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Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

Real Estate: Litigation

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Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

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Stearns Weaver Miller’s Real Estate group represents owners, developers, investors, tenants, lenders, and others in all areas of real estate. Projects include commercial (offices, shopping centers, hotels), industrial, mixed-use, master planned communities, and residential. We represent developers in connection with construction loans for all types of commercial real estate, including condominiums.

The team assists with contract negotiation and preparation, project planning and development, financing, construction, leasing, sale-leaseback transactions, 1031 exchanges, restructurings, foreclosures, and loan dispositions.

Our Commercial Real Estate Lending team represents banks, insurance companies, and institutional lenders with the extension of credit. We assist in negotiating the acquisition, development and construction of the projects and the workout of troubled assets.

Our Land Use/Zoning team counsels clients on structuring deals, executing development strategies, and securing entitlements and permits. We assist from due diligence through construction and final permitting, and have extensive litigation experience where necessary to obtain or defend approvals.

Our Affordable Housing team represents developers in developing and financing projects, including equity raised through tax credit syndication, tax-exempt bonds, Fannie/Freddie/FHA loans, HUD 221(d)(4) financing, and other funding sources. We also represent lenders providing financing or credit enhancement.

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Real Estate: Litigation - Florida

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson PA undertakes a broad range of real estate mandates for clients, including obtaining regulatory approvals and negotiating loans, purchases and sales. Other areas of expertise include the financing and development of affordable housing projects. Clients include owners, developers, hotel operators and institutional lenders. The team offers a substantial zoning and land use practice, guiding clients through entitlement, development, environmental and government regulatory concerns as well as associated litigation.

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Work Highlights

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  • Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson represented Kolter Urban in land use considerations for a mixed-use redevelopment project. The representation included the securing of entitlements including a Conditional Use Permit.

Strengths

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  • Stearns Weaver stands out for its incredible attention to detail, personability and client service.

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  • Stearns has expertise in all aspects of zoning and land use issues. The team is highly responsive and attentive to our needs. In addition, the lawyers understand our operations, priorities and commercial realities.

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  • They are very familiar with local jurisdiction laws. They are also very strategic and find solutions in advance of the problem.

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  • Stearns Weaver's team is extremely knowledgeable in the subject matter at issue and provides excellent and timely legal support.

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  • Stearns Weaver is extremely tough and offers excellent land use knowledge. The team works well together, is responsive, communicates well and listens to input from the client.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Reggie L Bouthillier
    Reggie L Bouthillier

    Reggie L Bouthillier

    Reggie Bouthillier provides expert land use advice on projects within the residential, healthcare, transport and education sectors. He also offers expertise in contentious land use matters.

    • Reggie has amazing knowledge and clout, especially on larger picture issues for our company. We very much value his input and guidance on matters regarding our business.

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    • Reggie Bouthillier is regarded as one of the best land use attorneys in the state of Florida for great reason.

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    • He delivers outstanding work.

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  • Brian McDonough
    Brian McDonough

    Brian McDonough

    Brian McDonough offers extensive experience in handling mixed-use development projects for developers, with additional strength in handling tax aspects of transactions. His practice also features noteworthy expertise in the affordable housing market.

    • Brian is exceptional and a pillar in the community.

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    • Brian McDonough is the definition of knowledgeable and professional.

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    • Brian works tirelessly, has tremendous expertise in the field and is always available to handle any matter we send his way. He is truly exceptional.

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    • He is a great problem fixer. He smoothes any wrinkles on closing calls and issues that arise.

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  • Elise Batsel
    Elise Batsel

    Elise Batsel

    Elise Batsel is sought after by property owners and developers for advice on permitting and land use approvals.

    • Elise is outstanding to work with.

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    • Elise Batsel has tremendous knowledge and the ability to work through a problem.

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  • Erin Tilton
    Erin Tilton

    Erin Tilton

    Erin Tilton has experience advising private and public sector clients on a range of land use permitting and entitlement issues, including plans and amendments, rezonings, variances, concurrency and development agreements. She offers further expertise in litigation related to real estate and land use matters.

    • Erin Tilton is amazing to work with and always provides excellent service to us.

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    • She is an amazing attorney who puts in the time and effort required to meet tight deadlines and tackle complicated issues. She demonstrates very good client interaction and management.

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    • Erin is a great partner. Her strategy and her enthusiasm for the work is unmatched. I know I can always count on Erin to lead the way.

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    • Erin Tilton is very impressive and responsive.

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  • George Pincus
    George Pincus

    George Pincus

    George Pincus is active on leasings but also offers experience in acquisitions, sales and financing mandates.

    • George gets the work done, without taking up more time than is absolutely necessary.

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    • He offers very expert real estate transaction services throughout the US for matters of all sizes.

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    • George Pincus is certainly somebody with extensive experience.

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  • Peter D. Lopez
    Peter D. Lopez

    Peter D. Lopez

    Peter Lopez regularly handles the sale, purchasing and financing of various hotel, residential and commercial properties.

    • Peter Lopez is a great asset to have. He is very responsive and knowledgeable on a broad range of situations and asset classes.

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  • Vinette Godelia
    Vinette Godelia

    Vinette Godelia

    Vinette Godelia has notable experience in advising clients on complex land use developments, with specific expertise in energy related matters.

    • Vinette Godelia is a true rockstar in her field. Her presence adds to the credibility of our organization when facing a public hearing.

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    • She is a really good and bright lawyer.

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    • I know that clients and projects are in great hands when working with Vinette. She is such a skilled attorney and I trust her on all legal matters.

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  • Barbara Ferrer
    Barbara Ferrer

    Barbara Ferrer

    Barbara Ferrer is held in particularly high regard for her representation of banks and other financial institutions in complex real estate and construction financing transactions.

    • What distinguishes Barbara is her exceptional combination of technical expertise, strategic thinking and unwavering commitment to client service.

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    • Barbara is outstanding and instrumental in keeping our company on our toes, organized and mindful of past decision-making.

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  • John Fox-Snider
    John Fox-Snider

    John Fox-Snider

    John Fox-Snider is well placed to advise clients on commercial real estate transactions. He is particularly appreciated for his expertise in retail, industrial and office leasing matters.

    • John Fox-Snider checks all the boxes, plus he has a great attitude.

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    • John is extremely helpful on our leasing matters.

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