Hinckley, Allen & Snyder real estate attorneys represent purchasers and sellers in transactions involving the acquisition, development, and disposition of commercial, retail, industrial, institutional, medical, resort, hospitality, and multi-family residential real estate and real property interests.
Our team consists of seasoned business attorneys who understand the range of business interests and legal issues that come with acquiring, owning, and operating different types and categories of real estate assets. We tailor our representation to achieve our client’s goals and protect our client’s interests in an efficient and cost-effective manner, commensurate with the nature of the property involved, client expectations, and the size and complexity of the transaction.
Our Services
Our attorneys provide a full range of legal services involved in acquiring and disposing of real estate, from the initial conceptualization of the transaction at the letter-of-intent stage, to negotiation of purchase and sale agreements, to thorough due diligence and property evaluation, to entity formation, structuring joint ventures, and financing, and, finally, to closing. Among the range of services we deliver, our attorneys provide skill and sophistication in the following areas:
- Negotiating and drafting letters of intent and purchase and sale agreements.
- Reviewing and analyzing title and survey, making appropriate objections to the seller, developing solutions to title issues, and negotiating title insurance policies and appropriate endorsements.
- Reviewing and analyzing environmental reports, guiding the client through regulatory compliance and closure, and advising the client on legal strategies to limit their risks and liabilities.
- Analyzing compliance of the existing property and improvements, and intended future buildings and improvements, for compliance with applicable building, zoning, subdivision, environmental, and other building and land use ordinances, bylaws, and regulatory requirements.
- Forming of single- and special-purpose entities for acquiring title to the real estate and operating the client’s business thereon.
- Creating and structuring joint ventures between investors, developers, and other business partners for the joint acquisition, development, and revenue and profit sharing from a real estate project and investment.
- Negotiating acquisition and constructing financing contracts and security instruments.
- Negotiating and drafting of any necessary off-site access or utility easements, and of reciprocal easement agreements and declarations of covenants and restrictions for shopping centers and other integrated property developments.
- Assisting clients having businesses with substantial inventory of real estate assets in managing those assets through multi-property sale/leasebacks and dispositions of surplus properties.
Who We Serve
Our clients span the full range of commercial parties interested in the acquisition, development, financing, and disposition of commercial, investment, and income-producing real estate in the New England region and nationally. Representative categories of clients include:
- National and regional retail chains, in the acquisition of real estate for new store development, and disposition of excess land and surplus real estate assets.
- REITS, real estate investment funds, private equity investors, and other investors seeking returns on investment through the acquisition and development of commercial real estate.
- Developers of real estate for commercial, industrial, retail, resort, hospitality, institutional, and multi-family projects.
- Banks and lending institutions in the acquisition and disposition of operating real estate assets (through sale/leaseback and otherwise), disposition of foreclosed and owned real estate holdings, and dispositions of other excess land and surplus assets.
- Health care, educational, and other institutions in the acquisition and development of real property for facility creation or expansion.
- Individual businesses in the acquisition of real estate for operations or expansion of their office, retail, warehouse, industrial, or other business purposes.