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Dickinson Wright’s Real Estate practice is sophisticated and diverse. More than 60 lawyers are actively involved in real estate matters, regularly representing a wide variety of clients in all aspects of real estate investment and development. Many of our clients have portfolios that span North America, and they rely on our significant experience in nearly every U.S. state and Canadian province to help them maximize value and increase management efficiency. With offices located across North America, we readily serve clients wherever they need us.

Our team helps every client achieve their individual objectives. We represent a broad range of entities—including developers, contractors, lenders, landlords, corporations, nonprofits, REITs, banks, and governments—across all aspects of real estate. From single property owners to Fortune 500 companies, we provide customized and practical advice for overcoming obstacles and getting deals done.

Our Services

We understand that deals don’t happen in isolation. Working closely with our lawyers in environmental, corporate, insurance, tax, litigation, and banking law, we offer strategic and comprehensive advice with full appreciation of business context and risk. At Dickinson Wright, we seek not only to meet our clients’ legal needs, but to provide a level of client service that inspires long-term relationships. Our success is founded on five key drivers: high-quality legal work, value, industry knowledge, business acumen, and client service.

Thought Leaders in Real Estate Law

Leading industry publications such as Chambers USA®, Best Lawyers in America®, Super Lawyers®, and Law360 regularly recognize members of our Real Estate group. Our attorneys have published authoritative works including ALI-ABA’s construction law treatise and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s Michigan Real Property Law set, along with numerous articles and analyses.

We frequently present on trends and best practices at seminars, workshops, and panel discussions, and we actively participate in organizations such as ICSC, ACREL, ACMA, and other national, state, and local bar associations.

Representative Case Matters

Represented large corporations, developers, real estate private equity firms, lenders, and real estate investment companies in the acquisition, development, leasing, financing, construction, and disposition of office, retail, industrial, mixed-use, and entertainment projects throughout the U.S.
Lead counsel to a real estate investment and development company in its acquisition of an upscale shopping center and other significant acquisitions throughout the U.S.
Represented a developer in a mobile home and organic farming project in Louisiana for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Served as lead counsel to one of the largest owners of thoroughbred horse racetracks in North America on numerous projects.
Represented a real estate investment company in connection with the acquisition and disposition of two separate hotels.
Counseled wind developers in real estate development, acquisition, financing, power purchase, and regulatory aspects of wind farm development, including projects involving the largest public and independent wind developers in North America.
Counseled biotechnology, healthcare organizations, manufacturing, industrial, nonprofit, schools, professional, hospitality, distribution, retail, and development clients in multi-million dollar leasing, development, construction, and real estate acquisition and disposition projects, including green building initiatives.
Represented lenders in complex, multi-state workouts, deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure, foreclosure of real estate secured loans, loan modifications, loan origination for permanent and construction financings, and mezzanine financing.
Lead counsel to national institutional lender on a $38 million commercial loan secured by eight properties in five states.
Represented the borrower in a $1.2 billion CMBS loan on a high-profile shopping center, and advised on offering circulars for securitization of the loan.
Counseled banks and borrowers in post-foreclosure REO matters and multi-million dollar syndicated loan originations, including international facilities.

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