Real Estate, Construction & Development

A legal team that’s right at home across the real estate industry

Property management… Real estate investment trusts (REITs)… Construction… Real Estate Development…

For any business or individual dealing with real estate, the knowledgeable attorneys at Shumaker deliver deep experience and a track record of success at the highest levels.

We offer comprehensive guidance across the full spectrum of real estate transactions—from land acquisition, due diligence, and land use approvals to financing, construction, leasing, and sale of a project.

We handle complex transactions, including the negotiation and documentation of multi-state projects and large mixed-use developments, for developers, users, builders, contractors, lenders, borrowers, sellers, and purchasers. Our vast experience in real estate financing encompasses everything from asset-based financing to permanent loans and is backed by our preparation and negotiation of all contracts and agreements.

We serve as counsel for private and public construction projects of all sizes, including state, local, and federal government projects, with experience across the full range of project delivery systems.

Shumaker advises REIT clients, especially those that are publicly traded, with securities law filings and compliance, corporate governance, investor relations, executive compensation, employment law, intellectual property (IP) issues, and litigation monitoring.

In every real estate matter, we seek to understand and resolve critical legal and tax issues while meeting the strategic business objectives of our clients. We offer the full resources of our firm to handle critical transactional concerns—including vigorous representation in any required litigation.

Our Services

• Advice on a range of land use issues, including zoning, annexation, eminent domain, permitting, impact fees, and property taxes
• Private and public construction projects of all sizes
• Advice on financings—from traditional mortgage or lease arrangements to complex deal structures such as partnership syndications and equity participation arrangements, as well as asset-based, cash flow, mezzanine, and construction financing and permanent loans
• Assistance with property acquisitions and dispositions, including as tax-free exchanges
• Brokerage and property management
• Commercial landlord tenant disputes
• Commercial leasing
• Construction law and dispute resolution
• Representation for arbitration proceedings conducted by the American Arbitration Association and Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services
• Counsel on leasing transactions or disputes from the perspective of owners, property managers, or tenants
• Loan workouts and foreclosures
• Negotiating and drafting owner/contractor and owner/architect agreements, from the conventional to unique design/build or integrated project delivery arrangements
• Property development, purchases, and sales
• Real estate finance
• Residential acquisition and investment
• Residential purchase
• Resolution of real estate disputes, including loan workouts and foreclosures, construction litigation, and brokerage disputes
• Structuring real estate partnerships and investments
• Title insurance and closing
• Zoning and land use
• Licensing for construction
• Bidding and bid protests
• Contract negotiation and preparation
• Government contracts
• Environmental issues and claims
• Extra work
• Defective work
• Delay, acceleration, and inefficiency
• Change order disputes
• Liens
• Payment and performance bond claims
• Preparation and presentation of claims or defense of claims
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• Counsel in REIT transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, sale-lease backs, and joint ventures
• Guidance on transactional structuring and documentation
• Assist with operational issues for REITs, including securities law filings and compliance, corporate governance, investor relations, executive compensation, employment law
• IP and litigation monitoring