Practice Areas & Industries: Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A., A Professional Corporation

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Cole Schotz's Real Estate Department is recognized as one of the preeminent real estate practices in the Northeast. Cole Schotz represents clients in the acquisition, development, financing, leasing, sale and brokering of retail, office, industrial, hotel, health care and residential properties, including obtaining land use approvals and filing tax appeals. Our diverse client base includes landlords, tenants, lending institutions, private lenders, developers, sellers, purchasers and investors.

Over the past decade our Real Estate Department transitioned from a premier real estate practice within New Jersey to a practice group equipped to provide representation for major national and international transactions. We recognize that the success of our practice depends on our ability to recognize key factors and trends that drive the market and influence client transactions.

Chambers USA 2006 described Cole Schotz as a "dynamic player on retail transactions and leases. Peers respect the size and expertise of the team. This firm can rightfully claim to be 'a big player' throughout New Jersey."

Services Available

Acquisition and Sales

• Site selection
• Negotiation of both purchase and sale agreements
• Acquisition and disposition of retail store divisions
• 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges
• Due diligence for office, shopping center and industrial properties

Development

• Land use - zoning, site plans
• Environmental audits and issues management
• Subdivisions
• Construction contracts
• Architect's agreements
• Appearance before government agencies and boards to obtain approvals for site plans, subdivisions, variances, riparian grants and highway access permits
• Reciprocal easement agreements
• Common area maintenance agreements
• Development agreements
• Construction management agreements
• Condominium/cooperative public offerings
• Joint ventures

Financing

• Real estate loans, including securitized loans
• Facilitation of financing
• Loan workouts
• Syndications
• Sale-leasebacks
• Government-assisted financing
• Commercial and residential mortgage review for lenders
• Representation of lenders and borrowers

  Leasing

• Significant practice in office, retail and industrial leasing, representing landlords, tenants and subtenants
• Negotiation of complex leases and subleases
• Ground leases
• Build-to-suit and reverse build-to-suit leases
• Joint ventures

  Residential

  • Sales and purchases
  • Refinances
  • New construction
  • Representation of condominium and homeowner associations

  Tax Appeals

  • Industrial
  • Office buildings
  • Retail properties

  Tax Liens

  Acquisition

  Sale

  Financing