Emily McClendon
Partner
201 17th Street NW
Suite 1700
Atlanta, GA 30363
Emily focuses her practice on commercial real estate and development. Emily represents a full range of the participants in commercial real estate transactions, including developers as well as buyers and vendors of commercial, institutional, and industrial real estate. She frequently acts for developers of residential, retail, and office development projects, from assembly and acquisition of...
Emily focuses her practice on commercial real estate and development. Emily represents a full range of the participants in commercial real estate transactions, including developers as well as buyers and vendors of commercial, institutional, and industrial real estate. She frequently acts for developers of residential, retail, and office development projects, from assembly and acquisition of land through the development and subdivision approval process, lease-up, and sale.
Emily advises many clients with respect to municipal and land use planning issues, including the use and development of land and eminent domain.
land through the development and subdivision approval process, lease-up, and sale.
Emily advises many clients with respect to municipal and land use planning issues, including the use and development of land and eminent domain.
Experience
Representative Matters
- Acted for developer in multi-phase redevelopment of shipyard into 85,000 square feet of commercial and community amenity space, entailing purchase and sale agreements, leases, licenses, rights of way, air space parcel agreements, and phased development plans.
- Acted for developers of multi-phase, multi-use projects, office buildings, hotels, industrial properties, and affordable housing projects.
- Acted for developer of $4 billion project with 6,000 dwelling units, developed in partnership with federal government and First Nation.
- Advised clients regarding tax incentives, zoning, comprehensive plans, and preparation of easements and covenants for compliance with governmental entitlements.
- Negotiated and drafted letters of intent, offers to lease, assignments of lease, surrenders of lease, rent abatements, and modifications.
- Negotiated and drafted ground, triple net, shopping center, long-term industrial, and office leases.
- Provided opinions and advice regarding mechanisms for large site development with consideration of local government concessions and financing requirements.
- Represented clients at administrative proceedings such as reconsideration of development permits and rezoning applications.
Languages
- English
Education
-
Georgia State University College of Law,
JD
(2014)
- Certificate in Land Use and Environmental Law
- Merit-Based Land Use Law Award
-
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Master of City and Regional Planning
(2011)
- Specialization in Environmental Planning
- Georgia Institute of Technology, BS, Applied Biology (2008)
Admissions
- Georgia
- Washington
- British Columbia
Representative Matters
- Acted for developer in multi-phase redevelopment of shipyard into 85,000 square feet of commercial and community amenity space, entailing purchase and sale agreements, leases, licenses, rights of way, air space parcel agreements, and phased development plans.
- Acted for developers of multi-phase, multi-use projects, office buildings, hotels, industrial properties, and affordable housing projects.
- Acted for developer of $4 billion project with 6,000 dwelling units, developed in partnership with federal government and First Nation.
- Advised clients regarding tax incentives, zoning, comprehensive plans, and preparation of easements and covenants for compliance with governmental entitlements.
- Negotiated and drafted letters of intent, offers to lease, assignments of lease, surrenders of lease, rent abatements, and modifications.
- Negotiated and drafted ground, triple net, shopping center, long-term industrial, and office leases.
- Provided opinions and advice regarding mechanisms for large site development with consideration of local government concessions and financing requirements.
- Represented clients at administrative proceedings such as reconsideration of development permits and rezoning applications.
Languages
- English
Media
Recognitions
- Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Real Estate Law (2025-2026)
Professional Activities
- Co-chair, B.C. Municipal Law Section, Canadian Bar Association (2018–2021)
- Daniel J. Curtin, Jr. Fellow, Planning and Law Division, American Planning Association (2013–2014)
- Member of Expropriation Committee, British Columbia (2019-2021)
Community
- Director, Vancouver Chamber Choir (2016–2019)
Emily focuses her practice on commercial real estate and development. Emily represents a full range of the participants in commercial real estate transactions, including developers as well as buyers and vendors of commercial, institutional, and industrial real estate. She frequently acts for developers of residential, retail, and office development projects, from assembly and acquisition of... land through the development and subdivision approval process, lease-up, and sale.
Emily advises many clients with respect to municipal and land use planning issues, including the use and development of land and eminent domain.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Representative Matters
- Acted for developer in multi-phase redevelopment of shipyard into 85,000 square feet of commercial and community amenity space, entailing purchase and sale agreements, leases, licenses, rights of way, air space parcel agreements, and phased development plans.
- Acted for developers of multi-phase, multi-use projects, office buildings, hotels, industrial properties, and affordable housing projects.
- Acted for developer of $4 billion project with 6,000 dwelling units, developed in partnership with federal government and First Nation.
- Advised clients regarding tax incentives, zoning, comprehensive plans, and preparation of easements and covenants for compliance with governmental entitlements.
- Negotiated and drafted letters of intent, offers to lease, assignments of lease, surrenders of lease, rent abatements, and modifications.
- Negotiated and drafted ground, triple net, shopping center, long-term industrial, and office leases.
- Provided opinions and advice regarding mechanisms for large site development with consideration of local government concessions and financing requirements.
- Represented clients at administrative proceedings such as reconsideration of development permits and rezoning applications.
Languages
- English
Education
-
Georgia State University College of Law,
JD
(2014)
- Certificate in Land Use and Environmental Law
- Merit-Based Land Use Law Award
-
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Master of City and Regional Planning
(2011)
- Specialization in Environmental Planning
- Georgia Institute of Technology, BS, Applied Biology (2008)
Admissions
- Georgia
- Washington
- British Columbia
Practice Areas
- Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Real Estate Law (2025-2026)
- Co-chair, B.C. Municipal Law Section, Canadian Bar Association (2018–2021)
- Daniel J. Curtin, Jr. Fellow, Planning and Law Division, American Planning Association (2013–2014)
- Member of Expropriation Committee, British Columbia (2019-2021)
- Director, Vancouver Chamber Choir (2016–2019)
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