Bodman LLP
Practices & Industries
* Automotive
* Banking
* Business
* Construction
* Debtor-Creditor Rights and Bankruptcy
* Environmental
* Financial Crisis Response Team
* Health Care
* High Tech
* Individual Clients
* Intellectual Property
* Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
* Municipal Law and Finance
* Real Property
* Tax
* Workplace Law
It is now more important than ever to seek the advice of experts to protect your current real estate investments and take advantage of the opportunities available in today’s real estate market. Bodman’s real property attorneys can provide this expert advice, from restructuring the use and financing of leased and owned real estate through selecting the perfect site on competitive terms for your new real estate investments.
Our real property clients include large and mid-size firms, many of them high tech or information systems firms. We have close working relationships with commercial real estate brokers and we are familiar with real estate market opportunities throughout the region.
Our Services:
We represent buyers and sellers in commercial and residential transactions, and we document real estate loan transactions for financial institutions. We initiate creative solutions for distressed real estate projects. We are expert in real estate dispute resolutions processes, such as arbitration, mediation, litigation, voluntary workouts, and liquidation or bankruptcy options.
We have particular expertise in traditional and innovative uses of condominiums in both residential and business projects, including use of the condominium form of ownership in public/private redevelopment. On our clients’ behalf, we work closely with developers, engineers, and governmental authorities. We also assist in due diligence reviews (particularly environmental reviews) and assist in the municipal approval process.
Typical services include:
* Private Development
- Purchase and sale transactions
- Resolution of title issues
- Like kind exchanges, including reverse and deferred exchanges
- Zoning variances and land-use approvals
- Tax and assessment challenges
* Condominiums/Subdivisions
- Establishing traditional and site condominiums
- Preparing master deeds and disclosure documents
- Working with surveyors and engineers on subdivision plats and condominium plans
- Drafting restrictive covenants
- Creating homeowners’ associations
* Real Estate Finance
- Documenting loans for commercial and residential projects
- Obtaining bank financing through mortgages and construction loans
- Obtaining seller financing through land contracts and purchase money mortgages
- Negotiating and structuring public-private partnerships
* Leasing and Construction
- Drafting and negotiating commercial and industrial leases
- Drafting and negotiating construction and architectural contracts
- Resolving construction lien issues
- Green building alternatives
* Foreclosures, Workouts, and Real Estate Litigation
- Representing lenders and borrowers
* Environmental Issues
- Negotiating administrative agreements with government agencies
- Resolving environmental liabilities
- Pursuing Brownfield redevelopment grants and tax credits
Bodman LLP
Ford Field - 6th floor
1901 Saint Antoine St
Detroit MI 48226
Tel: 313 259-7777
Fax: 313 393-7579
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