Real Property and Construction

Our Real Property and Construction Group helps clients meet the demands of today’s reinvigorated real estate market. Our team includes member firms whose real estate practices were launched more than a century ago.

Although the world of business is growing increasingly virtual, the need for real estate and related property assets remains as strong as ever. Traditional brick-and-mortar retail stores, factories, hotels and resorts are being joined by new forms of real estate, including high-volume data centers, expanded logistics, distribution and shipping facilities, flexible manufacturing operations, environmentally friendly office towers and multifamily residential developments.

As a result, we bring clients a level of institutional knowledge and accrued experience nearly unmatched among legal providers.

We are equally creative and responsive when it comes to helping clients address emerging real estate and construction issues, including a range of global, green building practices and new forms of real estate financing. Ally lawyers have been recognized by Chambers Europe, Legal 500, Best Lawyers in Australia and World Tax as well as by numerous local and regional real estate and legal publications.

We understand that real estate is a means to many business ends: increased efficiency, better customer service, and higher profitability, to name a few. Our lawyers represent individual, corporate and institutional real estate investors, developers, owners, lessors and lessees as well as construction contractors, subcontractors, architects and designers. We counsel clients from across the economic spectrum, including businesses for which real estate and construction are primary focuses as well as companies engaged in industries that depend on real estate assets, including retail, restaurants, manufacturing, technology and healthcare. Our areas of concentration include the follwing:

Sales, Purchases and Leases

Sales and purchases of commercial, industrial, residential and mixed-use property
Tenancy, rental, lease, sublease and other agreements
Litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution
Tax advice, disputes and appeals
Public-private partnerships (PPP)

Real Estate Finance

Mortgages, refinancing and loan agreements
Public finance and investment, including Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) tender projects
Public and private bonds and issues
Securities acquisition and sales
Debt rescheduling, workouts and restructurings
Real estate funds and banking trusts
Mezzanine, leasehold and permanent finance transactions

Development and Construction

Joint venture agreements
Permitting, licensing and approvals
Construction loan agreements
Construction, work and services contracts and subcontracting agreements
Arbitration and litigation construction claims, bid protests and other controversies
Revitalization and development of unused and fallow properties
Condominium development and conversions

Land Use and Zoning

Land use regulation and planning
Title, zoning, rezoning, permitting and appeals
Heritage designation/preservation
Structuring of public-use rights
Air space subdivisions
Annexation and boundary disputes
Compulsory land acquisitions and compensation
Conditional uses, variances and nonconforming uses

Environmental, Sustainability and Conservation

Financing, acquisition, transfer and redevelopment of contaminated or potentially contaminated property
Compliance, environmental approvals, permits and operational issues
Remediation of brownfields and contaminated property
Green-area project development, planning and construction compliance
Environmental compliance, LEED-certified construction and green building issues
Water and air quality
Conservation easements, covenants and equitable servitudes

For more information about Ally Law’s Real Property and Construction services, contact us.