Topics Include:

Best Practices in Property Development:

• Site selection
• Land planning
• Performing feasibility studies and analysis and document creation
• Infrastructure buildouts and financing
• Best practices for design and implementation
• Cost management

Legal Environmental Considerations:

• Evaluating the environmental condition of new sites
• Working with infill sites
• Phase 1 and 2 surveys for new development and redevelopment
• Environmental considerations for new construction
• Redevelopment on brownfields sites
• Remediation and redevelopment

Real Estate Litigation:

• When to call your lawyer
• Real estate litigation issues
• Breach of contract
• Substandard materials
• Best practices for responding to a discovery motion
• Filing lawsuits when construction is delayed

Eminent Domain:

• The condemnation process
• Defining “blight”
• Good faith negotiation
• Working with the government to ensure a speedy process
• The importance of allies in the community
• Recent court cases relating to condemnation
• Legislative trends in eminent domain

Mixed-Use Developments:

• Planning mixed-use developments
• Determining the optimal ratios for commercial, business and other spaces
• Maximizing existing infrastructure to service new developments
• Best practices for planning mixed-use properties
• Designing mixed-use properties to maximize cost-savings and income
• Working with municipalities

Urban Partnerships:

• Preparing a bid in response to a RFP
• Working with city planners and commissions to develop a feasible plan
• Eminent domain and good faith negotiations
• Zoning regulations
• Tax credits and TIF financing

Sustainable Development and Building:

• LEED and EnergyStar certifications
• Cost management for sustainable development properties
• Due diligence into certification programs
• Working with contractors
• Renovating properties with green development in mind

Transactional Financing:

• Best practices for selecting finance companies
• Standard financing for development properties
• Examining closing fees
• Contract clauses to avoid
• Red flags in closing documents