Real Estate
We represent Quadrant Corporation, Harbor Properties, Emeritus Corporation and other real estate developers, property owners, management companies and title companies. Representative work includes:
- Representing owners in regard to development, design and construction activities; projects include office buildings, apartment buildings, transit facilities, bank buildings, distribution centers, convention centers and resorts
- Representing landlords and tenants in regard to office, apartment and retail properties, warehouse and light industrial facilities and "build to suit" projects; typical transactions involve 5,000 to 100,000 square feet
- Assisting sellers and purchasers of office buildings, hotels, shopping centers, industrial properties and resorts; most transactions are in the $5,000,000 to $100,000,000 range
- Assisting clients in the purchase, sale, financing and development of environmentally impaired or contaminated properties, including negotiating cleanup orders with regulatory agencies and litigating cost recovery actions when necessary
- Assisting investors and developers to form and finance special purpose entities to own, develop, convert and dispose of apartment, office, recreational and industrial properties
- Developing land use strategies and providing permitting advice to developers and owners dealing with city, county and state administrative authorities throughout the Northwest
- Serving as counsel for the financing of a hotel property acquisitions and negotiating hotel management agreements
- Representing home builders, owners, tenants and others in wide variety of litigation involving real estate claims