Overview

Our firm has a comprehensive real estate practice serving clients in commercial transactions across the Carolinas and throughout the country. The quality of our real estate practice has been recognized by various publications, including a Band 1 ranking in North Carolina by Chambers USA and a Tier 1 ranking in Charlotte in the "Best Law Firms" report. We pride ourselves on our responsiveness and on understanding the needs of our clients, whether that client is a developer with a nationwide scope, an institutional lender or an individual who inherited a valuable real estate asset.

We provide legal and practical advice to our clients at every stage of virtually all types of commercial real estate transactions, including retail shopping centers and power centers, industrial facilities, master-planned residential communities, multifamily, office buildings, mixed-use developments and condominiums, hospitality, and real estate funds and capital-raising activities. The breadth and depth of our practice allows us to efficiently help our clients navigate risk and creatively structure their real estate transactions. When needs arise in other legal areas (as they often do), our unique firm structure gives clients seamless and cost-effective access to an interdisciplinary team of attorneys necessary to advise clients in complex transactions.

Our real estate attorneys also regularly act as local counsel in North Carolina and South Carolina, and in such capacity, we work to efficiently give insight on local law and custom and to deliver legal opinions.

Honors & Awards

Chambers USA, Band 1 for real estate, 2003-24
Best Law Firms, Charlotte Tier 1 for real estate law, 2011-25

Experience

Condominium Projects
Represented Crescent Communities in the development and sale of Piedmont Town Center, a mid-rise mixed-use condominium project in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Represented Gandy Communities Inc. in the development of multifamily residential condominium projects in North Carolina.
Represented Novare Group in the acquisition, development and financing of a 35-story residential condominium project in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Represented The Boulevard Co. in the development and sale of infill residential and mixed-use condominium projects in North Carolina.
Industrial Properties
Represented CommScope Inc. in the acquisition, leasing, sale and financing of industrial facilities throughout the United States.
Represented SPX Corp. in the acquisition, leasing and sale of industrial facilities throughout the United States.
Represented Stork NV and its subsidiaries in the acquisition, leasing and sale of industrial facilities throughout the United States.
Financing Transactions
Represented Wells Fargo Bank in its capacity as administrative agent in syndicated loan transactions involving real estate collateral.
Represented Allied Capital Corp. in its capacity as administrative agent in syndicated loan transactions involving real estate collateral.
Represented Faison in the negotiation, closing and modification of loans secured by real estate collateral.
Office Properties
Represented BB&T Center LP in the sale of BB&T Center, a 22-story building in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.
Represented 129 W. Trade Street LLC in the acquisition, financing, leasing and sale of 129 West Trade Street, a 15-story office building in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.
Represented 212 South Tryon LP in the acquisition, financing and leasing of the Johnston Building, a 17-story office building in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.
Represented Faison in the acquisition, development, leasing and sale of office projects in North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, West Virginia and South Carolina.
Represented AmWINS Group Inc. in the leasing of office space throughout the United States.
Represented The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority in the leasing and development of medical office buildings in Charlotte, North Carolina, and surrounding areas.
Residential and Senior Living Projects
Represented Gandy Communities Inc. in the development of master-planned single family, multifamily and mixed-use residential communities in North Carolina.
Represented Senior Living Communities LLC in the acquisition and financing of locations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida for development as retirement communities.
Represented The Boulevard Co. in the development of infill residential projects in North Carolina.
Represented M/I Homes in the acquisition of residential communities in North Carolina, and in the acquisition and foreclosure of loans secured by residential communities in North Carolina.
Retail Properties
Represented Faison & Associates in the development of Wal-Mart anchored retail projects in North and South Carolina.
Represented Faison & Associates in the development, leasing and sale of regional malls in the Southeast.
Represented Crescent Resources in the development of retail shopping centers and power centers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and Virginia.
Represented Crescent Resources in the development of Belgate, a 200-acre mixed-use project in Charlotte, North Carolina, anchored by IKEA.
Represented Collett & Associates in the development and sale of Waynesboro Town Center, a power center in Waynesboro, Virginia, anchored by Target and Kohl’s.
Represented Home Depot USA Inc. in the formation of Midtown Crossing, a two-level retail condominium in Charlotte, North Carolina, owned by Home Depot and Target.
Represented Pavilion Development Co. in the development and sale of retail tire stores and shopping centers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Texas.
Workout and Restructuring
Represented Crescent Resources as special corporate counsel in connection with its bankruptcy.
Represented Lincoln Harris, as property manager for a court-appointed receiver, in the leasing and management of approximately 1 million square feet of furniture showroom space in High Point, North Carolina.
Represented family partnerships in workout negotiations and partnership disputes related to a 130-acre office and industrial park in North Carolina.
Represented Wells Fargo Bank in connection with workout, foreclosure and bankruptcy matters involving real estate collateral.
Represented JPMorgan Chase in the foreclosure and collection of loans secured by real estate collateral.
Represented Citizens South Bank in connection with workout, foreclosure and bankruptcy matters involving real estate collateral.