Practice Areas & Industries: Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Gunster Yoakley attorneys understand the real estate business inside and out. The foundation of the Firm's practice since its inception has been the representation of institutional and individual land interests. Guiding clients through the high points and the low points of several decades of industry cycles, our sound legal counsel has worked to create some of the most successful real estate projects in Florida, nationally and internationally.

Our attorneys know real estate, understand what drives the market, and are able to respond quickly and proficiently to client challenges and prospects. But what really sets us apart is our experience in every facet of the real estate practice from zoning and planning to financing, development, acquisitions and sales. Our comprehensive experience has allowed us to establish unique practice areas such as leisure and resorts, urban development and land use that allow us to innovatively service clients as they navigate through project complexities.

Services Available

Many residential sales and purchases and financings are handled by our affiliated real estate title agency, Premier Title Company, Ltd. Premier Title has offices in Palm Beach, Ft Lauderdale and Vero Beach. For more information on Premier Title visit Premier Title's website at www.premiertitle.net.

Providing comprehensive real estate counsel and offering a full service network of skilled individuals in all areas of the law, Gunster Yoakley provides unparalleled support, depth and resources for client needs in the 21st century.

• Club Memberships
• Development
• Eminent Domain
• Environmental
• Land Use
• Financing
• Leasing
• Leisure & Resorts
• Litigation
• Retail
• Residential Real Estate
• Sales & Acquisitions
• Taxation
• Title Insurance
• Urban Development

Representative Matters

• Representing the City of Miami in the negotiations and drafting of lease and development agreements for Watson Island, located near downtown Miami. Plans for Watson Island include the creation of a village, which will contain a mega-yacht marina, two hotels, retail, restaurants, an entertainment complex and public space for gardens and cultural interest points.
• Obtained all approvals for a newly constructed Neiman Marcus retail store located in the town of Palm Beach. This was the first new retail entity to be constructed on Palm Beach in over 20 years. The firm worked for approximately 18 months to negotiate changes to the guidelines for development on prestigious Worth Avenue in order to obtain the approvals.
  
  

Clients:
Arvida/JMB Partners, AutoNation, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., Bankrate, Inc., Boca Raton Resort and Club, Capital City Bank Group, Inc., Chiquita International, Inc., Citrix Systems, Inc., Flagler Development Corporation, Florida East Coast Industries, Inc., FTD, Inc., GE Capital, Gill Hotels Company, Inc., Innkeepers Hospitality, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. , Jupiter Island Club, Lee Munder Capital Group, Levenger Company, Lykes Bros., Inc., Murray Goodman Company, Park Avenue BBQ Restaurants, Pegasus Corporation of America, Pioneer Corporation, Pratt & Whitney, Ranger Construction Industries, Inc., Republic Services, Inc., Rybovich Spencer, SBA Communications Corporation, Seven Springs Golf Club, Smiths Industries PLC, Sonesta Hotels & Resorts, The St. Joe Company, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Teva Pharmaceutical, Trump International Golf Club, Trump National Golf Club, U.S. Sugar Corporation, U.S. Trust Company, United Technologies Corporation, WCI Communities, Inc.