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
David Cooper and Lee J. Lefkowitz successfully counseled a client through the final stages of approving the Continental Commons development project in Fishkill. Zarin & Steinmetz advised the client in securing the last of its municipal land use approvals (site plan and subdivision) and in completing all post-approval obligations required by the Town of Fishkill....
Zarin & Steinmetz attorney Lee J. Lefkowitz obtained a significant win for a developer building a 16-unit multifamily housing project in Orange County. The lawsuit—Garden Housing v. Noam Estates, No. EF003060-2025—sought to block construction of the approved project through claims of trespass and a request for a preliminary injunction. The plaintiff, a neighboring property owner,...
On June 9, 2025, Michael Zarin and Lee Lefkowitz filed their brief in Hudson View Park Company v. Town of Fishkill before the New York State Court of Appeals—New York’s highest court. Z&S’s appeal arrives at a pivotal moment in the state’s intensifying housing crisis and poses key questions about a builder’s pursuit of residential...