Resort & Planned Communities
Start-to-finish representation
Whether you are seeking to
- plan, design, or obtain land use entitlements for undeveloped land
- acquire, dispose, lease, or use as collateral real estate intended for development into resort or master-planned communities
- comply with land sales, condominium, and cooperative laws
- form or operate residential or commercial condominium regimes and property owners associations
- develop a home builder sales program
- joint venture with an active developer or a passive landowner or otherwise capitalize or qualify a project for financing
our team can work with you from start to finish.
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
FEATURED ATTORNEY
Melissa is a Florida Bar Board Certified Real Estate Lawyer. She represents buyers and sellers in all aspects of the sale and acquisition of commercial property, and she represents developers in commercial and residential projects. Melissa also provides general counsel services to her clients and regularly represents financial institutions for the drafting and closing of all types of real estate related loans.
Experience
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
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
- Practical business mindset
- Multi-disciplinary team
- Cost efficiency and budget predictability
- Industry relationships with lenders, capital providers, title insurance companies, and other firms
