Dykema understands the significant changes taking place in the real estate industry and is committed to meeting evolving client needs in the area. The firm represents both domestic and foreign-owned entities in all aspects of the acquisition, financing, development, construction, and leasing and disposition of a wide variety of commercial and residential properties throughout the United States.

Our clients include all major parties in the real estate industry – owners, lenders, developers, investors, local governmental units and agencies, users, contractors, and architects and property managers. This broad representation gives us valuable insight into the complex and competing interests in real estate transactions. We provide a superior caliber of service that extends beyond technical legal advice to include both the planning and business aspects of real estate transactions. We work together with the firm’s other practice groups, such as tax, corporate, environmental, employee benefits, bankruptcy and restructuring, and government policy and employment, to insure timely and cost-effective advice and results for our clients.

We represent clients in a full range of real estate matters, including:

• Affordable housing projects
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title III compliance
• Brownfield site acquisition and development
• Construction, including construction contracts and architects’ agreements and construction and design claim prosecution and defense
• Financings, including mortgage financings, sale leasebacks, tax credits (Low Income Housing, New Markets and Historic Preservation), loans, grants and other economic inducements from governmental entities, HUD financings, synthetic leases, leveraged leases and participating mortgages
• Hotel development and management
• Incorporation of “green” or sustainable technology as an integral element of the design and construction of real estate projects
• Michigan tax credits for film production including the use of state property for film and digital media companies and the Infrastructure Investment Tax Credit.
• Loan workouts and foreclosures
• Planning, developing and leasing a broad range of real estate projects, including retail, office, research and development, industrial and mixed-use projects
• Property acquisitions and sales, including commercial, residential and mixed-use developments
• Property management issues, including distressed property and “turnaround” situations
• Public/private projects, including tax increment financing and tax abatements
• Zoning, wetlands and other land use matters

For more information about our Real Estate practice, please contact:
Cameron Piggott, Director 313-568-6575
Kyle Hauberg, Assistant Leader 248-203-0871
Robert C. Linton, Assistant Leader 312-627-2274
Michael Sexton, Assistant Leader 312-627-2162