Resort & Planned Communities

We help clients manage

• Understanding or obtaining land use entitlement
• Title examination, title insurance, government-sponsored economic development incentives, and permitting for greenfield or brownfield projects
• Environmental regulatory issues associated with developing greenfield or brownfield projects
• Structuring and performing due diligence for transactions
• Drafting restrictive covenants and condominium declarations for commercial or residential projects
• Registrations or exemptions for federal and state land sales, condominium, and cooperative laws
• Documentation of joint venture and other financial arrangements for project capitalization

Interdisciplinary team and collaborative approach

• Seasoned team of real estate and finance attorneys and paralegals
• Former state environmental agency counsel
• Former state and federal taxation counsel 
• Ability to quickly mobilize team from various offices for time-sensitive projects

Our clients span the Resort and Master Planned Communities industries

• Deal Sponsors and Promoters
• Capital Providers
• Investors
• Construction and permanent lenders
• Homebuilders
• Commercial users

Navigate deal due diligence

• Implement strategic staffing practices for due diligence to help efficiently gather relevant information to understand title, entitlement, and permitting of a community
• Create value by improving land use entitlements, permits, and approvals
• Implement strategic staffing practices for project development and lease-up or sell-off

Our resort and master planned community services help you

• Confidently acquire and dispose of undeveloped or developed real estate in a cost-efficient manner
• Anticipate land use entitlement, environmental, and taxation issues and implement strategies to mitigate risks
• Raise capital for acquisitions through small groups of investors or institutional funds with structured joint venture, mezzanine, and preferred equity capital stacks
• Obtain additional entitlement and government sponsors and economic incentives
• Close construction and permanent financing loans
• Lease-up or sell-off parcels through project close-out in a cost-efficient manner

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.

• Developer's counsel for 360-acre master-planned mixed-use community, Thompson’s Station, Tennessee
• Developer's counsel for 344-acre master-planned mixed-use community, Franklin, Tennessee
• Developer's counsel for 283-acre residential community, Nolensville, Tennessee
• Developer's counsel for 1,600-acre master-planned mixed-use community, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
• Developer's counsel for commercial area of 4,000-acre master-planned mixed-use community, Summerville, South Carolina
• Developer's counsel for hunting resort, Woodbine, Georgia
• Buyer's counsel and Developer counsel for private club community, Okatie, South Carolina
• Developer's counsel for 6,000-acre master-planned community, Hardeeville, South Carolina
• Developer's counsel for multi-site mountain and lake club community, South Carolina and North Carolina
• Developer's counsel for 2,400-acre 4 golf course resort mixed-use community, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
• Developer’s counsel for mixed-use community in Howard County, Maryland (Oxford Square) 
• Developer’s counsel for 204-acre residential, planned unit development in St. Johns County, Florida (Villages of Valencia)
• Developer’s counsel for 83-lot single-family residential community in Nassau County, Florida (Nassau Hideaway Phase III – Hideaway Pines)
• Buyer’s counsel for 70-lot mixed-use development in Nassau County, Florida (Waterman’s Bluff)
• Developer’s counsel for 120-acre master-planned mixed-use community, Wake County, North Carolina
• Buyer’s counsel for over $100 million in acquisitions of gas stations and fuel supply facilities throughout Southeast and North Carolina
• Developer’s counsel for 800-lot residential golfing community, New Bern, North Carolina
• Landowner’s counsel for 1,000-acre conservation easement in King Williams County, Virginia
• Developer’s counsel for approximately 4-acre mixed-use development, Raleigh, North Carolina
• Buyer’s counsel for $20 million mixed-use property, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina