James McNeil

Jim McNeil serves as chair of Akerman’s Residential Development Practice, a highly experienced team representing national builders and developers of master planned and mixed-use residential communities throughout the real estate development process. Jim represents developers, homebuilders, and private equity funds throughout Florida in all phases of the acquisition, entitlement, development, and sale of property, including build-to-rent communities, golf course redevelopment, and mall acquisition/redevelopment. Jim is known for his ability to provide pragmatic, strategic, and forward-thinking planning advice. He handles both the transactional aspects of the deal as well as the due diligence and procurement of land use approvals and entitlements. In procuring development approvals for his clients, Jim negotiates complex development agreements and handles concurrency, utility, and school capacity/mitigation agreements.