Real Estate & Land Use

Practices

There’s a lot at stake in real estate. You need a knowledgeable legal team on your side to navigate the many potential pitfalls common in transactions and development.

Our comprehensive real estate and land use group represents owners, buyers, sellers, investors, developers, landlords, tenants, brokers and governmental entities in all aspects of the acquisition, financing, planning, zoning, development, construction, leasing and sale or exchange of all interests in real property.

Here are some ways we can help:

Transactional

  • Contracts, deeds, notes, deeds of trusts, mortgages, security documents, leases, easements, rights-of-way.
  • Title/survey/document opinions.
  • Loan closings.

Land Use

  • Zoning/special exceptions/variances.
  • Economic incentives.
  • Enterprise zones.
  • Conservation easements.
  • Historic tax credits.

Litigation/Eminent Domain

  • Land use.
  • Title.
  • Eminent domain.
  • Environmental.

Tax

  • § 1031 exchanges.
  • Historic tax credits.
  • Land use tax assessment.

Landlord/Tenant

  • Lease drafting, interpretation and enforcement.
  • Landlord/tenant law.

Condominium

  • Condominium documentation.
  • Residential/commercial.
  • Interpretation/enforcement.
  • Condominium/homeowner associations.