Commercial & Residential Real Estate Development
The firm closes commercial real estate transactions for lenders, investors, developers and builders. Firm lawyers have closed a wide variety of transactions from the simplest residential closing to highly complex transactions involving planned unit developments, shopping centers, apartment projects and assemblages. The firm provides a full array of services to real estate developers and builders from pre-contract advice to closing the land acquisition and development loan through the development process. Firm lawyers interface with local governments and regulatory agencies regarding existing and emerging governmental and quasi-governmental zoning restrictions and regulations on development and land use issues. In connection with commercial real estate transactions, the firm has experience organizing business entities, including small corporations, limited and general partnerships, and limited liability companies. The firm provides organizational documents and advice as needed throughout the life of the entity.
The firm has extensive experience in providing legal services in all aspects of both residential and commercial developments involving mandatory membership owners associations and planned communities. As new urbanist concepts of centralized town centers and neighborhoods containing both commercial and residential components as well as infill development projects become increasingly popular, the firm works with builders and developers to provide the legal infrastructure necessary for these projects. The firm prepares documents to establish condominium, residential, commercial, town home, mixed-use and master planned communities. This includes preparing the declaration of covenants, conditions, restrictions and easements, articles of incorporation and bylaws for owners associations for residential, commercial and mixed-use projects, including planned unit developments with golf courses, open space, conservation areas, lakes, private roads and alleys, town centers, live-work-play communities and other amenities.