
Contact
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Our attorneys have extensive experience representing real estate developers, including individual entrepreneurs, traditional for-profit developers, nonprofit corporations, and public agencies, in conjunction with all types of commercial real estate transactions. We also represent buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants. Our experience includes working with office buildings, shopping centers, hospitals and medical offices, industrial properties, hotels and restaurants, residential and commercial condominium developments, and mixed-use projects.
Real estate development attorneys at Hodgson Russ regularly:
- Draft and negotiate complex, multi-party acquisition contracts and commercial leases
- Form and advise in the administration of homeowners and condominium associations, including providing assistance with enforcement matters
- Manage a variety of complex tax issues, including tax credits, abatements, and other incentive programs
- Provide representation after completion of construction, including on leasing, refinancing, sales, and 1031 deferred exchanges
- Represent borrowers and lenders in construction and permanent financing
- Represent project developers and municipalities in conjunction with various alternative energy projects, including wind-farm developments
- Secure regulatory, land use planning, and zoning approvals and resolve environmental impact issues
Our attorneys have significant experience with myriad public financial incentives utilized for real estate development projects, including public-private partnerships, state and federal tax credits, industrial development agency incentives, Excelsior Jobs Program and Start-Up NY benefits, and other similar state and local financial incentives. Our attorneys are involved at all levels of these transactions, which often require the creation and utilization of complicated, multi-tiered ownership structures to maximize financial incentive eligibility.
Hodgson Russ has been awarded a prestigious “Best Law Firms” Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking by Best Lawyers/U.S. News & World Report in the Real Estate Law category.
- $275 Million Manufacturing Company Merger
- $45 Million Public Safety Complex Development, Construction & Financing
- 155-Store Supermarket Chain Purchased by Senior Management
- 2014 & 1999 Buffalo Bills Leases of Ralph Wilson Stadium
- Acquisition of More Than 500 Bank Branches Representing $6.5 Billion in Deposits
- Acquisition on Behalf of France-Based Automotive Parts Manufacturer
- Allegany County Municipal Courthouse Project
- Buffalo Sabres’ HARBORCENTER Project
- Building and Project Loans for Wind Energy Project
- Cegedim SA Represented by Hodgson Russ in Its Acquisition of Dendrite International, Inc.
- City of Buffalo $1 Billion Public School Refurbishment
- Complex Finance Transactions for a Developer
- Construction Documents for Growing Manufacturing Client
- Counsel to Corvias, a National Developer of Military & Student Housing, in Conjunction With Projects in Massachusetts, Alabama, New York & Georgia
- Counsel to Developer of Buffalo High-Tech Manufacturing and Innovation Hub @ RiverBend [ aka SolarCity ]
- Counsel to Developers and Local Businesses for Land Use and Zoning Issues
- Counsel to Iskalo Development Corporation
- Counsel to State University on Multibillion-Dollar Campus Expansion
- Coventus Commercial Condominium Formation & Sale of Floor
- Development and Financing of Medical Office Building
- Development of a $300 Million Clinical Translational Research Center/Biosciences Incubator
- Development of a $375 Million Medical School
- Development, Financing of Low-Income Housing for Community Action Organization
- District-Wide School Renovation Project in Pennsylvania
- Ellicottville, NY, Ski Resort Subdivision Land Purchase
- Expansion of Chemical Manufacturing Facility
- Federal Tax Issues Pertaining to Sale of Building With Outstanding Tax-Exempt Bonds
- Financing Counsel on Project Named North American Renewables Deal of the Year
- Key Center Condominium Formation & Lease to IBM
- Large Multi-Family Housing Acquisition and Related Financing
- Large real estate sale in New York City for an estate
- Lead Counsel to City of Buffalo in Connection With Construction of Baseball Stadium
- Lease Agreement for Delaware North Companies, Inc. World Headquarters
- Loan Refinance for Historic Building
- Lockport Ice Arena and Sports Center Development & Construction
- Manufacturing Property Transaction
- Multi-family Housing Purchase and Financing
- Multi-State Transactions for Product Distribution Company
- Multiple Acquisitions, Finance Transactions for Developer/Investor
- Multiple Real Estate Transactions for Publicly Traded Financial Institution
- Multiple Wind Energy Projects in Western New York
- New York Community College Housing Construction & Financing
- Owner-Contractor Agreement for NYC Client
- Properly Structured 1031 Exchange Helps Client Defer Capital Gains Taxes
- Public-Private Partnership for Transportation Authority Bus Garage
- Purchase of Historic Building for Redevelopment Purposes
- Real Estate Acquisition Permits College Science Center Development
- Real Estate Acquisition, Economic Development Incentives for a Manufacturer
- Real Estate Acquisitions, Financing for Large Investment Company
- Real Estate Counsel to a Mid-Size Town
- Real Estate Counsel to Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
- Real Estate Counsel to IDEX Corporation
- Real Estate Purchase for a College
- Representation of Fortune 1000 Manufacturer in Interests & Real Estate Acquisition
- Representation of Lumber Company in Multiple Acquisitions Per Year
- Represented European-Owned Client in Major U.S. Acquisition
- Represented Municipal Client on Cell Tower Project
- Sale of Medical Office Complex
- School District Capital Improvement Projects
- Securing Tax Benefits for Real Estate Client
- SUNY Student Housing Development and Operation
News
- Buffalo Business First, February 15, 2019
- Albany Business Review, October 22, 2018
- Buffalo Business First, November 3, 2017
- Press Release, June 12, 2017
- Buffalo Business First, March 11, 2016
- Press Release, November 18, 2015
- Buffalo Business First, November 6, 2015
- Albany Business Review, October 16, 2015
- Press Release, May 7, 2015
- Press Release, January 21, 2015
- Site Selection, October 2014
- Buffalo Law Journal, March 17, 2014
- Buffalo Law Journal, March 17, 2014
- Law360, February 12, 2014
- Press Release, February 7, 2014
- May 9, 2013
- Buffalo Law Journal, April 8, 2013
- May 9, 2012
- April 25, 2012
- May 9, 2011
- May 6, 2011
- March 31, 2011
- May 13, 2009
- October 4, 2006
- November 11, 2005
Presentations
- Buffalo, NY, June 1, 2016
- International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Canadian Law Conference: Dealing With U.S.-Based TenantsToronto, ON, April 14, 2015
Publications
- Buffalo Business First, March 11, 2016
- Real Estate Development Alert, October 29, 2015
- Talk of the Towns, March 2015
- Commercial Real Estate Development, Winter 2014
- Talk of the Towns, October 2013
- Lawyers Weekly, August 28, 2012
- The Journal of Medical Practice Management, March/April 2012
- February 17, 2011
- Real Estate & Finance Alert, December 30, 2010
- Real Estate & Finance Alert, February 11, 2009