Development
Development projects of every size face challenges ranging from economic uncertainty and disruptive technology to population shifts and natural disasters. Seizing the opportunity requires grit and a strategic partner who can guide you through the legal challenges.
HOW WE HELP
From conception to completion, clients rely on Seyfarth’s real estate lawyers for practical and entrepreneurial advice. Our experienced deal teams handle all aspects of real estate development, including joint venture agreements, acquisition and ground lease development, construction and project financing, institutional investment, and construction of large, complex projects. We also routinely handle post-development asset management, leasing, refinancing, and disposition matters.
We understand the priorities in connection with development projects, which gives our clients a competitive advantage. Among the projects we have handled are mixed-use projects; commercial, retail, office, and multifamily projects; distribution facilities; stadiums; universities; hotels; and health care developments. Clients also look to our real estate development lawyers to quarterback transactions that cross multiple components such as construction, project finance, environmental, corporate, litigation, ADA, and tax related issues. We are able to leverage firm resources to provide seamless advice across all of these critical practice areas.
We are invested in our clients’ business goals and have extensive experience representing developers, investors, owners, lenders, landlords, tenants, property managers, brokers, contractors, construction managers, design professionals, governmental authorities, and institutional clients such as REITs, insurance companies, pension funds, investment managers, foreign entities, funds, and not-for-profit entities.
Our development capabilities are best showcased through real examples of our work. Examples of recent transactions include:
- Represented a Major League Soccer expansion team in connection with the ground lease and development of a new multipurpose stadium in Los Angeles, California.
- Represented a private equity real estate firm in a $75 million acquisition, capital structure, development, and financing of 31 acres in Charleston, South Carolina.
- Represented a real estate investment company in an acquisition of land and joint venture for the ground-up development and $32 million construction financing for a multifamily project in Tampa, Florida.
- Represented a large scale retail developer in a $250 million acquisition and construction of approximately 11 acres of land in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin for redevelopment into a center containing retail stores, restaurants, entertainment venues, and apartments.
- Represented a higher learning institution in a $100 million redevelopment of a retail center into a mixed-use (retail and multifamily) project in Dallas, Texas.
- Advised a leading real estate development and investment group in connection with its contract to purchase a site in Jersey City, New Jersey for the development of a 1 million-square-foot mixed-use tower. The total investment is expected to be approximately $400 million.
- Represented a developer in connection with the redevelopment of a $150 million mixed-use parcel in a northern suburb of Chicago. The property included an outdated, partially vacant shopping center. Our team navigated a variety of issues including: land use, zoning and subdivision approvals; economic development incentives, including TIF and related bond issuance; construction financing; design and permitting issues; environmental and site development issues; negotiation of lease terminations and all new anchor and small tenant leases and ground leases; construction and project operating agreements, including an REA; and the sale, joint venture, and development of a five acre portion of the project for an adjacent residential complex.
- Represented a public pension fund in a $220 million joint venture to develop a 30-story tower in Rosalyn, Virginia.
- Represented a private equity real estate firm in a $76 million acquisition, financing, and development of a 300 unit multifamily community to be built in Reno, Nevada.
- Represented a real estate developer in an acquisition of vacant land for the development of a skilled nursing facility, along with a $13.85 million loan for the acquisition of the land and construction of the facility, in Miamisburg, Ohio.
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Development projects of every size face challenges ranging from economic uncertainty and disruptive technology to population shifts and natural disasters. Seizing the opportunity requires grit and a strategic partner who can guide you through the legal challenges.
HOW WE HELP
From conception to completion, clients rely on Seyfarth’s real estate lawyers for practical and entrepreneurial advice. Our experienced deal teams handle all aspects of real estate development, including joint venture agreements, acquisition and ground lease development, construction and project financing, institutional investment, and construction of large, complex projects. We also routinely handle post-development asset management, leasing, refinancing, and disposition matters.
We understand the priorities in connection with development projects, which gives our clients a competitive advantage. Among the projects we have handled are mixed-use projects; commercial, retail, office, and multifamily projects; distribution facilities; stadiums; universities; hotels; and health care developments. Clients also look to our real estate development lawyers to quarterback transactions that cross multiple components such as construction, project finance, environmental, corporate, litigation, ADA, and tax related issues. We are able to leverage firm resources to provide seamless advice across all of these critical practice areas.
We are invested in our clients’ business goals and have extensive experience representing developers, investors, owners, lenders, landlords, tenants, property managers, brokers, contractors, construction managers, design professionals, governmental authorities, and institutional clients such as REITs, insurance companies, pension funds, investment managers, foreign entities, funds, and not-for-profit entities.
Our development capabilities are best showcased through real examples of our work. Examples of recent transactions include:
- Represented a Major League Soccer expansion team in connection with the ground lease and development of a new multipurpose stadium in Los Angeles, California.
- Represented a private equity real estate firm in a $75 million acquisition, capital structure, development, and financing of 31 acres in Charleston, South Carolina.
- Represented a real estate investment company in an acquisition of land and joint venture for the ground-up development and $32 million construction financing for a multifamily project in Tampa, Florida.
- Represented a large scale retail developer in a $250 million acquisition and construction of approximately 11 acres of land in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin for redevelopment into a center containing retail stores, restaurants, entertainment venues, and apartments.
- Represented a higher learning institution in a $100 million redevelopment of a retail center into a mixed-use (retail and multifamily) project in Dallas, Texas.
- Advised a leading real estate development and investment group in connection with its contract to purchase a site in Jersey City, New Jersey for the development of a 1 million-square-foot mixed-use tower. The total investment is expected to be approximately $400 million.
- Represented a developer in connection with the redevelopment of a $150 million mixed-use parcel in a northern suburb of Chicago. The property included an outdated, partially vacant shopping center. Our team navigated a variety of issues including: land use, zoning and subdivision approvals; economic development incentives, including TIF and related bond issuance; construction financing; design and permitting issues; environmental and site development issues; negotiation of lease terminations and all new anchor and small tenant leases and ground leases; construction and project operating agreements, including an REA; and the sale, joint venture, and development of a five acre portion of the project for an adjacent residential complex.
- Represented a public pension fund in a $220 million joint venture to develop a 30-story tower in Rosalyn, Virginia.
- Represented a private equity real estate firm in a $76 million acquisition, financing, and development of a 300 unit multifamily community to be built in Reno, Nevada.
- Represented a real estate developer in an acquisition of vacant land for the development of a skilled nursing facility, along with a $13.85 million loan for the acquisition of the land and construction of the facility, in Miamisburg, Ohio.
Related News & Insights
-
Speaking Engagement
03/12/2025
Seyfarth to Sponsor and Catherine Burns to Speak at Greenpearl's 14th Annual Real Estate Women's Forum
-
Speaking Engagement
10/09/2024
Denice Tokunaga to Speak at NAIOP's CRE Converge
-
Sponsored Events
03/14/2024
Seyfarth to Sponsor and Catherine Burns and Stacy Paek to Speak at Greenpearl’s 13th Annual Real Estate Women’s Forum
-
Podcast
02/27/2024
The Property Line: Let There Be Light? Converting Offices to Residences
Recognition
-
Recognition
06/29/2022
Seyfarth’s Denice Tokunaga Honored as a 2022 MCCA Rainmaker
-
Recognition
11/09/2021
Seyfarth's Cameron Weil Appointed Finance and Development Chair of New York City Bar Association’s Real Property Law Committee
-
Recognition
06/28/2021
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Names Eric Greenberg a 2021 Go To Commercial Real Estate Attorney
-
Recognition
06/25/2021
Seyfarth's Raymond Tran Selected to the ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law’s Fellows Program