Project Development & FinancingOverviewDeveloping and financing complex projects requires deep knowledge in a variety of legal areas and industries. Michael Best’s Real Estate lawyers work as part of a project team alongside clients, consultants, capital providers, and end users, drawing on the skills and experience of lawyers across our firm to help bring these projects to fruition. We collaborate with clients to develop single- and mixed-use projects across the United States in virtually every industry sector, including hospitality, sports and entertainment, retail, residential, office, industrial, education, agribusiness, medical, energy, and infrastructure. We understand the unique aspects of each type of development, and we can guide clients through the entire process, from land acquisition and zoning through financing, design and construction, build-out, and leasing or sale.
Our clients include owners, tenants, developers, contractors, brokers, and lenders. We also advise institutional investors, such as pension funds, private equity investors, and insurance companies, on an array of financing strategies including fund formation, REITs, loan syndications, and bond financing.
We have experience with a broad range of financing tools, such as:
- Construction lending and permanent financing
- Public-private partnerships
- Tax increment financing, tax credits, and tax credit syndications
- Tax-deferred exchanges
- Leasing (ground leases, build-to-suit leases, space leases, subleases, sale/leaseback agreements, and synthetic leases)
- Purchase options and rights of first refusal
- Forward commitment contracts
Related People Preview Attorney's BiographyNick focuses his practice on tax and real estate and has significant experience handling a variety of transactions and real estate-related litigation.  Preview Attorney's BiographyMichelle provides strategic counsel and representation to clients involved in a range of construction, real estate, and project development matters. Representative work includes complex real estate purchase, sale and leasing transactions, entitlement processes, easements, licenses and rights-of-entry agreements, developing and implementing best practices on large-scale, high-ticket construction and development projects, and more.  Preview Attorney's BiographyRenee has over 20 years of experience as a paralegal in both the environmental and real estate practice areas. She assists attorneys in all aspects of management and closing of residential and commercial real estate transactions. Renee has experience with drafting real estate documents, analyzing surveys and title documents and land use planning. Renee V. Exum* *Names that appear with an asterisk indicate a Michael Best professional not admitted to practice law.  Preview Attorney's BiographyThom brings deep knowledge and significant experience to his real estate and finance practice. His focus includes real estate development, urban redevelopment, municipal finance, land use and zoning, tax incremental financing, and general municipal law. Prior to joining Michael Best, Thom represented the City of Milwaukee as an Assistant City Attorney in the Office of the City Attorney.  Preview Attorney's BiographyMike is a member of the firm’s Management Committee and serves as the Firm Hiring Partner. He is also the former chair of the firm’s Transactional Practice Group. He is an experienced transactional attorney who serves as outside general counsel to many real estate investment and corporate clients, and is seen as strategic counselor and advisor.  Preview Attorney's BiographyRyan is a paralegal in the firm’s Transactional Practice Group. He performs detailed due diligence for commercial and agricultural real estate transactions throughout the country, with an emphasis in: Arkansas, Illinois, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, and Wisconsin. Ryan conducts property research, ALTA/NSPS land survey analysis, title and policy review, and is responsible for drafting a wide range of transactional and closing documents. Ryan L. Habeck* *Names that appear with an asterisk indicate a Michael Best professional not admitted to practice law.  Preview Attorney's BiographyNancy is a partner in the Real Estate group. Her more than 30 years of experience covers a broad range of real estate law, including assisting clients in purchases, sales and leases of property, and development and zoning work; representing borrowers and lenders in real estate loans; assisting in foreclosures and workouts; advising on questions of condominium law; negotiating construction and architects' contracts; and assisting in real estate litigation.  Preview Attorney's BiographyAs a member of the firm’s transactional practice group, Paul focuses on all aspects of commercial real estate, including: representation of clients from sole proprietorships to multiple Fortune 500 companies in complex lease negotiations as both landlord and tenant, representation of buyers and sellers of commercial property and agricultural land through all aspects of the purchase and sale process, including negotiation of purchase and sale agreements, coordination and review of due diligence, title and survey review, drafting and review of closing documents, and closing, and representation of clients in negotiations with governmental entities involving re-zoning, public financing, and numerous other entitlements and approvals.  Preview Attorney's BiographyDaniel focuses on business and tax law issues, and his diverse practice addresses state and federal income tax, international tax, mergers and acquisitions, new market tax credit (NMTC) financing, and state sales tax concerns. Clients value Daniel’s advice regarding business transactions, including his strategic counsel in regard to organizing and forming tax-exempt business entities, such as 501(c)(3) and other nonprofit organizations.
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