Real Estate Transactions

We represent and work with owners, purchasers, sellers, estate representatives, trustees, landlords, tenants, lenders, borrowers, brokers, contractors, cooperative boards, condominium boards, managing agents, and others in connection with a broad range of real estate transactions.

Areas of Focus

  • Sales and acquisitions of residential and commercial real estate, cooperative shares, and condominium units
  • Boundary line, easement, license, and restrictive covenants
  • Broker agreements
  • Business divorces involving real property
  • Office and store leases
  • Commercial and private financing transactions
  • Cooperatives, condominiums, homeowners’ associations & managing agents
  • Franchisee leases
  • Ground leases
  • Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 exchanges
  • Management agreements
  • Mechanic’s liens
  • Sale-leaseback transactions
  • Short sales
  • Subleases
  • Tenant-in-common agreements
  • Time of the essence transactions
  • Title clearance and survey issues
  • UCC liens

Representative Matters

  • Negotiated boundary line agreement where survey exceptions showed neighbor’s driveway and fence encroached up to three feet over the boundary line
  • Cleared title and closed sale of residential real estate where survey exception showed seller’s garage and driveway were partially located on adjoining city street
  • Represented cooperative corporation in a mortgage refinance and line of credit transaction
  • Negotiated various office and store leases on behalf of tenants and landlords
  • Represented lessor in negotiation of 99-year ground lease
  • Represented franchisee in negotiation of 20-year build-to-suit net lease
  • Represented owner in sale of land and air development rights
  • Represented ex-spouse in acquisition of former marital residence under the parties’ divorce stipulation

We invite you to contact us for more information or to schedule a consultation.