Mark Meland

Real Estate, Corporate and Transactional Matters, Condominium, Multi-Family and Mixed-Use Development, Corporate Law

Mark is an accomplished real estate lawyer handling the entire lifecycle of real estate transactions. His broad client base includes entrepreneurs, sponsors, individuals, developers and lenders in commercial and residential transactions. Mark co-founded Meland Budwick in 1993.

Mark’s real estate practice integrates complex corporate work into many real estate transactions, including formation of entities, debt-equity structures, and joint

venture agreements. He also serves as outside general counsel to corporate clients, often representing them in M&A transactions involving sales and acquisitions of businesses.

Mark prepares condominium, master, and other types of documents for residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects. This work includes real property sales and acquisitions, financing transactions and restructurings, bulk condominium sales and acquisitions and condominium terminations, for numerous large and prominent projects. Mark also has extensive experience in leasing transactions representing both landlords and tenants.

Mark represents individuals and businesses seeking to obtain capital for corporate and real property transactions. His lender representation includes hard money loans, commercial and residential loan workouts and the financing of real estate acquisition and construction.

Mark’s wide ranging practice includes workout and bankruptcy advice and transactions for those negatively affected by the market, seeking to capitalize on the distressed market or acquiring debt or equity positions. He acted as a court appointed Receiver for numerous entities and was an approved Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Trustee for high-profile companies.

His practice further entails examination of title as an agent for numerous title underwriters.

Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Young Musicians Unite

Board of Trustees, Greater Miami Jewish Federation

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Miami-Dade Bar

Since 2022, closed over $3 billion in transactions covering all asset classes, including mixed use, retail, office, hospitality, condominiums, industrial and multi-family.

Represented New York-based real estate investment firm, in a variety of transactions in support of its strategy to continue acquiring over 4,400 units in multi-family properties and condominium projects. This included various debt and equity structures, recapitalization strategies, and expanding the client’s geographical footprint outside of the Florida market.

Represented Fuse Funding in both its hard money loan transactions and various matters to creatively acquire real estate, including winning the $18 million credit bid in bankruptcy auction on the Metronomic Portfolio in Miami, FL; working in conjunction with the Bankruptcy team to win the 17 properties Fuse had a first position mortgage on; acquiring the WeWork Security Building in downtown Miami, FL by purchasing the note on the property from the existing lender who had filed a foreclosure action, and accepting a deed on the property from the owner/borrower in exchange for dismissal of such action, and completing over 20 loan closings, totalling over $250 million.

Acted as general counsel for Crown Linen in various transactions, including the $61,750,000 sale leaseback transactions of six industrial properties in Florida and Georgia.

Represented the borrower of a $117 Million construction loan for the financing of Phase I of the Aqua at Westshore Yacht Club project in Tampa Bay, Florida. When completed, Phase I of the project will feature 77 waterfront condominium residences and nine luxury villas. Mark S. Meland negotiated a tough set of construction loan documents and were able to close the transaction mid-construction and just after the passing of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Represented Regency Development Group secure $56 million in financing for a luxury waterfront condominium project in Bay Harbor Islands. The Regency Development Group plans to build an eight-story building with 33 two to four-bedroom condominiums and 13 private boat slips. New York-based S3 Capital provided Regency with the construction loan.These high-end condos will be priced from $1.8 million to over $7 million.

Represented industrial developer in negotiation of single tenant leases with multi-national companies of 1.4 million feet and 1.2 million square feet of space and sale of large parcel to national company with rail access at same development located in central Florida.

Acted as co-counsel in connection with litigation, bankruptcy and $95,000,000 credit bid purchase vis-a-vis a 363 bankruptcy sale of a downtown Miami hotel.

University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law

Juris Doctor

1988

University of Florida

Bachelors