Development

Real estate development involves multiple phases, and each often raises difficult business and legal issues. Drawing on our understanding of the law and the development process, our real estate lawyers help developers like you successfully resolve these issues.

Our legal services for developers include negotiating, reviewing and preparing

• Partnership and operating agreements
• Private placement memoranda
• Earnest money and option agreements
• Construction and permanent loans
• Architect and construction contracts
• Easements and restrictive covenants
• Leases

When property is being developed by a partnership or a limited liability company, issues of control, contributions, priority returns and distributions must be raised. Our real estate lawyers help identify, negotiate and resolve these issues. We also prepare the agreements needed to document the parties’ decisions on the issues.

Examples of projects on which our group has worked include the following:

• Bellevue Galleria Shopping Center, Pacific Village Shopping Center, and Summit office complex in Bellevue, Washington
• Greenwood Shopping Center, Promenade Shopping Center, and Galleria Shopping Center in Seattle
• Pickering Square in Issaquah, Washington
• Twin City Shopping Center in Chehalis, Washington
• Poulsbo Village Shopping Center in Poulsbo, Washington
• InFocus Corporate Headquarters in Wilsonville, Oregon