Transactional Real Estate & Real Estate Development

Overview

Over the past 40 years, we have helped facilitate and close real estate projects throughout Florida and around the country. Our team is experienced in providing comprehensive legal services within the full lifecycle of real estate investments. Clients include:

• Architects, engineers, contractors and subcontractors
• Banking and financial institutions
• Construction companies
• Hotel operators
• Landlords
• Property investors
• Property management companies
• Real estate developers and builders
• Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Range of Services

Acquisitions & Dispositions

• Advise both private and public real estate investment trusts (REITs), public companies, insurance companies, developers and other buyers and borrowers in connection with their acquisition of commercial and residential projects
• Represent sellers in connection with their disposition and sale of real property assets and national real estate portfolios consisting of restaurant, office, warehouse, flex-space, industrial, transport oriented development and retail projects, including the defeasance of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans
• Routinely facilitate high-value acquisitions and dispositions of hospitality related assets including hotels, resorts, golf clubs, casinos, apartment buildings (including condominiums), shopping centers, and office buildings
• Draft and negotiate membership interest purchase agreements for transfer of membership interests in real estate owning entities for both primary and secondary market transactions

Commercial Office

• Buy, sell, finance and enter into ventures for office buildings throughout the United States

Real Estate Development

• Represent both buyers and sellers in all aspects of office, industrial, retail, multifamily and vacant/developable land projects
• Assist developers in all aspects of developing raw land into fully leased or built to suit commercial projects including office and industrial parks and retail shopping centers
• Review and analyze zoning, land use, title and survey matters and other due diligence reports and studies
• Identify and acquire key raw land parcels for land banks, subdivision, outparcel sales, and future development
• Draft and negotiate various agreements with private owners, governmental and quasi-governmental agencies, including development agreements, project and condominium declarations, reciprocal easement agreements, operating agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, and private and public utility easements
• Represent developers in all aspects of obtaining constructing financing
• Lease or build to suit new development projects to end users

Real Estate Joint Ventures

• Represent sponsors and investors with the structuring and negotiation of joint venture arrangements, including limited liability and limited partnership agreements and preferred equity agreements
• Experience with a broad variety of real estate assets, including hospitality, office, warehouse, and multi-family