Real Estate

Attorneys in our national real estate practice advise clients in acquisition, financing, leasing, sale, and restructuring transactions. The practice is exceptionally diversified, represents clients nationwide, and offers fully integrated legal services.

Our services include:

Acquisitions and equity participations
Commercial leasing
Condominiums and planned communities
Construction and design contracts
Eminent domain
High-rise office development and leasing
Industrial and warehouse development
Liquor licensing
Loan originations and servicing
Military base reuse
Mixed-use development, including office, retail, hotel, and parking facilities, medical office condominiums, and golf course/residential
Multifamily housing development and financing (including FHA, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and GNMA programs)
Port, airport, and transit development projects
Public/private ventures
Real estate taxation, including appeals and exemptions
Resort, hotel, and fractional interest projects, including ski and golf facilities
Restructurings, workouts, and foreclosures
Shopping center development and leasing
Zoning and land use

OUR APPROACH

Client service is paramount. We continuously augment and refine our skills to meet the needs of our clients.

Our attorneys are leaders in bar and industry organizations, including, among others, the American Bar Association, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, American College of Mortgage Attorneys, American Resort Development Association, and Urban Land Institute.

We value collaboration—among our own team members and with our clients—and believe it to be at the core of the client focus that is central to Ballard Spahr's real estate practice.