Jason Wood

Practice Areas

I am the Phoenix Office Managing Partner of Quarles & Brady, and previously served as the Arizona Chair of our Real Estate Practice Group. I serve a range of institutional and private sector clients ― as sellers, purchasers, developers, lenders, investors, landlords, and tenants ― in all phases of real estate transactions and negotiations, including everything from large multi-state portfolio transactions to suburban and infill development and adaptive reuse.

I also have significant experience structuring and forming joint ventures and other equity vehicles, negotiating sale-leaseback transactions and joint development, cost-sharing, and construction agreements, and preparing CC&R's and other project documents in connection with the development of shopping centers, master-planned communities, hotels, condominiums (commercial and residential), and mixed-use developments.

In addition to real estate and corporate matters, I also serve as principal outside counsel to a number of family offices, private equity groups, public companies, and many other clients and, with the help of my partners and other subject matter experts, assist my clients with business disputes, technology and intellectual property protection and enforcement, and other strategic initiatives.

Professional Memberships

International Council of Shopping Centers

Arizona/New Mexico Government Relations Chair, 2021-present

Arizona/New Mexico Operations Committee, 2016-2020

Urban Land Institute

ULI NEXT Group Leader - 2017-present

Programs Committee, 2015-2021

YLG Programs Committee, vice chair, 2013-2016

Habitat for Humanity of Central Arizona

member of the board of directors, 2016-2019

Foundation for Senior Living

member of the board of directors, 2018-2022

Junior Achievement of Arizona, volunteer

American Bar Association, member

Scottsdale Bar Association, member

Real Property and Business Law Sections of the State Bar of Arizona, member

Real Property Section of the State Bar of Texas, member

Young Lawyers Division, board of directors,

2010-2015

Work Highlights

Serving as principal outside counsel to public companies, family offices, private equity groups and many others. With the help of his colleagues across the firm, Jason assists clients with debt and equity financing, technology and intellectual property protection, business disputes and other strategic initiatives.

Advising on all phases of real estate transactions and negotiations, including everything from large multi-state portfolio transactions to suburban and infill development and adaptive reuse.

Structuring and forming joint ventures and other equity vehicles.

Negotiating a wide variety of cooperative agreements, including sale-leaseback transactions and joint development, cost-sharing and construction agreements.

Preparing covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&R) and other project documents in connection with the development of shopping centers, master-planned communities, hotels, condominiums (commercial and residential) and mixed-use developments.

Representing both national lending institutions and borrowers in commercial financing transactions, including real estate acquisition, construction and permanent loan facilities, syndicated and structured finance, off-balance sheet financing and the defeasance of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans.

Representing buyers and sellers in numerous individual and portfolio transactions, including purchase, sale, leasing and/or development of shopping centers, raw land, residential lots, apartment complexes, office buildings, billboards, retail stores, industrials parks, mining rights and other asset classes.

Industry Sector Expertise

Represented developer in connection with the acquisition and development of a large mixed-use center (multifamily, office and retail) containing over one million square feet of space. Our work included preparation of the master declaration, several condominium declarations, and ongoing negotiation and documentation of leases, property management and brokerage agreements, zoning and entitlement work, parking agreements, together with advice on incentive and governmental agreements.

Represented client in the negotiation of a master lease for redevelopment of 55 former auto centers located in Class B shopping centers throughout the United States, including diligence review of COREAs governing the use and improvement of each such site.

Representing buyers and seller in numerous apartment acquisitions, including the portfolio acquisition of two opportunity zone investments valued in excess of $500 million.

Represented large publicly-traded REIT in connection with development of all contract documents for build-for-rent line of business, including negotiation of multiple nine figure deals.

Redeveloped tallest building in southern Arizona into a boutique hotel and office, including government incentives (GPLET), condominiumization of the building, modifications to the REA governing the underground parking and other matters.

Represented tenant in connection with multiple headquarters leases throughout the United States, including the lease of 600,000 square feet of office space in Atlanta.

Negotiated the largest land deal in top 10 publicly traded homebuilder's history, including multi-phase closing and land banking of same.

Negotiated and conducted due diligence and closed multiple nine figure off-balance sheet transactions (aggregating in the billions annually) for large alternative investment fund.

Advised on the acquisition of property within an opportunity zone and the development of 300-plus key hotel in downtown Scottsdale, Ariz., including negotiation of all construction and development (including incentive) agreements, and negotiation of joint venture with a large opportunity zone fund.

Counseled publicly traded retailer in the sale and leaseback of dozens of industrial and retail properties valued in excess of $300 million.