Michael is a relationship-driven attorney. During his career, he has counseled numerous clients on a long-term basis who count on him to understand their corporate strategy and business goals to deliver tailored results. Clients entrust high-profile, complex real estate transactions to Michael knowing that he will assemble the right team to drive the deal and deliver quality work product, even under tight deadlines.
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Michael assists clients in all areas of commercial real estate, including acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, joint ventures, and development. Through his involvement with each phase of the asset lifecycle, Michael has the foresight to help clients structure transactions on the front end to minimize potential issues that might otherwise arise when a project is sold. He takes a forward-thinking and collaborative approach to every engagement.
Michael has significant experience with capitalizing Class A multifamily, office, and hotel developments, and with negotiating leases on behalf of landlords and tenants for office, industrial, and retail space. Among his most notable leasing matters are two build-to-suit leases for sister office towers comprising approximately 600,000 square feet with an institutional-grade credit tenant on behalf of an Atlanta-based developer, a five-floor corporate headquarters office lease for a national retailer tenant, and five full-building industrial leases on behalf of large-scale owners of real estate based in the mountain west and on the west coast. Michael has negotiated numerous declarations and easement agreements for mixed-use developments (including vertical mixed-use). He also has experience negotiating hotel management agreements and hotel franchise agreements with national brands on behalf of owners. For the past six years, Michael has co-led a team of 14 attorneys who handle the bulk of the real estate development work nationally for a restaurant franchise with annual gross sales of more than $11 billion.
Multifamily
Industrial
Office
Hospitality
Retail
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