advised on the structuring, development, and leasing of a planned unit development for a 2 million SF hyperscale data center campus valued at $1.5B.

Counseled an institutional client on the construction and development of a $300M research and laboratory facility, including the establishment of a condominium and leasing structure for the units with a developer partner.

Served as lead counsel for the acquisition, financing, and development of a $300M indoor farming facility, including securing an economic incentives package to support the development.

Representative Experience

Advised on the structuring, development, and leasing of a planned unit development for a 2 million SF hyperscale data center campus valued at $1.5B.

Served as lead counsel for the acquisition, financing, and development of a $300M indoor farming facility, including securing an economic incentives package to support the development.

Represented a lender in connection with the development of a new 26-story office tower, including the negotiation of four separate loans totaling approximately $224 million.

Led the acquisition, financing and redevelopment of a vacant retail space into a medical outpatient building and ambulatory surgery center valued in excess of $110 million on behalf of a healthcare investment company.

Represented a university in the acquisition of an $81 million wet lab and research facility.

Advised an oil and gas manufacturing company in a cross-border transaction involving the acquisition of 14 owned properties and 11 leases worth over $46 million.

Structured a $30M sale-leaseback transaction for a horticultural producer involving 8 properties across three states.

Negotiated headquarters relocation for a regional bank and new office lease in downtown Pittsburgh, PA with tenant improvements worth approximately $44.6M.

Led the acquisition, development and closing of a $47.5M mixed-use, residential development on behalf of a developer, including zoning and land development approvals, and Board of Appeals hearings.

Represented a national REIT in the sale/leaseback of 23 properties across the United States valued at approximately $40.6M.

Directed the entitlement process and obtained land development approvals for a 23-story office tower in Pittsburgh, PA.

Serves as outside counsel to a global media company in all aspects of its nationwide office and warehouse leasing.

Recognitions

Ranked in Chambers USA for Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Surrounds Real Estate, 2026

Credentials

Education

University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 2015, J.D., Editor-in-Chief, Pittsburgh Journal of Environmental and Public Health Law
University of Pittsburgh, 2012, B.A., Economics and Business, magna cum laude, with Honors in Economics