Real Estate, Zoning and Construction


We have decades of experience representing real estate developers, sponsors, investors, lenders and contractors in all Kentucky and Ohio real estate matters. In fact, most of our attorneys are commercial real estate investors themselves.

We include one of only 17 attorneys certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a Specialist in Business, Commercial and Industrial Real Property, the general counsel to the local building industry association and planning commission member, and an experienced real estate developer, contractor and property manager. This offers us a better understanding of the challenges you face and practical ways to address them.

Representative Matters:

  • Local counsel to multi-national technology company in its site acquisition, zoning, title and lease matters for $1.5 billion air hub project.

  • Local counsel to multiple national developers of industrial and distribution facilities in excess of 1 million square feet, including negotiation of purchase agreements, zoning approvals, streams and wetlands mitigation, title and survey review and clearance, coordination of closing and title issuance, incentives negotiation, and subsequent leasing and disposition.

  • General counsel to developer of 15 medical office buildings, including ground leased projects. 

  • Represent regional developer of neighborhood shopping centers in joint venture agreement with national grocer for development of outlots with inline centers, leasing and tenant disputes, financing and disposition.

  • Developer’s counsel for redevelopment of a historic 15-story office building in downtown Cincinnati into 88 apartments and four stories of offices, which included financing through a HUD-insured loan, City of Cincinnati grants and loans, and federal and state historic tax credits.

  • Developer’s counsel for 150-lot residential and mixed-use subdivision, including negotiating development agreement with local municipality, lot take-down agreements with national builders, financing and HOA formation.

  • Developer’s counsel for the development of a master planned development in Northern Kentucky containing professional and residential condominiums, landominiums, and retail facilities.

  • Counsel to hospital system in its lease of multiple build-to-suit medical office buildings in Kentucky and Ohio.

  • Counsel to hospital system in its purchase of real property for the construction of air care facilities in Ohio and Kentucky, including zoning compliance.

  • Counsel to bank in its negotiation of build-to-suit leases for bank branches in Northern Kentucky.

  • Represent individual real estate investor in the purchase of multiple Ohio triple net (NNN) leased properties with national tenants as part of Section 1031 like-kind exchange trades.

  • Successfully represented national retail warehouse club before Boone County Planning Commission and the City of Florence in its zoning application to permit the first and only fuel center in the core of the protected Houston-Donaldson Study Area after multiple pre-representation efforts failed.

  • Successfully represented owner of North America’s largest drywall manufacturing facility in its appeal of a zoning map amendment denial by the City of Silver Grove, Kentucky after initial recommendation of approval by the Campbell County Planning Commission.

  • Successfully represented developer before the Boone County Planning Commission and Boone County Fiscal Court in its zoning map amendment to permit a 1.25 million square foot state-of-the-art distribution and office facility.

  • Represented national real estate investor in subdivision of inline retail center to permit separate sale of portion with national credit, medical-user from smaller, neighborhood shopping center tenant-type portion, including addressing related zoning and subdivision ordinances and building code issues with local planning commission.

  • Represented national builder in lot purchase agreements with developer of West Chester, Ohio residential development and establishment of use restrictions, easements and sub-homeowners’ association.

  • Represented multiple homebuilders and subcontractors in disputes related to alleged home construction defects, delays, change orders, and collection and lien matters.

  • Represented builders and owners in negotiation of AIA construction agreements.

  • Represent architectural firms in negotiation of AIA and other professional services agreements.

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