Since the 1960s, real estate development in the South has exploded; our real estate practice has grown with it. Our attorneys have broad capabilities in real estate development, leasing, and financing. We represent both developers and lenders, providing counsel from the initial steps of planning and zoning through the completion of the project. Our practice includes experience in all of the following:
Construction, acquisition and sale of retail, multi-family, office, industrial, hospitality and health care properties.
Retail and office leasing for both landlords and tenants.
Representing lenders in real estate financing.
Residential and commercial subdivision development.
Zoning and land use.
Planned unit developments.
Vertical subdivisions (including air rights easements and development within air rights).
Mixed use developments.
Contractor representation.
Selection and formation of development entity.
Advice and assistance in locating sources of capital.
Advice and assistance in selection of financing alternatives, including traditional bank or insurance company financing, mezzanine loans, second mortgages, swaps and derivative products and capital market financing.
Sale and leaseback transactions.
1031 exchanges.
Strategic alliances and joint ventures.
Public/private development ventures.
Improvement Districts.
Tax incentive and tax credit transactions.
Conservation easements.
Environmental due diligence.
Brownfield redevelopment.
Storm water mitigation and wetlands development.
Condominiums.
Timberland acquisitions and sales.
Minerals and mining rights (including coal mine development).
Franchisor and franchisee representation of QSR’s (quick serve restaurants).
Golf course development.
Tax deeds and assistance in perfection of title.
Title company representation.
Litigation of real estate issues (including landlord/tenant disputes, borrower/lender disputes, workouts, boundary line disputes, adverse possession, surface water drainage, eminent domain and other takings, sinkholes, grading and earth moving, bills to quiet title and land use, zoning variances and rezoning).