We are involved in all phases of the real estate development process, including land acquisitions and assemblages; purchase options and rights of first refusal; construction and permanent financing; re-zonings; development and redevelopment; out-parcel sales; construction; protective covenants; reciprocal easement agreements; leasing (ground leases, build-to-suit leases, retail, office and industrial leases, subleases, sale/leaseback agreements and synthetic leases); federal, state and local economic incentives; joint ventures; and sales.

Our team of real estate lawyers assists our clients with developing commercial real estate in the Southeast and throughout the United States. We handle transaction involving developments of all types including office, retail, industrial, multifamily, mixed-use, hotel, resort, planned community, raw land assemblage and residential subdivisions.

Over the course of a development project, we often work closely with other practice groups to provide our clients the most experienced advice for the broad range of legal issues they face.

We have recently represented:

  • Representation of developer of various build-to-suit leases with national restaurant and retail tenants.
  • Representation of real estate developer in sale and multi-property section 1031 exchange of net leased properties replaced with partially completed retail developments including construction bridge financing and permanent conduit non-recourse financing combined with purchase of LLC membership interest for optimal tax consequences.
  • Represented a publicly traded, national developer/owner/operator of assisted living facilities, in the acquisition and development of over 15 sites in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
  • Representation of local developer in acquisition, development and subsequent sales of multiple luxury town home developments, including obtaining construction financing, preparing development plats, drafting declarations and restrictive covenants, forming homeowners’ associations and providing ongoing advice to these associations.
  • Representation of a publicly traded, national developer/owner/operator of assisted living facilities, in the acquisition and development of over 15 sites in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
  • Representation of various local owner/developers in negotiating and closing numerous capital market securitized loans in excess of $100 million for the development and construction of commercial retail shopping centers and single tenant outparcel sites.
  • Representation of a local owner/developer/borrower in negotiating and structuring the acquisition and financing of a residential development and golf course located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
  • Representation of a local owner/developer in negotiating and structuring the acquisition and financing of a 500-acre residential development and country club located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
  • Representation of regional owner/developer in the acquisition, development and financing of multiple sites in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Oregon for a publicly traded national equipment leasing company.
  • Representation of local developer in acquisition, development and subsequent sales of multiple luxury town home developments, including obtaining construction financing, preparing development plats, drafting declarations and restrictive covenants, forming homeowners’ associations and providing ongoing advice to these associations.
  • Representation of local developer in acquisition, financing and development of apartment, condominium and town home development projects along Charlotte’s new light rail line, including site acquisition, entitlement and North Carolina Brownfields Agreement issues.