Our nationally recognized Real Estate practice provides innovative, practical counsel to help clients achieve their most critical goals – controlling risks and maximizing value on real property investments and assets. Our primary areas of practice include:
- Real estate development
- Ground lease and space lease agreements
- Borrower and lender financing and capital markets transactions
- Corporate real estate matters, including headquarter projects
- Tax credits and other government incentives
Delivering innovative solutions to real estate issues and building collaborative, high performance teams are the hallmarks of our practice. Drawing from the collective experience of our wholly-owned subsidiary Project Management Consultants (PMC) and other practice areas such as construction, bankruptcy, tax, corporate, environmental and business litigation, we offer sophisticated counsel on real estate transactions of any size and complexity. We provide guidance on real estate litigation and settlement strategies, foreclosures, workouts, bankruptcies affecting other real estate investments, brownfields, eminent domain and land use matters.
Our clients come from every area of the real estate sector and include:
- Developers
- Property owners and managers
- Corporate users
- Financial institutions
- Institutional investors
- Private equity funds
- Public and quasi-public entities, health care institutions and universities
- Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
Our group is ranked among the top practices in The Legal 500 and ranked in the top tier in Ohio by Chambers & Partners. Five of our lawyers are members of the prestigious American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL). One of our partners serves as counsel to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Law Committee. Several members of our real estate team serve in leadership roles in a broad range of key real estate industry organizations including the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA), Anglo-American Real Property Institute (AARPI), Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA), National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI).
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Ohio First State to Propose Tax Credit for Qualified Opportunity Fund Investments - Qualified Opportunity Zone Alert
October 01, 2018
IRS Sends Regulatory Guidance on Qualified Opportunity Funds to OMB - Qualified Opportunity Zone Alert
September 25, 2018
IRS Releases More Information on Qualified Opportunity Funds - Qualified Opportunity Zone Alert
June 14, 2018
Opportunity Zones Provide Tax Benefits for Investors - Qualified Opportunity Zone Alert
June 04, 2018
Sword or Shield? Divided Georgia Court of Appeals Ruling Allows Non-Broker to Use Real Estate Brokerage Statute to Sue for Referral Fee - Real Estate Update
November 17, 2017
New Georgia Law Affects Recording of All Deeds - Real Estate Update
September 19, 2017
New Ohio Property Tax Exemption for Commercial and Industrial Development - Construction Update
January 26, 2017
Tax Increment Financing - Construction Update
July 21, 2016
Real Estate & Construction Deal Report
April 15, 2016
New Federal Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for High-End Residential Real Estate Transactions - Real Estate & White Collar Crime Update
January 22, 2016
A New Take on Takings: The U.S. Supreme Court's Decision in Koontz - ReCon Update
June 25, 2013
The Ohio Legacy Trust Act: State Responds to Chesterfield and Cherryland - ReCon Update
March 27, 2013
Ohio Real Estate Tax Valuation Adjustments - ReCon Update
January 23, 2013
Lender Beware: TOUSA Bankruptcy Court Holding Reinstated - Business Restructuring, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Update
May 17, 2012
Chesterfield and Cherryland Decisions Bring Uncertainty to Mortgage Loans - ReCon Update
May 02, 2012
2011 Real Estate Practice Group Deal Update
September 14, 2011
2010 Real Estate Practice Group Deal Update - Real Estate Update
November 01, 2010
New York Appellate Court Concludes E-Mail Satisfies Writing Requirement - Real Estate Update
October 18, 2010
Change in BOMA Standards Affects Calculation of Office Rent - Real Estate Update
March 26, 2010
Creditors’ Rights Coverage Disappearing? How to Mitigate Risk - Real Estate Update
February 16, 2010
Ohio Real Estate Tax Valuation Adjustments
February 26, 2009
