Development

Our experience includes these matters:

• We represented a major telecommunications company in developing its 1.2 million-square-foot headquarters building. The project ranged from complex lease and tenant fit-out negotiations to assistance with the purchase of specialty components, including a four-story video wall and a two-story solid glass staircase. 
  
  
• We represented a national retailer in lease negotiations for 40 build-to-suit stores and self-developed sites, and advised the operator of its sister stores in several lease negotiations, including a transaction with another retailer on an 80,000-square-foot, self-developed combined store.
  
  
• We represented the Philadelphia Phillies in connection with the development of Citizens Bank Park, a modern, 45,000-seat ballpark. The project involved the condemnation of a portion of the site by the City of Philadelphia, a sophisticated leasing and financing structure, public funding from governmental and quasi-governmental authorities, shared parking rights with other professional sports teams, and community group agreements. 
  
  
• We represented a nonprofit developer in the redevelopment of Independence Mall in Philadelphia in partnership with the National Park Service. The project included the Independence Visitor Center, which serves Independence National Historical Park and the Liberty Bell Center. It involved grants from the City of Philadelphia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Delaware River Port Authority, and several local charitable organizations and long-term operating agreements with the National Park Service.
  
  
• We represented the Hippodrome Foundation in the renovation of the historic Hippodrome Theater in Baltimore through a public-private partnership among the foundation, the Maryland Stadium Authority, and Clear Channel. The project involved tax credit and tax-exempt bond financing.
  
  
• We represented the developer in the redevelopment of a 220-acre former New Jersey horse racetrack for a mixed-use "new town center" development, including 1,100 housing units, one million square feet of office space, 600,000 square feet of retail space, 75 acres of recreational uses, and a train station component.
  
  
• We represented a multinational corporation in the relocation of its world headquarters to a new facility in downtown Denver. The project involved special district considerations, the sale of a manufacturing plant, the decommissioning of the power plant that provided electricity to the facility, and negotiations regarding various environmental issues.
  
  
• We represented a client in a mixed-use development in Baltimore's Inner Harbor that included a 950-space parking garage, a 250,000-square-foot office building, and a 120,000-square-foot retail complex on land leased from the State of Maryland. The project involved a complicated subdivision, ground lease, and leasehold financing arrangements.
  
  
• We represented the owners of a produce cooperative in an 800,000-square-foot state-of-the-art build-to-suit regional produce terminal in Philadelphia, which involved substantial public funding and a complex public-private deal structure.