Real Estate Law
We have applied our experience and knowledge in real estate transactions to the benefit of numerous clients. Our attorneys represent individuals and business entities in matters ranging from the acquisition and development of real estate, to zoning and use planning. We have successfully litigated boundary disputes, zoning matters, land use and division disputes. We provide assistance at each step in real estate transactions.
Real Estate Law Areas of Service
- Negotiate and Document Residential and Commercial Sales and Purchases
- Prepare Purchase and Sale Agreements
- Construction Contracts
- Condominium Purchases
- Condominium Management Issues
- Negotiate and Prepare Leases (Residential & Commercial)
- Zoning Compliance Matters
- Real Estate Loan Documentation
- Foreclosures
- Landlord and Tenant
Case Studies
- We have assisted a number of clients in establishing traditional, business, resort, conversion and site condominiums. Through creative and vigorous applications of the condominium laws, we have solved land division and zoning issues. We initiated and developed comprehensive real estate development programs for many of northern Michigan’s largest resorts.
- When a large retailer wanted to relocate its operations, we assisted in acquiring the new site, obtaining construction and end financing and structured a like-kind exchange for its prior location.
- The developers of the largest shopping mall in northwest Michigan sought our firm’s counsel regarding the permits and approvals necessary to build a mall. We successfully assisted the developer in obtaining those permits and approvals through a process which involved numerous public and quasi-public hearings and court proceedings.
- When a California client wanted to sell inherited northern Michigan investment property, we were able to construct a successful like-kind exchange for property in Hilton Head, South Carolina, and thus postpone the recognition of capital gains tax.