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Real Estate Law
Our attorneys provide legal services to owners, developers, property managers, lenders, borrowers, landlords, tenants
and other parties involved in the real estate industry. Our firm is located in a rapidly growing major metropolitan area
and our clients are involved in medium to large scale real estate projects, including new commercial and residential
construction and redevelopment of historic or underutilized property.
Our firm provides traditional real estate legal services, such as contract drafting, title review and closings. We
also offer our local and regional clients these additional legal services:
Business Structure
- Appropriate entity selection and formation
- Asset consideration and valuation
- Trust administration, including sales of property in and out of trust
- §1031 like kind, tax-deferred exchanges
Financing
- Conventional
- Development and construction
- Tax-exempt
- Re-financing
- Bonds
Due Diligence
- Survey and title insurance commitment review
- Evaluation of Phase I, II and III Environmental Site Assessments
- Identification, assessment and solutions for environmental conditions
- Coordination of asbestos, mold and lead abatement in buildings and structures, and remediation of subsurface
contamination
- Securing environmental insurance
Development
- Land acquisition
- Development agreements
- Construction contracts and management
- Zoning changes
- Development restrictions, including indentures, easements, rights of way, subdivision requirements and formation of
owner associations
- Local permitting and governmental approvals for water, sewer, stormwater and other utilities
- Wetlands and mitigation
- Obtaining incentives for Brownfields
Leasing
- Negotiation, drafting and review of building and ground leases
- Resolution of landlord/tenant disputes
- Sale and lease-backs
Real Estate Litigation
- Eminent domain and condemnation
- Property tax disputes and appeals
- Construction claims
- Landlord tenant disputes
- Mechanics liens
- Title claims
- Contract disputes
- Boundary, easement and other restrictions
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