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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New Ohio Law Provides Legal Protections to Brownfield Developers - Real Estate & Environmental Law Update
June 29, 2020
Chambers USA Regional Real Estate 2020 - Ohio
June 04, 2020
PFAS: Due Diligence and Risk Assessment in Real Estate Transactions - Environmental Update
May 07, 2020
Business Law Update - Spring 2020 - Thompson Hine Newsletter
May 05, 2020
IRS Grants Relief to Deadlines for “Like-Kind” Section 1031 Exchanges - COVID-19 Update
May 01, 2020
Ohio Report: COVID-19 Relief for Commercial Tenants and Borrowers - COVID-19 Update
April 02, 2020
CARES Act: Implications for Businesses - COVID-19 Update
March 28, 2020
Remote Online Notarization Emerging as an Essential Business Tool in Ohio - COVID-19 Update
March 27, 2020
Ohio Senate Passes SB39, Clearing Way for Transformational Mixed-Use Development Tax Credits - Construction Update
July 01, 2019
Chambers USA Regional Real Estate 2019 - Ohio
June 04, 2019
Opportunity Zone IRS Guidance: Round Two Summary - Qualified Opportunity Zone Alert
May 07, 2019
Real Estate & Construction Deal Report
February 19, 2019
Ohio Real Estate Tax Valuation Adjustments - Real Estate Update
November 29, 2018
IRS Regulations Give Green Light for Real Estate Investments in Opportunity Zones - Qualified Opportunity Zone Alert
November 26, 2018
Opportunity Zones and Start Up Tech Companies
November 02, 2018
IRS Issues Long Awaited Opportunity Zone Guidance - Qualified Opportunity Zone Alert
October 23, 2018
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
