The complexities of commercial real estate transactions and litigation require knowledgeable attorneys and support staff to ensure that a smooth closing, clear title or proper possession is obtained. Jimerson Birr’s Real Estate Development, Sales & Leasing Industry Team represents clients involved in sophisticated commercial real estate matters with acute attention to details that could impact our clientele at any stage in the process. Our experience also spans all types of real estate, including office buildings, shopping centers, standalone retail, industrial, hotels, healthcare facilities, educational facilities, multi and single-family residential developments, and raw land.
Our team represents developers, investors, landowners, builders, lenders, property managers, commercial tenants, and other entities connected with the real estate sector. Leveraging deep market knowledge and experience, we take both lead and support roles in negotiating, finalizing and extending cost-effective, custom-made real estate solutions that fit the needs of our clients today and into the future. Jimerson Birr provides counsel on all aspects of real estate transactions, from acquisitions and financings to leasing and sales, as well as environmental and land use compliance. We advocate solely for the business success of our clients. We structure deals that address specific real estate development, sales or leasing needs and preempt problems, earning respect from building owners, management or tenants along the way. The only real benchmark against which to judge the effectiveness of our work is by the profitability of our clients’ investments.
Our Real Estate Development, Sales & Leasing Industry Team can help to cut through the legal clutter and ever-present institutional biases to assist landlords in putting out a product that allures prospective tenants to sign a long-term lease at terms favorable to you and your interests. On the tenant side, our lawyers are able to negotiate business and legal terms of the transaction, lobby for favorable contractual concessions, document and facilitate any necessary construction requirements, develop metrics of performance, and follow through to successful leasing contract completion. At Jimerson Birr, we are available to draft, review, and negotiate commercial leases, and assist either landlords or tenants with issues relating to evictions, past-due rent collections, non-monetary and monetary lease defaults, exclusive use and other restrictive covenants, unlawful detainer, security and insurance issues, common area maintenance (CAM) issues, failure to make repairs, and other commercial landlord-tenant disputes.
In addition, should a dispute arise, Jimerson Birr’s real estate litigation team blends a broad knowledge of real estate law and business practice with well-honed skills in litigation and alternative dispute resolution. In addition, we pride ourselves on our familiarity with business concepts that transcend traditional real estate issues, and on our ability to unify the many disciplines necessary to litigate sophisticated transactions. We have successfully and regularly litigated real estate contract disputes, complex real property improvement issues, quiet title issues, condemnation cases, easement or restrictive covenant disputes, premises liability and boundary line disputes. Our specialized knowledge in real estate law, combined with excellent advocacy skills, will put you in the best possible position to obtain a positive outcome in your real estate litigation.
When real estate industry clients work with Jimerson Birr, they soon appreciate that the most important construction project is building a relationship of trust and confidence that stems from our value-add counsel.
Jimerson Birr recognizes that companies in the risky, complex, and fast-paced real estate sector depend on sound counsel for mission-critical operational, legal and regulatory issues. We are committed to the goal of helping real estate development, sales and leasing executives mitigate risk and prevent problems before they arise or escalate.
Jimerson Birr is pleased to announce that Ponte Vedra-based real estate attorney Hunter Faulkner joined the firm as partner
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