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In the highly-competitive West Michigan real estate market, proper timing and unique solutions offer a significant business advantage. Our real estate practice works rapidly, and is constantly developing innovative solutions to the most challenging obstacles. This strengthens our clients’ positions and augments their reputation in the community of developers and real estate owners.

Specific areas in which we represent clients include:

Acquisition, development, and management

  • Retail and office centers
  • Entertainment, hospitality, health care
  • Industrial, airport, power plant, and mixed-use facilities
  • Residential and commercial condominiums and site condominiums
  • Portfolio acquisitions and exchanges,
  • Zoning and land use
  • Leasing
  • Brokerage and management agreements
  • Real estate tax appeals

Financing

  • Bankruptcy
  • Conventional construction, interim and permanent mortgage financing
  • Industrial revenue bond financing
  • Leasing
  • Low income housing financing
  • Mezzanine financing
  • Private equity
  • Sale/leasebacks
  • Securitized financing and CMBS
  • Structured finance
  • Workouts and restructures

Ownership and Tax Structures

  • Formation of partnerships, limited partnerships, joint ventures and limited liability companies
  • Syndications
  • Federal and state tax structuring for individual transactions and portfolio management
  • Public/private partnerships
  • Brownfield credits
  • Challenges and opposition to entitlements to competitors
  • Development agreements
  • Infrastructure development and financing
  • Land assemblage and condemnation
  • Other governmental inducements and incentives
  • Renaissance zones and Enterprise zones
  • Tax abatement
  • Tax increment financing

Construction Planning

  • Structuring and negotiation of design and construction agreements
  • Construction liens and bonding
  • Construction lending and draw administration
  • Dispute resolution and construction litigation

Land Use and Regulatory

  • Zoning, including administrative practice and litigation
  • Subdivision and platting
  • Wetlands and woodlands regulation
  • Enforcement of restrictive covenants
  • Liquor licensing
 
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Practice Area Contact:
Jim Ens
Voice 616.732.1766
Fax 616.913.1266
JimEns@lwr.com

 
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