COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

Alexander Ricks PLLC's team-oriented approach to real estate brings deep experience to the full cycle of a commercial real estate transaction, including the purchase, sale, lease, development, ongoing ownership, and financing.  Alexander Ricks PLLC's lawyers have and focus on the relationships that are vital to successful real estate developments.  Our real estate team works closely with our environmental, corporate, land use, and litigation teams to address each aspect of a real estate transaction.

We play key roles in a wide range of projects, including apartments, office buildings, industrial sites, shopping centers, mixed-use developments, single-tenant development, residential subdivisions, hotels, solar projects, timber contracts, low-income housing apartment projects and 1031 exchanges.  We advise clients with respect to property tax appeals, rezoning requests, and condemnation actions.  We regularly negotiate, document and close real estate loans and construction financing. We also represent landlords and tenants in lease negotiations for all asset classes.

Our land use and government relations practice works with the engineers, architects, landscape architects and governmental planners who play a critical role in our clients' developments - from site plans through public-private partnerships.  We regularly work with municipal planners, economic development teams and other governmental officials who are instrumental in garnering public support and funding throughout projects.

Our team has represented national, regional and local clients in national, regional and local developments.  We also represent institutional and entrepreneurial owners, public homebuilders, operating businesses, regional and community banks, private investors and family offices.

Our clients value our experience in negotiating, drafting and reviewing complex and integrated documents related to the acquisition, land use, financing, leasing, development, exchange and sale of real property.  In addition, our team specializes in structuring joint ventures and private equity transactions related to real estate, including fund formation, fund syndication and Opportunity Zone investments.