Real Estate 

Our real estate group hits the ground running. Our skills, experience, and knowledge give us the ability to react quickly and handle your real estate needs efficiently and effectively. We attend to the details-seeing the forest without getting lost in the trees. From the simplest of local projects to the most complex multi-jurisdictional transactions, we have the experience to visualize, understand, and help you realize your goals.

We routinely find ways to help create value for our clients. We take a practical, "get-it-done" approach because we realize that your real estate assets can't generate income if they are sitting idle. We focus early on what needs to be done to avoid complications or delays. Whether your needs involve the purchase or sale of property, borrowing or lending of money, or development, leasing or management of property, we have the resources to jump in and help you structure your project, negotiate your deal, and close the transaction.

Real Estate Updates

April 2003: The Status of Premises Liability in Indiana

  October 2002: Unwinding Synthetic Leases in Today's Creative Economy  

May 2002: Impact Fees – New Deduction Ruling

We regularly handle issues such as the following:

• Zoning and land use
• Purchase, sale, and option agreements
• Easements, operating agreements, and restrictive covenants
• Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Formation of operating companies
• Ground leases and leasehold financing
• Commercial leasing (office, retail, restaurant, and industrial)
• Real estate secured financing
• Condominiums and condominium conversions
• Leasing and management agreements
• Green initiatives, including certification, energy management and construction issues
• Opinion letters
• Title, survey, environmental, and archeological due diligence
• Eminent domain proceedings
• Tax deferred property exchanges

We assist clients locally, nationally, and internationally; our practical approach and depth of experience help provide responsive, effective, and cost-efficient representation for our clients.