Real Estate

The Firm represents state and regional clients in a variety of real estate development projects.  Property owners, developers, investors, and lenders rely on us for all aspects of real estate matters, including acquisition, disposition, development, planning, management, zoning, financing, securitization, leasing on behalf of landlords and commercial tenants, construction contracting, and foreclosures.  Our real estate clients include property owners, developers, government entities, investors, lenders, tax-exempt organizations, underwriters, municipalities, housing finance agencies, landlords, design professionals, and consultants engaged in all facets of commercial real estate and land use matters. The Firm also has a robust title practice representing title companies. 

Representative work in the area of real estate includes:

• Sale and acquisition of real property - residential and commercial
• Title work
• Feasibility study review and comment
• Strategic planning-direction
• Implementation of master plan
• Subdivision and recombination of land
• Property appraisal review and comment
• Environmental report review and comment
• Privatized student housing financings 
• Preparation of disclosure documents
• Mixed-use development 
• Consultant contract drafting, review, negotiation and termination
• Landlord/tenant matters 
• Eminent domain
• Re-zoning
• Property tax exemptions
• Sales and use tax rebates 
• Sale and purchase of membership interests
• Public private partnerships
• Contractor, architect contract drafting and negotiations