Practice Areas
Nicole Neugebauer MacInnes counsels clients on a wide-range of complex land use, permitting and entitlement issues. She has considerable experience representing developers and property owners before local, regional, and state agencies, courts and elected bodies on a wide range of complex land use permitting and entitlement issues, including comprehensive plans and amendments, rezonings, variances, development agreements, Development of Regional Impact (DRI) review and rescission, and other related aspects of securing development authorizations. Nicole also represents clients in circuit court and appellate litigation on a variety of land development matters related to obtaining, challenging, and defending development approvals.
Nicole has particular knowledge regarding all aspects of Florida’s Senate Bill 102: “Live Local Act,” which provides developers with land use and tax incentives to construct affordable and workforce housing throughout the State of Florida.
Career
During law school, Nicole served as a law clerk in the Firm’s Tampa office. Prior to law school, she worked for a Fortune 500 company in the Real Estate Asset Management department, where she reviewed and summarized title, declarations of covenants, conditions, and restrictions, and easements for company-owned shopping centers. Nicole also worked for the same company in its retail operations throughout high school and college.