Real Estate

Condominium and Cluster Housing
The firm represents several successful residential real estate and mixed use developers in projects throughout the State of Florida.  Our typical services include representing the developer in acquiring the undeveloped land, securing land use entitlements from the State and local governments, and, with our staff of experienced paralegals and state of the art equipment, providing closing services for the sale of individual units. 

We routinely prepare project-specific governing documents for residential, commercial, and mixed-use developments, including neighborhood restrictions and declarations of condominium, sales contracts, residential and commercial leases, and related disclosure documents. 

Our firm has extensive experience in compliance with related consumer protection laws, including the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Florida Condominium Act, the Interstate Lands Sales Full Disclosure Act, and the Florida Uniform Land Sales Practices Act.

Commercial Real Estate
Our commercial real estate group provides a broad range of services for our commercial real estate clients.  We routinely represent both buyers and sellers from contract through closing and are experienced in such diverse transactions as the purchase and sale of multi-unit apartment buildings, shopping centers, office and retail buildings, raw land, and stand alone commercial sites. 

In addition to our commercial closing services, we assist clients with due diligence, title and survey issues, financing, commercial leasing, and formation of commercial condominiums and land condominiums.  We also have extensive experience in negotiating and drafting construction contracts for both renovation of existing commercial buildings and new construction. 

Residential Real Estate
Our real estate practice team is very experienced in advising parties on matters involving residential property and closing residential real estate transactions.  Our deep staff of paralegals is well complemented by a full array of cutting-edge title search and closing software. 

We routinely represent buyers and sellers in residential property transactions, including the preparation or review of the initial purchase offer, subsequent contract administration, and drafting or reviewing related closing documents.  As agents for several title insurance underwriters, we often issue title insurance coverage for the benefit of buyers and their lenders. 

Our involvement in residential purchases and sales includes completing Section 1031 tax deferred exchanges for investment properties, assisting new Florida residents in establishing their Florida homestead, and closing on acquisition loans.  We also advise property owners in residential landlord/tenant matters and in negotiating residential construction contracts.  

Marinas and Water Rights
The firm has an established practice in representing marina developers and operators.  We have advised clients in the development of both wet and dry boat storage projects, including the development and operation of marinas on submerged lands leased from the State of Florida and local government. 

We also assist these clients in securing necessary State, Federal, and local governmental approvals for their marina projects, and in preparing appropriate agreements and governing documents for the resulting developments. 

Our typical services include advising client through each stage of the marina development and operation, including researching and establishing our clients riparian rights, negotiating submerged land leases with the State of Florida, creating an appropriate mechanism for selling or leasing the slips, and closing on the sale or transfer of slips to the end-users.

Commercial Leasing
Our commercial leasing lawyers work with both landlords and tenants in negotiating and drafting office, retail, warehouse, and industrial leases in a wide variety of transactions. 

We have experience in an array of commercial leasing settings, including shopping centers, multi-tenant buildings, mixed use residential and commercial buildings, industrial and warehouse space and standalone buildings. 

We have also successfully worked with many major franchisees.  We keep our finger on the pulse of market trends and use that experience in aggressively representing our clients’ interests in commercial leasing negotiations.

Construction Contracts and Construction Lien Law
We represent both owners and contractors in construction contract drafting and negotiation and work closely with our litigation department to ensure compliance with the intricacies of Florida’s construction lien laws. 

We have a broad range of experience in working with the various AIA form documents and often modify these documents, or draft custom construction contracts, depending on each individual client’s needs. 

In addition to serving our client’s contractual needs, we assist with construction financing, on both the owner and lender sides, monthly draw requests, review of documentation, and drafting of the various documents required under Florida law prior to payment of a draw. 

Together with our litigation department, we also represent clients in the prosecution and defense of construction liens.