Our Commercial Leasing Team has a depth and breadth of experience. We develop sophisticated and practical solutions to client issues. We handle large portfolios containing both complex and simple leases with equal efficiency, as well as all product types, including office, industrial, flex, retail, mixed-use, and telecommunications facilities siting. We represent both landlords and tenants and have been involved in leasing millions of square feet of space annually throughout the U.S., ranging from small retail and office tenants to large space consolidations to complex tenant equity participations.
Our attorneys work together with our Real Estate Finance Team to fully understand the lender’s role in the lease approval process and the competing interests of landlords, tenants, and lenders in leasing transactions. We pride ourselves on our ability to negotiate tri-party deals between these interested parties.
Our leasing practice is focused on the following areas:
- Landlord Representation
- We provide full-service leasing representation to various types of owners and agents – broker/managers, private owners, banks, insurance companies, pension funds/pension fund advisors, REITs, private investment funds and overseas investors – for entire office, multiuse, and retail complexes. In addition to the negotiation of individual leases, we help coordinate the leasing objectives with your overall design, development, and management plans for the building, including the negotiation of commission, listing agreements and management agreements, work letters and development agreements, construction and architect contracts and other agreements with lenders, ground lessors, and other landlords concerning collateral leasing concerns.
- Tenant Representation
- We represent retailers, restaurants, industrial and warehouse users, private and public corporations, and other businesses in leases of all sizes for a wide range of uses. We represent tenants in single transactions as well as portfolio-wide representation. Our leasing lawyers are considered an integral part of our clients’ space management team. We take pride in our knowledge of the economic environment and the markets in which our clients’ transactions take place to maximize lease protections for them.
- Industrial Leasing
- Our Commercial Leasing Team has significant experience advising landlords and tenants in leasing industrial properties. We are familiar with the substantive issues that are important for both landlords and tenants in this area, which helps us identify important issues to our clients and minimize their risks as they move forward with these types of lease transactions.
- Telecommunications Siting
- We have handled leasing and licensing issues for thousands of telecommunications sites in multiple states, including raw land installations, facility collocations, in-building and right-of-way deployments, as well as master and site licensing agreements on both private and public lands. With over 25 years representing the wireless industry, our attorneys understand the unique needs for access, operations, upgrades and maintenance which are required for the siting of telecommunications base stations.