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Real Estate

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PROPERTY TAX APPEALS
  • Counsel and represent clients in tax appeals issues for real and personal property used for industrial, office, retail and other commercial purposes as well as vacant and residential property

  • Represent taxpayers and municipalities in disputes regarding cash value, assessed value, taxable value and characterization of subject property and exemptions from taxation


  • Taxpayers:
  • Review annual assessments and counsel taxpayers regarding the assessment process and the assessment appeal process

  • Recommend experts in valuation/characterization of property to evaluate whether appeal is warranted and to support the appeal if it is

  • Appeal property value/characterization to the municipal board of review, Michigan Tax Tribunal, and Michigan Court of Appeals, if necessary


  • Municipalities:
  • Advise municipalities regarding appropriate methodology for determining assessed and taxable value for real and personal residential, commercial and industrial properties

  • Advise municipal assessors and boards of review regarding assessment matters

  • Represent municipalities in assessments matters before the State Tax Tribunal and the Court of Appeals



  • REAL ESTATE CLIENTS
  • Sellers and Buyers

  • Landlords and Tenants

  • Developers

  • Managers

  • Municipalities and Other Governmental Agencies

  • Schools

  • Banks and Other Institutional Lenders

  • Contractors and Construction Managers

  • Community Associations


  • REAL ESTATE SERVICES

    Real Estate Acquisition, Development, and Sale
  • Retail, office, commercial, hotel, industrial, entertainment, residential, and mixed use

  • Options, purchase and sale agreements, and development agreements

  • Formation of ownership entities; tax structuring

  • Design and construction contracts

  • Permitting, land use, and zoning

  • Governmental development incentives

  • Environmental; wetlands regulation

  • Brownfields redevelopment

  • Subdivision, planned unit developments, condominiums, and cooperatives

  • Condemnation

  • Liquor licenses

  • Construction liens and litigation


  • Real Estate Financing
  • Acquisition, construction, and permanent mortgage loans

  • Multiple property, multiple state transactions

  • Sale/leasebacks

  • Synthetic leases

  • Securitized financing; CMBS conduit loans

  • Public and tax exempt bond financing

  • Workouts, restructuring, and foreclosures


  • Real Estate Leasing
  • Retail, commercial, office, and industrial

  • National developers and tenants in multiple states

  • Disposition of excess property through assignment/subleasing; multiple properties


  • For more information, please contact:

    Bloomfield Hills:
    Monica J. Labe
    248-433-7226 or mlabe@dickinsonwright.com

    Detroit:
    James N. Candler, Jr.
    313-223-3513 or jcandler@dickinsonwright.com

    Grand Rapids:
    Leslee M. Lewis
    616-336-1042 or llewis@dickinsonwright.com