Obtaining the right location for your project, whatever its size, is of primary concern. The goal of our real estate practice group is to help you navigate this process from beginning to completion. Our professionals are experienced in the acquisition, development, construction, financing, zoning, leasing, and disposition of commercial, residential, and public real estate sites. We represent buyers, sellers, tenants, landlords, developers, creditors, distressed clients, and investment groups. In each representation, we are committed to making the transaction work for you by providing both creative analysis and practical solutions.

The real estate practice group provides a wide spectrum of real estate services to our clients:

• Acquisitions of property
• Assessment appeals
• Condominium development
• Construction, architect, and development documents and contracts
• Easements and reciprocal agreements
• Entity structuring
• Financing: construction, permanent, and/or refinances
• Housing and subdivision development
• Industrial development
• Land use and development matters
• Landlord and tenant leasing and subleasing
• Loan workouts and debt restructuring
• Tax-deferred exchanges
• Title issues and disputes, including quiet title matters and boundary disputes
• Turn key developments
• Workouts and restructuring of troubled transactions
• Zoning issues, including obtaining variances, special uses, appeals, and litigation

Our real estate projects have included the development of national retail chain sites throughout the southeast United States, low-income (tax credit) housing projects, tax deferred transactions, development and sale of shopping centers, apartment buildings, hotels, acting as counsel in securitized loans, and general representation of sellers and buyers of improved and vacant land. Our real estate professionals work hand in hand with the other practice groups in the firm, utilizing the corporate, tax, and litigation expertise of the firm to provide comprehensive representation to our clients.

Members of the Abbott Nicholson Real Estate Practice Section are:

• Mary P. Nelson, Chairperson
• John R. Nicholson
• William D. Gilbride, Jr.
• Timothy J. Kramer
• Daniel G. Kielczewski
• Sean A. Fraser
• Norbert T. Madison, Jr.
• Thomas C. Shumaker
• Thomas R. Quilter III
• Karen A. Hart, Paralegal