Real estate practice at Clark Hill is focused on those services a client needs when investing in, owning, leasing, developing, constructing, financing and disposing of real estate related assets -- delivered by a talented and diverse group of professionals who have well developed and recognized skills in the broadest spectrum of real estate activities. Our delivery of services is driven by our dedication to achieve client goals in a practical and solution-directed manner. The Real Estate Services group brings together skills in areas such as project finance, public private partnerships, litigation, construction, eminent domain, property tax management, energy and telecommunications, environmental, tax planning, and public support of residential and commercial development. Our professionals know the real estate industry, and have demonstrated ability to guide clients through the complexity of modern real estate transactions and litigation.
Clark Hill's Real Estate Services practice serves a diverse range of clients - including private developers, corporate owners, borrowers and lenders, pension funds, investors, landlords, tenants, contractors, public institutions, governmental agencies and municipalities. Among the many areas in which we serve our clients are:
- Acquisitions and dispositions
- Commercial financing
- Commercial and residential development, including retail, housing, industrial, office, hotels and destination uses, and condominiums
- Condominium and homeowners associations
- Construction and design, including construction litigation
- Creditors’ rights and bankruptcy
- Economic development, including tax incentives and public-private partnerships
- Eminent domain
- Energy sources and management, including renewable energy facilities
- Entertainment venues
- Environmental
- Entity structuring
- Foreclosures, workouts and restructuring of troubled transactions
- Government relations and lobbying
- Green Building
- Land use and zoning
- Leasing
- Property tax assessment appeals
- Real estate litigation and dispute resolution
- Water rights
The varied client base served by Clark Hill's Real Estate Services group provides a well-tuned sensitivity to, and understanding of, the competing interests and concerns of each participant in a real estate matter. This helps us pursue our goal of being "deal-makers" and "problem-solvers", balancing business acumen and legal advice in the process of helping our clients attain their goals. To bring further value to our clients, we are active in national organizations, which not only broadens our perspectives, but establishes us in extensive networks of attorneys and providers and keeps us attuned to emerging trends in real estate.