Real Estate Transactions

Structuring our clients’ deals, due diligence analyses, and real estate agreements
Our Approach

Real estate transactions vary widely in size, type, and complexity. We are equipped to help analyze, negotiate, and memorialize any deal – whether commercial or residential.

We counsel our clients every step along the way: from negotiating a letter of intent; to drafting purchase and sale agreements; to reviewing and negotiating loan terms and bank documents, and regulatory agreements; and conducting the closing. Financial institutions and private developers ask us to perform due diligence to confirm that a site is suitable for a contemplated development, and to understand the approvals processes and potential challenges that lie ahead. We also help our clients secure PILOTs and other IDA financial assistance.

What We Do

CONSUMMATING DEALS

  • Acquisition and sale of vacant land and development projects
  • Commercial and residential financing and leasing
  • Commercial and residential real estate closings
  • Due diligence
  • IDA transactions
  • 1031 Exchanges
  • Landlord/Tenant

 

NEGOTIATING AND DRAFTING BUSINESS AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENTS

  • Purchase and Sale Agreements
  • Loan documents and restructuring agreements
  • Construction agreements
  • Easements
  • Restrictive covenants
  • Master declaration agreements
  • Shareholder agreements
  • Operating agreements
  • Joint venture agreements
  • Asset purchase and stock purchase agreements
Recent News
Michael Zarin and Lee Lefkowitz recently reunited with the team of attorneys, planners, and elected officials whose years of collaboration led to the successful construction of a new cell tower at the Bedford Post Inn in Bedford, New York. The project team celebrated the milestone, as the completed facility is the culmination of a complex...
Lee Lefkowitz is representing a homeowner in a $6.4 million federal case involving undisclosed infrastructure issues discovered after the purchase of a residence in Armonk, New York. Filed in U.S. District Court in White Plains on May 28, the case highlights the importance of comprehensive due diligence in high-value residential real estate transactions. The complaint...
David Cooper and Aaron Warner completed a multi-week eminent domain valuation trial on Tuesday in the New York Court of Claims on behalf of the owner and operator of an industrial property in the Town of Hempstead. The clients acquired and leased the property in 2016 with the intention of developing a concrete crushing and...